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qm — QEMU/KVM Virtual Machine Manager. Some subcommands such as `list`, `start`, `stop`, `clone`, etc. ha

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Problem

How to use the qm command: QEMU/KVM Virtual Machine Manager. Some subcommands such as list, start, stop, clone, etc. have their own usage documentation. More information: <https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/qm.1.html>.

Solution

qm — QEMU/KVM Virtual Machine Manager. Some subcommands such as list, start, stop, clone, etc. have their own usage documentation. More information: <https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/qm.1.html>.

List all virtual machines:

qm list

Using an ISO file uploaded on the local storage, create a virtual machine with a 4 GB SCSI disk on the local-lvm storage and an ID of 100:

qm {{[cr|create]}} {{100}} --scsi0 {{local-lvm:4}} --net0 {{e1000}} --cdrom {{local:iso/proxmox-mailgateway_2.1.iso}}

Show the configuration of a virtual machine, specifying its ID:

qm {{[co|config]}} {{100}}

Start a specific virtual machine:

qm start {{100}}

Send a shutdown request, then wait until the virtual machine is stopped:

qm {{[shu|shutdown]}} {{100}} && qm {{[w|wait]}} {{100}}

Destroy a virtual machine and remove all related resources:

qm {{[des|destroy]}} {{100}} --purge

Code Snippets

List all virtual machines

qm list

Using an ISO file uploaded on the local storage, create a virtual machine with a 4 GB SCSI disk on the `local-lvm` storage and an ID of 100

qm {{[cr|create]}} {{100}} --scsi0 {{local-lvm:4}} --net0 {{e1000}} --cdrom {{local:iso/proxmox-mailgateway_2.1.iso}}

Show the configuration of a virtual machine, specifying its ID

qm {{[co|config]}} {{100}}

Start a specific virtual machine

qm start {{100}}

Send a shutdown request, then wait until the virtual machine is stopped

qm {{[shu|shutdown]}} {{100}} && qm {{[w|wait]}} {{100}}

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