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vmctl suspend

Suspend (pause) a running VM.

Synopsis

vmctl suspend <NAME>

Arguments

ArgumentDescription
NAMEVM name (positional)

Details

Pauses the VM's vCPUs via QMP. The VM remains in memory but stops executing. Use vmctl resume to continue.

Examples

vmctl suspend myvm

See Also

vmctl resume