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Enabling or disabling VM delete protection by using the command line

To prevent the inadvertent deletion of a virtual machine (VM), you can enable VM delete protection by using the command line. You can also disable delete protection for a VM.

By default, delete protection is not enabled for VMs. You must set the option for each individual VM.

Prerequisites

  • You have installed the {oc-first}.

Procedure

  • Enable delete protection for a VM by running the following command:

    $ oc patch vm <vm_name> --type merge -p '{"metadata":{"labels":{"kubevirt.io/vm-delete-protection":"True"}}}' -n <namespace>

  • Disable delete protection for a VM by running the following command:

    $ oc patch vm <vm_name> --type json -p '[{"op": "remove", "path": "/metadata/labels/kubevirt.io~1vm-delete-protection"}]' -n <namespace>