It is still doing the same, I suspect that this is an intentional behavior of qemu, it keeps the disk space for future use. However I haven't found any documentation on how users should free the space.
On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 12:32 PM, Wei ZHOU <ustcweiz...@gmail.com> wrote: > As far as I know, KVM does support memory snapshot. > The shortcoming is libvirt-java supports only internal snapshot (not > external snapshots) for now. > In this case, the memory snapshot will be attached to the qcow2 file, and > the qcow2 will grow even after we remove the memory snapshot. > > I've changed and tested on 4.2 before, but not pushed into production. > > An email from the Mice, the developer of this functionality: > http://cloudstack.markmail.org/message/c3hkpxbad6ul4mza > > -Wei > > 2014-12-08 12:11 GMT+01:00 Vadim Kimlaychuk <vadim.kimlayc...@elion.ee>: > > > CS does not support memory snapshots for XenServer. Disk snapshots are > > working. Not sure about VmWare, but I guess it should be the same. I > > thought the reachest feature-set is developed for KVM. But if it does not > > support memory snapshots - I wonder wich hypervisor does it ? This option > > at user interface exists, but I didn't see it worked. > > > > Vadim. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Andrija Panic [mailto:andrija.pa...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Monday, December 08, 2014 12:51 PM > > To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org; us...@cloudstack.apache.org > > Subject: KVM - VM snapshot (round 2) > > > > Hi guys, > > > > still wondering is there any interest into imlementing the VM snapshoot > > for KVM ? > > > > We desperately need it, so will try to contribute anyway we can (not me > > obviosuly, not a developer, but my colegues will). > > > > Can you give some guidance on this subject - I'm aware of the design > > documents here > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/VM+Snapshots but > > any more input would be very much appriciated. > > > > I understand, that VMware/Xen natively support this, and that it might > > have bigger user-base for Xen VS KVM - but this is one of the major KVM > > missing features... > > > > Any input greatly appreciated... > > > > -- > > > > Andrija Panić > > > -- EOF
