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Re: [Xen-users] Live-migration doesn't work to Windows guest

To: James Harper <james.harper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Live-migration doesn't work to Windows guest
From: Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 10:14:19 +0200
Cc: Edson Marquezani Filho <edsonmarquezani@xxxxxxxxx>, xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Keith Coleman <list.keith@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 09:10:30AM +1100, James Harper wrote:
> > 
> > >
> > > The GPLPV drivers do not support live migrate or restore.
> > >
> > 
> > I didnt't know it. Xen Wiki doesn't say that. Why?
> > 
> > Actualy, I'm not using Red Hat PVDrivers only because of a bug that
> > gives me a BSOD after install. What a bad luck. =/
> > 
> 
> Strictly speaking, it should have worked but there was a change made to
> Xen around 3.4.x that broke migration/save/restore and a while a
> workaround seems to exist, I haven't yet applied it to GPLPV and I'm not
> completely sure I want to as it seems a bit messy.
> 

Afaik the workaround has been working OK for Oracle PV drivers.. 

Better than nothing :)

-- Pasi


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