#994238 libvirt-clients: virsh save unexpectedly failed

Package:
libvirt-clients
Source:
libvirt
Description:
Programs for the libvirt library
Submitter:
Michael Ott
Date:
2021-10-01 09:03:01 UTC
Severity:
normal
#994238#5
Date:
2021-09-14 11:18:47 UTC
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Dear Maintainer,

I try to save my virtual machine and it failed

$ virsh save win10-2 /srv/images/gnome-boxes/images/win10-2.save --verbose
Save: [ 92 %]error: Failed to save domain 'win10-2' to /srv/images/gnome-boxes/images/win10-2.save
error: operation failed: domain save job: unexpectedly failed

Also machines which are not running in background failed to suspend

#994238#10
Date:
2021-10-01 09:02:12 UTC
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Hi!

I found a solution:

I switch my video from qxl to virtio and it works

The problem is the qxl vidoe driver

Found here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/qemu_kvm/comments/pktwpr/saving_domain_suddenly_failing_with_qxl_video/