openstack-manuals/doc/common/section_nova_cli_startstop.xml
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Change-Id: Id5ffc774b966ba7b9a591743a877aa10ab3094c7
author: diane fleming
2013-09-08 15:15:50 -07:00

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<section
xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
version="5.0"
xml:id="nova_cli_stop_start">
<title>Stop and start an instance</title>
<para>Use one of the following methods to stop and start an
instance.</para>
<section xml:id="pause_server"><title>Pause and un-pause an instance</title><procedure xml:id="nova_cli_pause_unpause">
<title>To pause and un-pause a server</title>
<step> <para>To pause a server, run the following command:</para><screen><prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>nova pause</userinput> <replaceable>SERVER</replaceable></screen>
<para>This command stores the state of the VM in
RAM. A paused instance continues to run in a frozen
state.</para>
<para>To un-pause the server, run the following command:</para><screen><prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>nova unpause</userinput> <replaceable>SERVER</replaceable></screen></step>
</procedure></section>
<section xml:id="suspend_resume"><title>Suspend and resume an instance</title> <procedure xml:id="nova_cli_suspend_resume">
<title>To suspend and resume a server</title>
<para>Administrative users might want to suspend an infrequently used
instance or to perform system maintenance.</para>
<step><para>When you suspend an instance, its VM state is stored on disk,
all memory is written to disk, and the virtual machine is
stopped. Suspending an instance is similar to placing a device
in hibernation; memory and vCPUs become available.</para><para>To initiate a hypervisor-level suspend operation,
run the following command:</para><screen><prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>nova suspend</userinput> <replaceable>SERVER</replaceable></screen>
</step>
<step><para>To resume a suspended server:</para>
<screen><prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>nova resume</userinput> <replaceable>SERVER</replaceable></screen>
</step>
</procedure></section>
</section>