[Kimchi-devel] [RFC] Add suport for VM suspend/resume

Aline Manera alinefm at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Wed Apr 1 19:58:17 UTC 2015


+1

On 30/03/2015 17:33, Crístian Viana wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'd like to propose two new operations on virtual machines: *suspend* 
> and *resume*:
>
> Suspend
> ----------
>
> From libvirt.org: /Suspend an active domain, the process is frozen 
> without further access to CPU resources and I/O but the memory used by 
> the domain at the hypervisor level will stay allocated./
>
> REST syntax:
> POST /vms/<vm-name>/suspend
>
> Return status:
> 200: OK
> 4xx: error
>
> Return data:
> None
>
> Resume
> ----------
>
> From libvirt.org: /Resume a suspended domain, the process is restarted 
> from the state where it was frozen by calling "suspend"./
>
> REST syntax:
> POST /vms/<vm-name>/resume
>
> Return status:
> 200: OK
> 4xx: error
>
> Return data:
> None
>
> --------------------
>
> This feature has been partially implemented in previous patches 
> ("[PATCH 0/3] VM suspend/resume", from Jan 21st), and its progress 
> should be resumed soon. The UI will have to be updated accordingly by 
> adding buttons to suspend and resume a VM, somewhat like the buttons 
> which start and stop a VM.
>
> Any feedback will be very welcome.
>
> Best regards,
> Crístian.
>
>
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