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qm shutdown

Shutdown a virtual machine on QEMU/KVM Virtual Machine Manager. More information: https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/qm.1.html.

  • Shutdown a virtual machine:

qm shutdown {{VM_ID}}

  • Shutdown a virtual machine after wait for at most 10 seconds:

qm shutdown --timeout {{10}} {{VM_ID}}

  • Shutdown a virtual machine and do not deactivate storage volumes:

qm shutdown --keepActive {{true}} {{VM_ID}}

  • Shutdown a virtual machine and skip lock (only root can use this option):

qm shutdown --skiplock {{true}} {{VM_ID}}

  • Stop and shutdown a virtual machine:

qm shutdown --forceStop {{true}} {{VM_ID}}