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RE: [Xen-users] xm save/restore failing; ideas ?

To: "Harsh Modawel" <harsh.modawel@xxxxxxxxxx>, xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [Xen-users] xm save/restore failing; ideas ?
From: "Petersson, Mats" <Mats.Petersson@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 11:43:59 +0200
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
> Harsh Modawel
> Sent: 23 May 2007 10:29
> To: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [Xen-users] xm save/restore failing; ideas ?
> 
> Hi,
>     I had save/restore working earlier and am not sure what 
> is causing 
> it to fail now -
> 
> =====================================
> [root@localhost ~]# xm list
> Name                                      ID   Mem VCPUs      State   
> Time(s)
> Domain-0                                   0   257     1     
> r-----     
> 74.3
> debian_3.1                                 9   128     2     
> -b----     
> 21.1
> 
> [root@localhost ~]# xm save debian_3.1 /tmp/t
> 
> [root@localhost ~]# ls -l /tmp/t
> -rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 134368760 May 23 13:39 /tmp/t
> 
> [root@localhost ~]# date
> Wed May 23 13:39:45 IST 2007
> 
> [root@localhost ~]# xm list
> Name                                      ID   Mem VCPUs      State   
> Time(s)
> Domain-0                                   0   257     1     
> r-----     
> 76.8
> 
> [root@localhost ~]# xm restore /tmp/t
> Error: Restore failed
> Usage: xm restore <CheckpointFile> [-p]
> 
> Restore a domain from a saved state.
>  -p, --paused                   Do not unpause domain after 
> restoring it 
> =====================================
> 
> Any thoughts/sugegestions ?

Have a look at /var/log/xen/xend.log, and see if it's got something
useful in there. Most likely, the save-file is messed up somehow. [It
looks about the right size, a few meg above 128M, but it doesn't mean
that there isn't something wrong in there...] 

--
Mats
> 
> Regards,
> -harsh
> 
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