# qmrestore(1)

Proxmox Server Solutions GmbH
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version 8.4.1, Tue Aug 5 16:55:44 CEST 2025

## NAME

qmrestore - Restore QemuServer vzdump Backups

## SYNOPSIS

qmrestore help

qmrestore <archive> <vmid> [OPTIONS]

Restore QemuServer vzdump backups.

<archive>: <string>

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

<vmid>: <integer> (100 - 999999999)

  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 <storage ID>

  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.

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