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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+ manpage, user manual, usage: VBoxManage adoptstate
+-->
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+<!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>$Date: 2022-08-22 19:43:14 +0200 (Mon, 22 Aug 2022) $</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>&product-name;</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 adopts a saved state file called
+ <filename>mystate.sav</filename> by a VM called <literal>vm2</literal>.
+ A subsequent start of the VM called <literal>vm2</literal> restores the
+ state from the saved state file <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>