On 06/02/2018 02:28 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
Also, I usually have a VM running (Windows 10) that I prefer not to
have to restart just because I updated one of Linux's libraries that
the VM doesn't depend on. This might even mean restarting my desktop
session, which I can do without the VM even noticing. Forcing updates
to be done offline is using a sledgehammer to break a nut.
By default, libvirt and qemu will pause the VM and save it when you
reboot. On startup, it resumes from where it left off.