Hi,

Libvirt-cim marks a VM suspended if it is either shutoff (VIR_DOMAIN_SHUTOFF) or crashed (VIR_DOMAIN_CRASHED) and a snapshot image is saved. A domain is marked dormant when it is blocked (VIR_DOMAIN_BLOCKED) or paused (VIR_DOMAIN_PAUSED).

Regards,
Sharad Mishra


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> Subject:    [Libvirt-cim] dormant vs suspended operating status
> Date:    Fri, 24 Sep 2010 16:10:35 -0500
> From:    Yee Ja <yja@us.ibm.com>
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> For KVM, is there any difference between a virtual machine with an
> operating status of dormant vs suspended, in terms of what functionality
> is available to run against the virtual machine? It seems as if dormant
> is the same as suspended, but I haven't read any documentation which
> specifically indicates such....
>
> Thanks
>
>
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> Chip Vincent
> Open Virtualization, Linux Technology Center
> IBM Systems & Technology Group
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