diff --git a/src/PSProxmoxVE.Core/Services/ContainerService.cs b/src/PSProxmoxVE.Core/Services/ContainerService.cs
index c4cd6f7..341f1f0 100644
--- a/src/PSProxmoxVE.Core/Services/ContainerService.cs
+++ b/src/PSProxmoxVE.Core/Services/ContainerService.cs
@@ -362,7 +362,8 @@ namespace PSProxmoxVE.Core.Services
             int newid,
             string? hostname = null,
             string? targetNode = null,
-            bool full = true)
+            bool full = true,
+            string? storage = null)
         {
             if (session == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(session));
             if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(node)) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(node));
@@ -374,6 +375,7 @@ namespace PSProxmoxVE.Core.Services
             };
             if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(hostname)) formData["hostname"] = hostname!;
             if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(targetNode)) formData["target"] = targetNode!;
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(storage)) formData["storage"] = storage!;
 
             IPveHttpClient client = _injectedClient ?? new PveHttpClient(session);
             try
diff --git a/src/PSProxmoxVE/Cmdlets/Containers/CopyPveContainerCmdlet.cs b/src/PSProxmoxVE/Cmdlets/Containers/CopyPveContainerCmdlet.cs
index fdc0a17..4d66f4c 100644
--- a/src/PSProxmoxVE/Cmdlets/Containers/CopyPveContainerCmdlet.cs
+++ b/src/PSProxmoxVE/Cmdlets/Containers/CopyPveContainerCmdlet.cs
@@ -72,6 +72,13 @@ namespace PSProxmoxVE.Cmdlets.Containers
 
         protected override void ProcessRecord()
         {
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(Storage) && !Full.IsPresent)
+                ThrowTerminatingError(new ErrorRecord(
+                    new PSArgumentException("-Storage is only valid together with -Full; PVE rejects a target storage on a linked clone.", nameof(Storage)),
+                    "StorageRequiresFullClone",
+                    ErrorCategory.InvalidArgument,
+                    Storage));
+
             var target = TargetNode ?? SourceNode;
             if (!ShouldProcess($"Container {VmId} on node '{SourceNode}' to new container on node '{target}'", "Copy-PveContainer"))
                 return;
@@ -80,14 +87,18 @@ namespace PSProxmoxVE.Cmdlets.Containers
             var containerService = new ContainerService();
 
             WriteVerbose($"Cloning container {VmId}...");
+            var newid = NewVmId ?? new ClusterConfigService().GetNextId(session);
+            if (!NewVmId.HasValue)
+                WriteVerbose($"Auto-assigned container ID: {newid}");
             var task = containerService.CloneContainer(
                 session,
                 SourceNode,
                 VmId,
-                NewVmId ?? 0,
+                newid,
                 NewName,
                 TargetNode,
-                Full.IsPresent);
+                Full.IsPresent,
+                Storage);
 
             if (Wait.IsPresent)
             {
diff --git a/src/PSProxmoxVE/Cmdlets/Vms/CopyPveVmCmdlet.cs b/src/PSProxmoxVE/Cmdlets/Vms/CopyPveVmCmdlet.cs
index f25f679..9151ecc 100644
--- a/src/PSProxmoxVE/Cmdlets/Vms/CopyPveVmCmdlet.cs
+++ b/src/PSProxmoxVE/Cmdlets/Vms/CopyPveVmCmdlet.cs
@@ -72,6 +72,13 @@ namespace PSProxmoxVE.Cmdlets.Vms
 
         protected override void ProcessRecord()
         {
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(Storage) && !Full.IsPresent)
+                ThrowTerminatingError(new ErrorRecord(
+                    new PSArgumentException("-Storage is only valid together with -Full; PVE rejects a target storage on a linked clone.", nameof(Storage)),
+                    "StorageRequiresFullClone",
+                    ErrorCategory.InvalidArgument,
+                    Storage));
+
             var target = TargetNode ?? SourceNode;
             if (!ShouldProcess($"VM {VmId} on node '{SourceNode}' to new VM on node '{target}'", "Copy-PveVm"))
                 return;
@@ -80,8 +87,10 @@ namespace PSProxmoxVE.Cmdlets.Vms
             var vmService = new VmService();
 
             WriteVerbose($"Cloning VM {VmId}...");
-            var newid = NewVmId ?? 0;
-            PveTask Issue() => vmService.CloneVm(session, SourceNode, VmId, newid, NewName, TargetNode, Full.IsPresent);
+            var newid = NewVmId ?? new ClusterConfigService().GetNextId(session);
+            if (!NewVmId.HasValue)
+                WriteVerbose($"Auto-assigned VM ID: {newid}");
+            PveTask Issue() => vmService.CloneVm(session, SourceNode, VmId, newid, NewName, TargetNode, Full.IsPresent, Storage);
 
             var task = Wait.IsPresent
                 ? InvokeGuestTask(session, SourceNode, Issue)
diff --git a/src/PSProxmoxVE/Cmdlets/Vms/ImportPveOvaCmdlet.cs b/src/PSProxmoxVE/Cmdlets/Vms/ImportPveOvaCmdlet.cs
index 32a124e..5b89ef8 100644
--- a/src/PSProxmoxVE/Cmdlets/Vms/ImportPveOvaCmdlet.cs
+++ b/src/PSProxmoxVE/Cmdlets/Vms/ImportPveOvaCmdlet.cs
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Management.Automation;
 using System.Net;
-using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
-using PSProxmoxVE.Core.Client;
 using PSProxmoxVE.Core.Exceptions;
 using PSProxmoxVE.Core.Models.Vms;
 using PSProxmoxVE.Core.Services;
@@ -151,10 +149,7 @@ namespace PSProxmoxVE.Cmdlets.Vms
             }
             else
             {
-                using var allocClient = new PveHttpClient(session);
-                var nextIdJson = allocClient.GetAsync("cluster/nextid").GetAwaiter().GetResult();
-                var nextIdData = JObject.Parse(nextIdJson)["data"];
-                vmId = int.Parse(nextIdData!.ToString());
+                vmId = new ClusterConfigService().GetNextId(session);
                 WriteVerbose($"Auto-assigned VM ID: {vmId}");
             }
 
diff --git a/src/PSProxmoxVE/Cmdlets/Vms/NewPveVmCmdlet.cs b/src/PSProxmoxVE/Cmdlets/Vms/NewPveVmCmdlet.cs
index ae48844..f3d4fb3 100644
--- a/src/PSProxmoxVE/Cmdlets/Vms/NewPveVmCmdlet.cs
+++ b/src/PSProxmoxVE/Cmdlets/Vms/NewPveVmCmdlet.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Management.Automation;
-using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
-using PSProxmoxVE.Core.Client;
 using PSProxmoxVE.Core.Models.Vms;
 using PSProxmoxVE.Core.Services;
 using PSProxmoxVE.Core.Utilities;
@@ -214,11 +212,7 @@ namespace PSProxmoxVE.Cmdlets.Vms
             }
             else
             {
-                // Auto-allocate the next available VM ID from the cluster.
-                using var allocClient = new PveHttpClient(session);
-                var nextIdJson = allocClient.GetAsync("cluster/nextid").GetAwaiter().GetResult();
-                var nextIdData = JObject.Parse(nextIdJson)["data"];
-                config["vmid"] = int.Parse(nextIdData!.ToString());
+                config["vmid"] = new ClusterConfigService().GetNextId(session);
             }
             if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(Name))
                 config["name"] = Name!;