gcloud beta compute instances suspend

NAME
gcloud beta compute instances suspend - suspend a virtual machine instance
SYNOPSIS
gcloud beta compute instances suspendINSTANCE_NAMES[INSTANCE_NAMES …][--async][--discard-local-ssd[=DISCARD_LOCAL_SSD]][--zone=ZONE][GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
DESCRIPTION
(BETA)gcloud beta compute instances suspend is usedto suspend a Compute Engine virtual machine. Suspending a VM is the equivalentof sleep or standby mode: the guest receives an ACPI S3 suspend signal, afterwhich all VM state is saved to temporary storage. An instance can only besuspended while it is in the RUNNING state. A suspended instance will be put inSUSPENDED state.

Note: A suspended instance can be resumed by running the gcloud computeinstances resume command.

If a VM has any attached Local SSD disks, you can preserve the Local SSD datawhen you suspend the VM by setting--discard-local-ssd=False.Preserving the Local SSD disk data incurs costs and is subject to limitations.

Limitations:

EXAMPLES
To suspend an instance namedtest-instance,run:
gcloudbetacomputeinstancessuspendtest-instance

To suspend an instance namedtest-instance that has a Local SSD,run:

gcloudbetacomputeinstancessuspendtest-instance--discard-local-ssd=True

Using--discard-local-ssd without a value defaults toTrue.

POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
INSTANCE_NAMES [INSTANCE_NAMES …]
Names of the instances to operate on. For details on valid instance names, referto the criteria documented under the field 'name' at:https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/reference/rest/v1/instances
FLAGS
--async
Return immediately, without waiting for the operation in progress to complete.
--discard-local-ssd[=DISCARD_LOCAL_SSD]
If set to true, local SSD data is discarded.
--zone=ZONE
Zone of the instances to operate on. If not specified, you might be prompted toselect a zone (interactive mode only).gcloud attempts to identify theappropriate zone by searching for resources in your currently active project. Ifthe zone cannot be determined,gcloud prompts you for a selection withall available Google Cloud Platform zones.

To avoid prompting when this flag is omitted, the user can set thecompute/zone property:

gcloudconfigsetcompute/zoneZONE

A list of zones can be fetched by running:

gcloudcomputezoneslist

To unset the property, run:

gcloudconfigunsetcompute/zone

Alternatively, the zone can be stored in the environment variableCLOUDSDK_COMPUTE_ZONE.

GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS
These flags are available to all commands:--access-token-file,--account,--billing-project,--configuration,--flags-file,--flatten,--format,--help,--impersonate-service-account,--log-http,--project,--quiet,--trace-token,--user-output-enabled,--verbosity.

Run$gcloud help for details.

NOTES
This command is currently in beta and might change without notice. Thesevariants are also available:
gcloudcomputeinstancessuspend
gcloudalphacomputeinstancessuspend

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Last updated 2025-05-07 UTC.