Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 SP2 - VIRTUALIZATION WITH XEN Manual page 64

The restore operation deletes the previously-saved memory-state file and assigns a new
ID to the virtual machine. The virtual machine name and UUID remain the same as
previously saved.
IMPORTANT
After using the save operation, do not boot, start, or run the virtual machine
you intend to restore. If the virtual machine is at any time restarted before it
is restored, the saved memory-state file becomes invalid and should not be
used to restore.
Procedure 5.3 Restore a Virtual Machine's Current State (Virtual Machine
1 Make sure the virtual machine to be restored has not been started since you ran
2 Run Virtual Machine Manager.
3 In Virtual Machine Manager, click File > Restore Saved Machine from the drop-
4 Specify the previously-saved file.
5 Click Open.
Procedure 5.4 Restore a Virtual Machine's Current State (xm Command)
1 Make sure the virtual machine to be restored has not been started since you ran
2 In the host environment, enter xm restore state-file where
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Manager)
the save operation.
down menu.
The virtual machine and the guest operating system are restored to the previously-
saved state. The memory-state file is automatically deleted.
the save operation.
state-file is the previously-saved memory-state file.