With KVM - I understand that there are 2 steps in general. 1) libvirts save - which saves memory of running VM to a file 2) qemu-img to snapshot disks...
AS for the KVM VM snapshoting - my understanding is that the code is not implemented at all, right ? On 8 December 2014 at 12:11, Vadim Kimlaychuk <vadim.kimlayc...@elion.ee> wrote: > CS does not support memory snapshots for XenServer. Disk snapshots are > working. Not sure about VmWare, but I guess it should be the same. I > thought the reachest feature-set is developed for KVM. But if it does not > support memory snapshots - I wonder wich hypervisor does it ? This option > at user interface exists, but I didn't see it worked. > > Vadim. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Andrija Panic [mailto:andrija.pa...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, December 08, 2014 12:51 PM > To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org; us...@cloudstack.apache.org > Subject: KVM - VM snapshot (round 2) > > Hi guys, > > still wondering is there any interest into imlementing the VM snapshoot > for KVM ? > > We desperately need it, so will try to contribute anyway we can (not me > obviosuly, not a developer, but my colegues will). > > Can you give some guidance on this subject - I'm aware of the design > documents here > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/VM+Snapshots but > any more input would be very much appriciated. > > I understand, that VMware/Xen natively support this, and that it might > have bigger user-base for Xen VS KVM - but this is one of the major KVM > missing features... > > Any input greatly appreciated... > > -- > > Andrija Panić > -- Andrija Panić
