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qmrestore(1)

QMRESTORE(1) Proxmox VE Documentation QMRESTORE(1)

NAME

qmrestore - Restore QemuServer `vzdump` Backups

SYNOPSIS

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qmrestore <archive> <vmid> [OPTIONS]

Restore QemuServer vzdump backups.

<archive>: <string>

The backup file. You can pass - to read from standard input.

<vmid>: <integer> (1 - N)

The (unique) ID of the VM.

--bwlimit <number> (0 - N)

Override i/o bandwidth limit (in KiB/s).

--force <boolean>

Allow to overwrite existing VM.

--live-restore <boolean>

Start the VM immediately from the backup and restore in background. PBS only.

--pool <string>

Add the VM to the specified pool.

--storage <string>

Default storage.

--unique <boolean>

Assign a unique random ethernet address.

DESCRIPTION

Restore the QemuServer vzdump backup archive to virtual machine vmid. Volumes are allocated on the original storage if there is no storage specified.

COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMER

Copyright © 2007-2022 Proxmox Server Solutions GmbH

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Affero General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License along with this program. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/

AUTHOR

Proxmox Server Solutions Gmbh
www.proxmox.com

Mon Jan 19 11:53:19 UTC 2026   7.4.2