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qmrestore — Restore QemuServer `vzdump` backups. More information: <https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/qmrestore.1

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Problem

How to use the qmrestore command: Restore QemuServer vzdump backups. More information: <https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/qmrestore.1.html>.

Solution

qmrestore — Restore QemuServer vzdump backups. More information: <https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/qmrestore.1.html>.

Restore virtual machine from given backup file on the original storage:

qmrestore {{path/to/vzdump-qemu-100.vma.lzo}} {{100}}

Overwrite existing virtual machine from a given backup file on the original storage:

qmrestore {{path/to/vzdump-qemu-100.vma.lzo}} {{100}} --force true

Restore the virtual machine from a given backup file on specific storage:

qmrestore {{path/to/vzdump-qemu-100.vma.lzo}} {{100}} --storage {{local}}

Start virtual machine immediately from the backup while restoring in the background (only on Proxmox Backup Server):

qmrestore {{path/to/vzdump-qemu-100.vma.lzo}} {{100}} --live-restore true

Code Snippets

Restore virtual machine from given backup file on the original storage

qmrestore {{path/to/vzdump-qemu-100.vma.lzo}} {{100}}

Overwrite existing virtual machine from a given backup file on the original storage

qmrestore {{path/to/vzdump-qemu-100.vma.lzo}} {{100}} --force true

Restore the virtual machine from a given backup file on specific storage

qmrestore {{path/to/vzdump-qemu-100.vma.lzo}} {{100}} --storage {{local}}

Start virtual machine immediately from the backup while restoring in the background (only on Proxmox Backup Server)

qmrestore {{path/to/vzdump-qemu-100.vma.lzo}} {{100}} --live-restore true

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