In Linux Proxmox

What Does qm Stand For?

In Proxmox, qm stands for Qemu Manager.

It’s the Proxmox command-line tool for managing QEMU/KVM virtual machines. The qm tool lets you:

• Create VMs (qm create)
• Configure them (qm set, qm config)
• Start/stop VMs (qm start, qm shutdown, qm stop)
• Attach disks, ISOs, network cards, etc.
• Access the VM monitor for low-level commands (qm monitor)
  

So when you run:

“`bash

qm create 110 –name win11 …

You’re telling Proxmox’s QEMU Manager to create a VM with ID 110 using QEMU/KVM as the backend.

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Quick Glossary

Term	Meaning
qm	QEMU Manager – Proxmox tool to manage VMs using QEMU/KVM
QEMU	Open-source processor emulator and virtualiser
KVM	Kernel-based Virtual Machine – Linux’s native hardware virtualisation
OVMF	Open Virtual Machine Firmware (UEFI for VMs)
TPM	Trusted Platform Module – required by Windows 11 for secure boot
VirtIO	High-performance I/O virtualization framework (for disks, network, etc)
SPICE	Protocol for remote desktop into VMs with better graphics & performance
SCSI/VirtIO0	Virtual storage device interfaces in Proxmox