Re: [Xen-devel] Should 'xm save' work, when using PCI pass through?

[Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm not sure xend can save/restore passthrough state. In which case your
only option is to hot-unplug the PCI devices from the guest first.

 -- Keir

On 23/09/2009 12:16, "Tom Rotenberg" <tom.rotenberg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Well, i just tried sending the domain to S3, and then saving it's
> state, but i got an error saying, that 'migration isn't allowed with
> pass-through devices'.
> How can i workaround this?
> 
> On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 1:45 PM, Ian Pratt <Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> I have a domain with PCI pass-through, and i would like to save it,
>>> and restore it later (maybe even after rebooting the dom0). Is it
>>> possible to do this using 'xm save' & 'xm restore', although my domain
>>> has PCI pass through?
>> 
>> You'll need to make sure the physical devices are shutdown. The best way of
>> doing this is to hot unplug them. You could also achieve this by putting the
>> VM into S3 sleep before doing the save.
>> 
>> Ian
>> 
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