Is it possible to edit VM config files?

[smetw]

I want to have the possibility to live restore VMs to a different vmbr interface for testing purposes. But the problem is that you can only live restore a VM to the same vmbr interface and the VM stays locked until all the restore has finished.

There would be a couple of options:
1. Change the VM config file during/before backup
2. Edit the backed up configuration file of the vm

Is such a thing possible?

Another alternative would be to add another PVE host which has a same vmbr1 interface our production VMs have but on that specific node vmbr1 does not connect to our real production network.

 

[fiona]

Hi,
for reference, the relevant feature request: https://bugzilla.proxmox.com/show_bug.cgi?id=5381
For now, you could do the restore via the CLI as mentioned in the bugzilla entry.

 

[smetw]

That's fantastic and solves a lot of my issues! Thanks so much for pointing me at this!

Is there any reason why this is not in the manpage or documentation?

 

[fiona]

Is there any reason why this is not in the manpage or documentation?

Well, the man page for the qm create command does list all other options alongside --archive suggesting they can be used together. But yes, the documentation for restore could also mention this, feel free to open an enhancement request on the bugzilla to add that.

 

[smetw]

Apologies, it is in the manpage of qm . I tested it and it works. That's just fantastic!