[Bug 1472500] [NEW] virt-manager. restore windows vm-> Unknown savevm section type 5

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When running a windows vm under kvm, save-ing, and then restore-ing, the
restore fails with

Error restoring domain: internal error: process exited while connecting to monitor: Unknown savevm section type 5
2015-07-08T07:18:09.422722Z qemu-system-x86_64: load of migration failed: Invalid argument

Sw versions:

i  ipxe-qemu                                     1.0.0+git-20141004.86285d1-1ubuntu3        all          PXE boot firmware - ROM images for qemu
ii  qemu-kvm                                      1:2.2+dfsg-5expubuntu9.2                   amd64        QEMU Full virtualization
ii  qemu-system-common                            1:2.2+dfsg-5expubuntu9.2                   amd64        QEMU full system emulation binaries (common files)
ii  qemu-system-x86                               1:2.2+dfsg-5expubuntu9.2                   amd64        QEMU full system emulation binaries (x86)
ii  qemu-utils                                    1:2.2+dfsg-5expubuntu9.2                   amd64        QEMU utilities
jonesn at jonesn-ThinkPad-W530:~$ 
jonesn at jonesn-ThinkPad-W530:~$ dpkg -l | grep libvirt
ii  gir1.2-libvirt-glib-1.0                       0.1.9-4                                    amd64        libvirt glib mainloop integration
ii  libvirt-bin                                   1.2.12-0ubuntu13                           amd64        programs for the libvirt library
ii  libvirt-glib-1.0-0                            0.1.9-4                                    amd64        libvirt glib mainloop integration
ii  libvirt0                                      1.2.12-0ubuntu13                           amd64        library for interfacing with different virtualization systems
ii  python-libvirt                                1.2.12-0ubuntu1                            amd64        libvirt Python bindings
jonesn at jonesn-ThinkPad-W530:~$ 
onesn at jonesn-ThinkPad-W530:~$ dpkg -l | grep virt-manager
ii  virt-manager                                  1:1.0.1-5ubuntu1                           all          desktop application for managing virtual machines

It may be this bug in qemu 2.2
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.emulators.qemu/319527/focus=319653

I've not seen a later package in the ubuntu repos, though happy to test
if one exists. I may build qemu seperately as a test

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
Package: virt-manager 1:1.0.1-5ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-22.22-generic 3.19.8-ckt1
Uname: Linux 3.19.0-22-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: KDE
Date: Wed Jul  8 08:19:03 2015
ExecutablePath: /usr/share/virt-manager/virt-manager
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-06-12 (25 days ago)
InstallationMedia: It
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: virt-manager
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: qemu (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug vivid
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virt-manager. restore windows vm-> Unknown savevm section type 5
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1472500
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