====== KVM - Suspend Guest ======

See [[KVM:Resume Guest|Resume Guest]]

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Suspension is a way to immediately "pause" a guest so that it no longer uses the CPU, disk, or network.

However, it will continue to reside in memory.

**NOTE:**  An alternative to Suspension is to save/load a session instead, which would mean it no longer takes up memory, but can be restored to its exact state (even after a reboot).

See:  [[KVM:Save Guest|Save Guest]] and [[KVM:Restore Guest|Restore Guest]]

<WRAP important>
**WARNING:**  A suspended session will be lost if the host system is rebooted.

However, a saved guest does persist.

</WRAP>

<code bash>
virsh suspend VM_ID_OR_NAME
</code>