Abstract: For a first virtual machine (VM) executing in a physical machine, a second VM is instantiated in the physical machine, the first VM using a physical adapter installed in the physical machine, the first VM virtualizing a portion of physical memory of the physical machine, the second VM virtualizing the physical adapter. The second VM is deployed using a memory mapping virtualizing the portion of physical memory. Checkpointing of an application executing in the first VM is caused, generating application state data of the application. The application is caused to execute in the second VM using the application state data. Process data of the application is caused to be updated in the second VM, the updating instructing the application to use the memory mapping.