[How-To] Unlock CT Manually via Shell

Purpose

Manually unlock CT via the proxmox node shell.

Prerequisites

List of prerequisites:

• Root user for Proxmox Node
• Debian 12 CT in Proxmox

Unlocking the LXC container with the pct tool

Proxmox VE provides the pct tool to manage Linux containers (LXC). To manually have the lock removed, simply issue the command pct unlock 107. This removes the lock on container 107. Deleting the failed snapshot can be performed by issuing the command pct delsnapshot 107 vzdump.

Please refer to man pct for more detailed instructions.