[SOLVED] Change the name of a VM?

[cdsJerry]

How can I change the name of a VM, not the number, but the name that's beside it ie VM104 (Name) to VM104 (NewName). I know I could clone it and then delete the original but that seems like it's the hard way. What's the easy way?

 

[narrateourale]

In the options of the VM,

 

[zillion72]

How can I do this for many VM's (I need to rename 300 of them). Is there any file that contains these names?

 

[bbgeek17]

The files are located here: /etc/pve/qemu-server/ , ie

grep name: /etc/pve/qemu-server/100.conf
name: vm100

You can certainly manually edit them by one. Or find a way to automate it via CLI or API, ie:
for i in {100..400};do qm set $i --name mynewname$i;done

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[zillion72]

The files are located here: /etc/pve/qemu-server/ , ie

grep name: /etc/pve/qemu-server/100.conf
name: vm100

You can certainly manually edit them by one. Or find a way to automate it via CLI or API, ie:
for i in {100-400};do qm set $i --name mynewname$i;done

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Blockbridge : Ultra low latency all-NVME shared storage for Proxmox - https://www.blockbridge.com/proxmox

THANK YOU VERY MUCH! I did not know where the actual configuration file was stored. This is much help!

 

[stealthmachines]

Where did the UI move VM rename to? It's not in options for the VM anymore?

 

[bbgeek17]

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Blockbridge : Ultra low latency all-NVME shared storage for Proxmox - https://www.blockbridge.com/proxmox

 

[stealthmachines]

No dice for me

 

[leesteken]

No dice for me

That's not a VM, that is a container. For containers, it's under DNS, Hostname.