my $storecfg = PVE::Storage::config();
- # Restoring a backup can replace an existing VM. In this case, we need to
- # remove existing data such as disks as they would pile up as unused disks
- # in the new VM otherwise.
- # keep_empty_config=1 to prevent races until overwriting it with the
- # restored config.
- # skiplock=1 because qmrestore has set the lock itself.
+ # avoid zombie disks when restoring over an existing VM -> cleanup first
+ # pass keep_empty_config=1 to keep the config (thus VMID) reserved for us
+ # skiplock=1 because qmrestore has set the 'create' lock itself already
my $vmcfgfn = PVE::QemuConfig->config_file($vmid);
destroy_vm($storecfg, $vmid, 1, 1) if -f $vmcfgfn;