<![CDATA[Remove a VM without Destroying the Disk]]>Hey all! I'm trying to decommission my first Xen VM. In VMWare, I used to just "unregister" the VM, and then move the disk files over to cold storage on my NAS.

When I try to "remove" the VM in XCP-NG it warns me that it's going to delete the disks.

Question is... How can I "remove" the VM configuration such that the VM is not available anymore, but still keep the disks intact? Is this possible with XCP-NG? Perhaps I need to re-think how I'm executing this...

]]>https://xcp-ng.org/forum/topic/8038/remove-a-vm-without-destroying-the-diskRSS for NodeTue, 12 May 2026 13:30:28 GMTTue, 05 Dec 2023 15:32:29 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Remove a VM without Destroying the Disk on Tue, 05 Dec 2023 22:45:31 GMT]]>@Anonabhar Thanks!! This worked exactly as you described!

]]>https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/68157https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/68157Tue, 05 Dec 2023 22:45:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Remove a VM without Destroying the Disk on Tue, 05 Dec 2023 16:05:04 GMT]]>@JSylvia007 If you made the backup with a tool like XO / XOA then the backups should be unaffected. So long as they were proper backups and not just snapshots ! LOL

If you are worried, just do a restore before you delete the original VM. It will have the date appended to the end of the VM name, so it will not overwrite the existing VM..

]]>https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/68151https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/68151Tue, 05 Dec 2023 16:05:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Remove a VM without Destroying the Disk on Tue, 05 Dec 2023 15:49:27 GMT]]>@Anonabhar - Brilliant. That's exactly what I was loking for...

Second (but related question) - once I delete the VM, will all my backups for that VM become invalid? I don't actually mind deleting the VM and the active disk, IF I can just go into restore and restore the VM.

]]>https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/68150https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/68150Tue, 05 Dec 2023 15:49:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Remove a VM without Destroying the Disk on Tue, 05 Dec 2023 15:46:41 GMT]]>@JSylvia007 Just detach the disk from the VM before you delete the VM.. Then youu can create a new VM and attach the disk later.. Just make sure you name the disk something sensible so you know what it is LOL

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