Guest Editing SOP

Various virsh commands

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SSH to the virthost server
Calculate the number of CPUs the system needs
sudo virsh setvcpus <guest> <num_of_cpus> --config - ie:
```
sudo virsh setvcpus bapp01 16 --config
```
Shutdown the virtual system
Start the virtual system

Note that using virsh reboot is insufficient. You have to actually stop the domain and start it with virsh destroy <guest> and virsh start <guest> for the change to take effect.
Login and check that cpu count matches
Remember to update the group_vars in ansible to match the new value you set, if appropriate.

SSH to the virthost server
Calculate the amount of memory the system needs in kb
sudo virsh setmem <guest> <num_in_kilobytes> --config - ie:
```
sudo virsh setmem bapp01 16777216 --config
```
Shutdown the virtual system
Start the virtual system

Note that using virsh reboot is insufficient. You have to actually stop the domain and start it with virsh destroy <guest> and virsh start <guest> for the change to take effect.
Login and check that memory matches
Remember to update the group_vars in ansible to match the new value you set, if appropriate.