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Subject: RE: [PATCH 1/3] hv_utils: Add the support of hibernation
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Dexuan Cui <decui@microsoft.com> writes:

> BTW, for vss, maybe the VM should not hibernate if there is a backup=20
> ongoing? -- if the file system is frozen by hv_vss_daemon, and the VM
> hibernates, then when the VM resumes back, it's almost always true that=
=20
> the VM won't receive the host's VSS_OP_THAW request, and the VM will
> end up in an unusable state.

Makes sense. Or, alternatively, can we postpone hibernation until after
VSS_OP_THAW?

--=20
Vitaly