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pvesm — Manage Proxmox storage. More information: <https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/pvesm.1.html>.

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Problem

How to use the pvesm command: Manage Proxmox storage. More information: <https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/pvesm.1.html>.

Solution

pvesm — Manage Proxmox storage. More information: <https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/pvesm.1.html>.

Get status for all datastores:
pvesm {{[st|status]}}


List storage contents:
pvesm {{[l|list]}} {{storage_name}}


Add a directory storage:
pvesm add {{[d|dir]}} {{storage_name}} --path {{path/to/directory}}


Set a storage to contain specific content:
pvesm set {{storage_name}} --content {{iso,images,backup,vztmpl,...}}


Delete a file from storage:
pvesm free {{local:iso/archlinux-2025.08.01-x86_64.iso}}


Remove a storage:
pvesm {{[r|remove]}} {{storage_name}}

Code Snippets

Get status for all datastores

pvesm {{[st|status]}}

List storage contents

pvesm {{[l|list]}} {{storage_name}}

Add a directory storage

pvesm add {{[d|dir]}} {{storage_name}} --path {{path/to/directory}}

Set a storage to contain specific content

pvesm set {{storage_name}} --content {{iso,images,backup,vztmpl,...}}

Delete a file from storage

pvesm free {{local:iso/archlinux-2025.08.01-x86_64.iso}}

Context

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