[fedora-virt] Status of Snapshots

[Jes Sorensen]

On 01/10/11 00:19, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 09, 2011 at 05:02:50PM -0400, Jorge Fábregas wrote:
>> I noticed no "snapshot" functionality in virt-manager :(  What I found
>> while doing a search is that it is planned but couldn't find anything
>> recent.  What's the current status on snapshots? Any plans to include it
>> with virt-manager for F15? F16?
> 
> This is really a qemu issue, rather than virt-manager.  Someone from
> Red Hat is working on snapshot patches for qemu at the moment.  No ETA
> that I know of ... I understand that it's a rather difficult problem
> to solve well.

Actually basic snapshot support is available in upstream QEMU now. It is
yet to filter down into Fedora and other distros though, and none of the
management tools are aware of it to the best of my knowledge.

Cheers,
Jes