Restoring VMs from disk query

[GurdipS1]

Hi,
I had to reinstall Proxmox VE 9.1 All good and I have the VMs on disk. However, they are identified by number (e.g. VM-100, etc) and not by name. Is there anyway I can get their name? I want to recreate the VMs but I don't know which VM ID is which OS.


Thanks

 

[Saron]

Hello!

You can give your VMs and CTs specific names and tags, which are stored in:

/etc/pve/nodes/NODE/qemu-server/VMID.conf

There you will also find the OS type of your machine (which is not necessarily expressive).


All available OS types are listed in the docs under the "ostype" option [1] or also in

man qm

Is that something you can work with? Whats the scenario you are in?


[1] https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/pve-admin-guide.html#qm_options

 

[GurdipS1]

I got this sorted, but wanted to ask something:

I tried to login to my Proxmox server but it kept saying password incorrect, but it was correct. This prompted this rebuild. Has anyone had this issue? It was bizarre and a concern for anything mission critical.

 

[UdoB]

I tried to login to my Proxmox server but it kept saying password incorrect, but it was correct.

One possible pitfall is this: in the Login dialog there is a "Realm: xyz" drop-down menu. Sometimes the wrong entry is selected --> login fails.

In any case you can verify you know the correct password by logging in at the local (text-) console or via ssh.

If you actually do not know it you may read this: https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Root_Password_Reset