qm-suspend
Suspend a Proxmox virtual machine
TLDR
Suspend a virtual machine by ID
$ qm suspend 100
Suspend skipping lock check$ qm suspend 100 --skiplock
Suspend skipping storage lock check$ qm suspend 100 --skiplockstorage
SYNOPSIS
qm suspend vmid [options]
DESCRIPTION
qm suspend suspends a running virtual machine in Proxmox VE. The VM's state is preserved in memory, allowing it to be resumed later with qm resume.Suspension pauses VM execution without shutting down the guest OS.
PARAMETERS
--skiplock
Skip the lock check when suspending--skiplockstorage
Skip the storage lock check when suspending
INSTALL
sudo dnf install qm
CAVEATS
Use --skiplock and --skiplockstorage with caution as they may lead to data corruption in certain situations. Suspended VMs still consume memory resources.
HISTORY
Part of Proxmox VE QEMU/KVM management tools for virtual machine administration.
SEE ALSO
qm(1), qm-resume(1), qm-shutdown(1)
