On 10/23/2012 12:51 AM, Eric Blake wrote:
> For snapshots, that all depends on what you want to do with the
snapshot
> - if you want to ever revert to the snapshot (and boot from that state),
> then quiescing makes sense; but if snapshots is only an intermediate
> step as part of a larger sequence of operations and you will then remove
> the intermediate files via blockpull and/or blockcommit, then quiescing
> is not necessary.
Oh and one last question. Since qemu-ga does not support quiescing
Windows domains, what do you suggest in that case. I know this is not a
libvirt specific question but I shall appreciate any ideas.
/Abbas