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QlikView allocating additional memory on a VMWare Server

mstoler — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 18:19:17 GMT

Hello,

I am running QlikView Server 11.2 as a Virtual Server in a VMWare environment.

The server team has set the server for 8 GB of RAM and to allocate additional memory as required. It appears that the virtual machine does not request this additional memory.

Is there any Official Documentation from QlikView about setting dedicated memory on a Virtual Machine instead of dynamic memory.

Thank You,

Michael

Re: QlikView allocating additional memory on a VMWare Server

Colin-Albert — Thu, 22 May 2014 21:01:01 GMT

Hi Michael,

There is a white paper - search for "QlikView server virtualization" should find the PDF document.

Re: QlikView allocating additional memory on a VMWare Server

Giuseppe_Novello — Fri, 23 May 2014 20:12:49 GMT

Hello Michael,

I suggest to have dedicate memory instead dynamic, this is due to QVS memory working sets limits.

Also here is QV and VMware support statement ( in case you didn't see it before):

http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/isv/QlikTech_Support_Statement.pdf

Re: QlikView allocating additional memory on a VMWare Server

Anonymous — Fri, 23 May 2014 20:24:50 GMT

Hi, just as a comment I would not recommend using dynamic memory allocation on a QlikView server at all as I doubt that the allocation will be done fast enough. I would check your logfiles as you probably will be hiting at least working set low and probably high as well (as mentioned above). Of course this will depend on several things, the size of documents being uploaded into memory, the typ of calculations in the document and of course the number of simultaneous users but 8Gb sounds way to low.

Again, check your logfiles and se what is happening on your server.

Re: QlikView allocating additional memory on a VMWare Server

ergustafsson — Mon, 26 May 2014 13:39:23 GMT

Hi Michael,

Indeed what the others are saying is right. Make sure you are not using memory ballooning or similar techniques, QVS needs a set dedicated amount of RAM on the machine.

See this link for how to troubleshoot:Troubleshooting QlikView Server in a virtual environment 11/13

Regards,

Erik

Re: QlikView allocating additional memory on a VMWare Server

Tue, 03 Jun 2014 10:53:16 GMT

Please see attached pdf.