[SOLVED] Full VM restart to apply HW changes but automatically

[gouthamravee]

Is there a way to restart the VM automatically such that VM hardware changes get applied?

I know there's a reset and reboot option, but both of these don't apply hardware changes.

I have a router running as a VM, what I would like is to fully reboot a VM 'automatically' when applying hardware changes.
The problem is I have VLANs and my primary desktop that I do most of my homelab work from is on a different VLAN than my proxmox server.

So when I shut off the router VM I have to move around some patch cables on my rack to get my primary workstation on the same VLAN as my proxmox servers so I can restart the router.

I know I could send the command to stop and start a vm through CLI, but I was wondering if there was a way to do this through the web GUI.

 

[bbgeek17]

I know I could send the command to stop and start a vm through CLI, but I was wondering if there was a way to do this through the web GUI.

[remove wrong info from gui, leave the script if anyone needs it]

You have an easy way to do so from CLI, which is always more flexible than UI:

#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail

/usr/sbin/qm stop [id]
/usr/sbin/qm start [id]

nohup ./router_restart.sh &

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[aaron]

but both of these don't apply hardware changes.

The reboot option in the GUI should do that. Shutdown the VM, apply HW changes and power it up again. Check the tooltip that appears if you hover over it for a bit.

 

[bbgeek17]

The reboot option in the GUI should do that. Shutdown the VM, apply HW changes and power it up again. Check the tooltip that appears if you hover over it for a bit.

My understanding of the issue is that once OP shutsdown the VM, ie powers it down, he looses his network path to PVE to power it back up, because the VM is the router

I see what you meant Aaron!

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[gouthamravee]

The reboot option in the GUI should do that. Shutdown the VM, apply HW changes and power it up again. Check the tooltip that appears if you hover over it for a bit.

D'oh!!

You're right, I'm not used to using that reboot option with my other VMs. Thank you!