tldr/pages/linux/pvesm.md

pvesm

Manage Proxmox storage. More information: https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/pvesm.1.html.

• Get status for all datastores:

pvesm {{[st|status]}}

• List storage contents:

pvesm {{[l|list]}} {{storage_name}}

• Add a directory storage:

pvesm add {{[d|dir]}} {{storage_name}} --path {{path/to/directory}}

• Set a storage to contain specific content:

pvesm set {{storage_name}} --content {{iso,images,backup,vztmpl,...}}

• Delete a file from storage:

pvesm free {{local:iso/archlinux-2025.08.01-x86_64.iso}}

• Remove a storage:

pvesm {{[r|remove]}} {{storage_name}}