verified on : Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager Version: 3.6.9-0.1.el6 verification steps: 1. create vm with ballooning disabled 2. check mom logs for : 2016-09-05 13:42:35,922 - mom.GuestMonitor.Thread - INFO - GuestMonitor-golden_env_mixed_virtio_0 starting 2016-09-05 13:42:35,941 - mom.Monitor - INFO - golden_env_mixed_virtio_0 is ready