delete vm

  1. G

    Help understanding options when removing VM/LXC

    I want to make sure I fully understand these options to make sure I don't delete something I didn't mean to. * Purge from job configuration This one seems pretty straightforward to me, if there are any jobs for backups and stuff like that for the VM/LXC, those jobs will be deleted with the...
  2. T

    Deleting several VMs may leave behind Disks

    I'm working on automatically deploying VMs via the API. To update them I delete the old and clone a new one from an uptodate template. During this I noticed that when deleting several VMs some may leave their disk behind. I think I had i happen with 5 VMs but for testing this its easier to just...
  3. F

    How to delete webUI VM ghost

    Good evening! Home-labber here. In doing a lab, I wound up deleting a VMs .config file instead of the .lock file and totally hosed my VM. I am not concerned, since this is a VM that I was using to as a test-platform anyway and it has been destroyed and stood back up many times. But I cannot...
  4. C

    API Proxmox DeleteVM

    Hello, I would like to know if it is possible with the proxmox API, to make API requests to delete a VM using an html request Thanks in advance for your answers
  5. H

    Unable to remove VMs from GUI, CLI, or API

    We have been using Proxmox for years and have a 3 nodes cluster that had been healthy for a while then recently we noticed that VMs couldn't be deleted (destroyed) by any means (GUI, CLI, or the API) We don't see any storage issues that could refer to a problem with file locking, The VM disk...
  6. F

    how can i recover the disks of a deleted VM?

    Hi, I deleted a VM knowing that I had the restore backup done the day before (I do Daily Backups), but unfortunately the backup was corrupt, is there any way to recover that VM? I no longer have any disks, I would also need to just recover the disks and then recreate the VM
  7. S

    Deleting a VM by mistake - How to recover it

    Hello, I deleted a VM by mistake from the web GUI... o_O I no longer have a backup of this virtual machine. It contains very important data. Do you have a solution to recover this virtual machine or the virtual disk? Currently I'm running a photorec but it doesn't seem to find my deleted...
  8. A

    Deleting VM confuses GUI

    Hi, I'm currently experiencing a problem where the live stats for one of my VMs is not showning. What happned was that I had an old VM which I deleted. A short while later (during the same day) I created a new VM and reused the old VMID. I don't know if it is relevant but I also reused the MAC...

About

The Proxmox community has been around for many years and offers help and support for Proxmox VE, Proxmox Backup Server, and Proxmox Mail Gateway.
We think our community is one of the best thanks to people like you!

Get your subscription!

The Proxmox team works very hard to make sure you are running the best software and getting stable updates and security enhancements, as well as quick enterprise support. Tens of thousands of happy customers have a Proxmox subscription. Get yours easily in our online shop.

Buy now!