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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+    manpage, user manual, usage: VBoxManage adoptstate
+
+    Copyright (C) 2006-2020 Oracle Corporation
+
+    This file is part of VirtualBox Open Source Edition (OSE), as
+    available from http://www.virtualbox.org. This file is free software;
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+    hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY of any kind.
+ -->
+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
+  "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd"[
+<!ENTITY % all.entities SYSTEM "all-entities.ent">
+%all.entities;
+]>
+<refentry id="vboxmanage-adoptstate" lang="en">
+  <refentryinfo>
+    <pubdate>August 2019</pubdate>
+    <title>VBoxManage adoptstate</title>
+  </refentryinfo>
+
+  <refmeta>
+    <refentrytitle>VBoxManage-adoptstate</refentrytitle>
+    <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
+  </refmeta>
+
+  <refnamediv>
+    <refname>VBoxManage-adoptstate</refname>
+    <refpurpose>change a virtual machine's state based on a saved state file</refpurpose>
+    <refclass>Oracle VM VirtualBox</refclass>
+  </refnamediv>
+
+  <refsynopsisdiv>
+    <cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-adoptstate">
+<!-- The 'id' is mandatory and must start with 'synopsis-'. -->
+      <command>VBoxManage adoptstate</command>
+      <group choice="req">
+        <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>uuid</replaceable></arg>
+        <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>vmname</replaceable></arg>
+      </group>
+      <arg choice="req"><replaceable>state-filename</replaceable></arg>
+    </cmdsynopsis>
+  </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+  <refsect1>
+    <title>Description</title>
+    <para>
+      The <command>VBoxManage adoptstate</command> command enables you
+      to change the state of a virtual machine (VM) to a state described
+      in a saved state file (<filename>.sav</filename>). This action is
+      referred to as a VM <emphasis>adopting</emphasis> a saved state
+      file. The saved state file must be separate from the VM
+      configuration.
+    </para>
+    <para>
+      When you start the VM after adopting the saved state, the VM
+      restores its state from the saved state file.
+    </para>
+    <para>
+      Only use this command for custom deployments.
+    </para>
+    <variablelist>
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><replaceable>uuid</replaceable> | <replaceable>vmname</replaceable></term>
+        <listitem><para>
+            Specifies the Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) or name
+            of the VM.
+          </para></listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><replaceable>state-filename</replaceable></term>
+        <listitem><para>
+            Specifies the name of the saved state file.
+          </para></listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+    </variablelist>
+  </refsect1>
+
+  <refsect1>
+    <title>Examples</title>
+    <remark role="help-scope" condition="GLOBAL" />
+    <para>
+      The following command starts a VM called <literal>vm2</literal>
+      using a saved state file called <filename>mystate.sav</filename>.
+    </para>
+<screen>$ VBoxManage adoptstate vm2 /home/user/mystate.sav</screen>
+  </refsect1>
+
+  <refsect1>
+    <title>See Also</title>
+    <para>
+      <xref linkend="vboxmanage-discardstate"/>
+    </para>
+  </refsect1>
+</refentry>