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| 2 | ifdef::manvolnum[] | |
| 3 | PVE({manvolnum}) | |
| 4 | ================ | |
| 5 | ||
| 6 | NAME | |
| 7 | ---- | |
| 8 | ||
| 9 | qm - Qemu/KVM Virtual Machine Manager | |
| 10 | ||
| 11 | ||
| 12 | SYNOPSYS | |
| 13 | -------- | |
| 14 | ||
| 15 | include::qm.1-synopsis.adoc[] | |
| 16 | ||
| 17 | DESCRIPTION | |
| 18 | ----------- | |
| 19 | endif::manvolnum[] | |
| 20 | ||
| 21 | ifndef::manvolnum[] | |
| 22 | Qemu/KVM Virtual Machines | |
| 23 | ========================= | |
| 24 | endif::manvolnum[] | |
| 25 | ||
| 26 | ||
| 27 | qm is a script to manage virtual machines with Qemu/Kvm. You can | |
| 28 | create and destroy virtual machines, and control execution | |
| 29 | (start/stop/suspend/resume). Besides that, you can use qm to set | |
| 30 | parameters in the associated config file. It is also possible to | |
| 31 | create and delete virtual disks. | |
| 32 | ||
| 33 | Configuration | |
| 34 | ------------- | |
| 35 | ||
| 36 | All configuration files consists of lines in the form | |
| 37 | ||
| 38 | PARAMETER: value | |
| 39 | ||
| 40 | See 'man vm.conf' for a complete list of options. | |
| 41 | ||
| 42 | Configuration files are stored inside the Proxmox configuration file | |
| 43 | system, and can be access at '/etc/pve/qemu-server/<VMID>.conf'. | |
| 44 | ||
| 45 | The default for option `keyboard` is read from | |
| 46 | '/etc/pve/datacenter.conf'. | |
| 47 | ||
| 48 | Locks | |
| 49 | ----- | |
| 50 | ||
| 51 | Online migration and backups ('vzdump') set a lock to prevent | |
| 52 | unintentional action on such VMs. Sometimes you need remove such lock | |
| 53 | manually (power failure). | |
| 54 | ||
| 55 | qm unlock <vmid> | |
| 56 | ||
| 57 | Examples | |
| 58 | -------- | |
| 59 | ||
| 60 | Create a new VM with 4 GB IDE disk. | |
| 61 | ||
| 62 | qm create 300 -ide0 4 -net0 e1000 -cdrom proxmox-mailgateway_2.1.iso | |
| 63 | ||
| 64 | Start the new VM | |
| 65 | ||
| 66 | qm start 300 | |
| 67 | ||
| 68 | Send a shutdown request, then wait until the VM is stopped. | |
| 69 | ||
| 70 | qm shutdown 300 && qm wait 300 | |
| 71 | ||
| 72 | Same as above, but only wait for 40 seconds. | |
| 73 | ||
| 74 | qm shutdown 300 && qm wait 300 -timeout 40 | |
| 75 | ||
| 76 | ||
| 77 | ifdef::manvolnum[] | |
| 78 | include::pve-copyright.adoc[] | |
| 79 | endif::manvolnum[] |