How to Force kill a VM in Proxmox
“TheQCTECH”
Is your virtual machine (VM) on Proxmox refusing to shut down, even through the GUI or the qm stop command? Don’t panic! This video will show you a quick fix to forcefully terminate the VM.
Identify the VM id
Find the Process ID (PID) :
ps aux | grep “/usr/bin/kvm -id VMID” to get the PID….
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