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qm disk — Manage disk images. More information: <https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/qm.1.html#cli_qm_disk_import

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Problem

How to use the qm disk command: Manage disk images. More information: <https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/qm.1.html#cli_qm_disk_import>.

Solution

qm disk — Manage disk images. More information: <https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/qm.1.html#cli_qm_disk_import>.

Add n gigabytes to a virtual disk:

qm {{[di|disk]}} {{[resi|resize]}} {{vm_id}} {{disk_name}} +{{n}}G

Move a virtual disk:

qm {{[di|disk]}} {{[m|move]}} {{vm_id}} {{destination}} {{index}}

Delete the previous copy of the virtual disk:

qm {{[di|disk]}} {{[m|move]}} --delete {{vm_id}} {{destination}} {{index}}

Import a VMDK/.qcow2/raw disk image using a specific storage name:

qm {{[di|disk]}} {{[i|import]}} {{vm_id}} {{path/to/disk}} {{storage_name}} --format {{qcow2|raw|vmdk}}

Rescan all storages and update disk sizes and unused disk images:

qm {{[di|disk]}} {{[resc|rescan]}}

Perform a dry-run of a rescan and do not write any changes to configurations:

qm {{[di|disk]}} {{[resc|rescan]}} --dryrun

Specify a virtual machine by its ID:

qm {{[di|disk]}} {{[resc|rescan]}} --vmid {{100}}

Code Snippets

Add `n` gigabytes to a virtual disk

qm {{[di|disk]}} {{[resi|resize]}} {{vm_id}} {{disk_name}} +{{n}}G

Move a virtual disk

qm {{[di|disk]}} {{[m|move]}} {{vm_id}} {{destination}} {{index}}

Delete the previous copy of the virtual disk

qm {{[di|disk]}} {{[m|move]}} --delete {{vm_id}} {{destination}} {{index}}

Import a VMDK/`.qcow2`/raw disk image using a specific storage name

qm {{[di|disk]}} {{[i|import]}} {{vm_id}} {{path/to/disk}} {{storage_name}} --format {{qcow2|raw|vmdk}}

Rescan all storages and update disk sizes and unused disk images

qm {{[di|disk]}} {{[resc|rescan]}}

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