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

To: Tom Rotenberg <tom.rotenberg@xxxxxxxxx>, "xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] Should 'xm save' work, when using PCI pass through?
From: Ian Pratt <Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:45:12 +0100
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Thread-topic: [Xen-devel] Should 'xm save' work, when using PCI pass through?
> 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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