> Have you tried it with other operating systems and found it to work?
> I.e., is it something specific to Windows 7, or is it a general HVM /
> Windows problem?
I tried this with CentOS 5.6 and saw the same behavior.
root@ubuntu:~# xl -vvv save -c centos /etc/xen/centoschk
Saving to /etc/xen/centoschk new xl format (info 0x0/0x0/255)
libxl: debug: libxl_dom.c:384:libxl__domain_suspend_common_callback
issuing PVHVM suspend request via XenBus control node
libxl: debug: libxl_dom.c:389:libxl__domain_suspend_common_callback
wait for the guest to acknowledge suspend request
libxl: debug: libxl_dom.c:434:libxl__domain_suspend_common_callback
guest acknowledged suspend request
libxl: debug: libxl_dom.c:438:libxl__domain_suspend_common_callback
wait for the guest to suspend
libxl: debug: libxl_dom.c:450:libxl__domain_suspend_common_callback
guest has suspended
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 90092@16687124
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: debug: outbuf_write: 4194304 > 4169716@12607500
xc: detail: type fail: page 0 mfn 000f2000
xc: detail: type fail: page 1 mfn 000f2001
xc: detail: type fail: page 2 mfn 000f2002
xc: detail: delta 9371ms, dom0 25%, target 0%, sent 920Mb/s, dirtied
0Mb/s 0 pages
xc: detail: Total pages sent= 263168 (0.25x)
xc: detail: (of which 0 were fixups)
xc: detail: All memory is saved
xc: detail: Save exit rc=0
libxl: debug: libxl_dom.c:534:libxl__domain_save_device_model Saving
device model state to /var/lib/xen/qemu-save.7
libxl: debug: libxl_dom.c:546:libxl__domain_save_device_model Qemu
state is 7204 bytes
root@ubuntu:~# xl list
Name ID Mem VCPUs State Time(s)
Domain-0 0 2914 4 r----- 6576.4
centos 7 1019 2 ---ss- 575.4