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  gnt-instance startup INSTANCE_NAME
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While the command to stop one is::
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Note, that this will not work when an instance is in a permanently
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stopped state ``offline``. In this case, you will first have to
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put it back to online mode by running::
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  gnt-instance modify --online INSTANCE_NAME
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The command to stop the running instance is::
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  gnt-instance shutdown INSTANCE_NAME
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If you want to shut the instance down more permanently, so that it
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does not require dynamically allocated resources (memory and vcpus),
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after shutting down an instance, execute the following::
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  gnt-instance modify --ofline INSTANCE_NAME
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.. warning:: Do not use the Xen or KVM commands directly to stop
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   instances. If you run for example ``xm shutdown`` or ``xm destroy``
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   on an instance Ganeti will automatically restart it (via

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