Hibernate Single Qube

brogan · June 2, 2022, 12:19am

Is it possible to hibernate a single qube and then resume from that state later? Like pause but so that it would survive a reboot of QubesOS.

arkenoi · June 2, 2022, 7:39am

Unfortunately, not yet (I wish we could! it should be doable under Xen but probably there are issues with Qubes GUI context)

tzwcfq · June 2, 2022, 7:45am

github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues

Consider supporting VM hibernation (xl save/restore)

opened 10:52PM - 28 Aug 16 UTC

andrewdavidwong

T: enhancement C: core P: minor

[On 2016-08-28 15:22, johnyjukya@[...].org wrote:](https://groups.google.com/d/m…sgid/qubes-users/3e6cf6fc76a5c53d70e3dd6d2c52cbf2.webmail%40localhost) > Are there any thoughts to support "hibernation" in VM's? (Not just a > pause, but something that could survive a reboot?) "xl save/restore" does > it, and I've had a bit of success with that, but I think it freaked out > the VM Manager on a couple of occasions. :P > > Especially when memory is tight, it'd be nice to be able to hibernate a > less-critical VM or two, and fire up something more important.

arkenoi · March 26, 2025, 5:09pm

Since 2016! Any new developments?