qm-reset
Hard reset a Proxmox virtual machine
TLDR
Reset a virtual machine
$ qm reset 100
Reset and skip lock (root only)$ qm reset --skiplock true 100
SYNOPSIS
qm reset [options] vmid
DESCRIPTION
qm reset performs a hard reset on a virtual machine, equivalent to pressing the reset button on physical hardware. This immediately restarts the VM without graceful shutdown.Use this when the guest OS is unresponsive and a graceful reboot is not possible.
PARAMETERS
--skiplock true|false
Ignore locks and force reset (root only)
INSTALL
sudo dnf install qm
CAVEATS
Hard reset may cause data loss in the guest if filesystems are not properly synchronized. The skiplock option requires root privileges.
HISTORY
Part of Proxmox VE QEMU/KVM management tools for virtual machine administration.
SEE ALSO
qm(1), qm-reboot(1), qm-shutdown(1)
