Restoring Virtual Machines - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 11 - VIRTUALIZATION Manual

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Procedure 6.2 Save a Virtual Machine's Current State (Virtual Machine Manager)
1 Make sure the virtual machine to be saved is running.
2 Select the virtual machine.
3 Click Open to view the virtual machine console or Details to view virtual machine
information.
4 Select Virtual Machine > Save from the menu.
5 Name and save the file.
Procedure 6.3 Save a Virtual Machine's Current State (xm Command)
1 Make sure the virtual machine to be saved is running.
2 In the host environment, enter xm save ID state-file where ID is
the virtual machine ID you want to save, and state-file is the name you
specify for the memory-state file.

6.16 Restoring Virtual Machines

The restore operation loads a virtual machine's previously saved memory-state file and
starts the virtual machine. The virtual machine does not boot the operating system but
resumes at the point that it was previously saved. The operation is slightly similar to
coming out of hibernation.
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.
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