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# Save the VMs XML description
#* Save the current XML description of VM <code>vm-001</code> to a file at the retain location: <syntaxhighlight lang="bash">virsh dumpxml vm-001 > /path/to/retain/vm-001.xml</syntaxhighlight>
# Save the backend entry
#* There is no generic command to save the backend entry (since the command depends on the backend). Important here is, that the backend entry of the VM <code>vm-001</code> is saved to the retain location: <code>/path/to/retain/vm-001.backend</code>
# Restore the VMs <code>vm-001</code> from its saved state (this will also start the VM): <syntaxhighlight lang="bash">virsh restore /path/to/ram-disk/vm-001.state</syntaxhighlight>
#* '''Please note:''' After this operation the VM <code>vm-001</code> is running again (continues where we stopped it), and we have a consistent backup for the VM <code>vm-001</code>:
#** The file <code>/path/to/ram-disk/vm-001.state</code> contains the CPU and memory state of VM <code>vm-001</code> at time T<sub>1</sub>
#** The file <code>/path/to/retain/vm-001.qcow2</code> contains the disk state of VM <code>vm-001</code> at time T<sub>1</sub>
#** The file <code>/path/to/retain/vm-001.xml</code> contains the XML description of VM <code>vm-001</code> at time T<sub>1</sub>
#** The file <code>/path/to/retain/vm-001.backend</code> contains the backend entry of VM <code>vm-001</code> at time T<sub>1</sub>
== Merge ==
