Made a mistake with ethernet cable

[kokoticek]

Was giving physical maintainance on a Proxmox node -server PC-. Connected it again and powered on, but realized I had forgotten to plug ethernet cable!
Had to poweroff again, plug cable, then power on again.

*Seemingly* it's working normally... but this kind of negligence, can it have potential consequences in general, either for node itself and all VMs? I have 2 Centos 7 VMs, with static ip configurations, set to automatically start once node is up!

Thanks

 

[Richard]

Had to poweroff again, plug cable, then power on again.

*Seemingly* it's working normally... but this kind of negligence, can it have potential consequences in general, either for node itself and all VMs? I have 2 Centos 7 VMs, with static ip configurations, set to automatically start once node is up!

Immediate power off (no graceful shutdown) comprises always the risk of inconsistent data on disks - depending on currently taking place write operations. On the other hand root filesystem's integrity is checked in start-up phase and repaired in necessary. If you are unsure make a manual filesystem check for all your filesystems as well as inside the VMs.

 

[kokoticek]

The negligence I was talking about was NOT the powering off!! I did shut it down the right way. Please read well the text and actual question.

 

[tschanness]

No, you could also plug in the ethernet cable while the server is running the next time. Also: Manners, please.

Regards, Jonas