Suspending a virtual server

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Transfer a virtual server into the paused state.

Before you begin

Use the virsh domstate command to display the state of the virtual server.

About this task

Refer to Virtual server life cycle to see the effect of the virsh suspend command depending on the virtual server state.

Procedure

Suspend a virtual server by using the virsh suspend command (see suspend): 
# virsh suspend <VS>
<VS>
Is the name of the virtual server.

What to do next

To transfer the virtual server back to the running state, issue the virsh resume command.