VM Resources - Are they always reserved?

[beedix]

Installed a Win10 VM with 1 CPU and 3GB of RAM but I have it set to not auto start and I rarely need to start the VM. Will the resources be essentially reserved and unavailable even when the VM is in the stopped or not running state?

 

[Ericloewe]

The RAM is, the CPU not necessarily.

 

[danb35]

The RAM is, the CPU not necessarily.

The RAM is reserved even when the VM is not running? That sounds like a very poor hypervisor implementation.

 

[Ericloewe]

Oh, I missed that part. No, it obviously doesn't take any resources while it's not running, besides disk space.

 

[beedix]

Does that clarification apply to the CPU as well? If the VM isn't running, there is no reserving of CPU resources, correct?

Thanks, appreciate the double check!

 

[Ericloewe]

Resources includes all resources, so CPU too.