So, there are no guest tools or plugins I can take advantage of. It seems that I'll need to implementing from scratch.
On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 11:42 AM, Rajesh Battala <rajesh.batt...@citrix.com>wrote: > There is no api to suspend/hibernate the VM. > I think the reason it's not implemented is some Hypervisors might support > suspend and some might not. Some hypervisors execute > suspend/pause/hibernate only if the guest tools are installed. > You can create jira ticket for it and please feel free to implement it. > > Thanks > Rajesh Battala > > -----Original Message----- > From: Krasimir Baylov [mailto:kbai...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2013 1:57 PM > To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org > Subject: Can I Suspend a CloudStack VM through the REST API? > > Hi all, > > Is there a way to hibernate a running VM in CloudStack with the REST API? > I know I can deploy/start/stop/destroy it but I couldn't find a way of > hibernating it. > > By hibernate I mean - releasing the resources that the VM uses while > preserving it's state (like SLEEP in Windows). In other words, when I > resume the VM it should have the same state (running programs, opened > files,...) as it was before the suspend. (This would need to persist the > VMs RAM though). > > Any hints on what can I do? Is there anything implemented I can use or I > need to develop it myself. My current setup uses KVM and CloudStack 4.1.1. > > Thank you! > Krasimir >
