Switching two PVE instances.

Leopold31

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Jul 23, 2024
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Situation: I have a three node PVE cluster at my SMB and they are named pve1, pve2, and pve3. And I have a single PVE node at home named pveq. All nodes use local ZFS storage. I'd really like to switch pve1 and pveq due to pveq having better hardware that I really don't need at home. I'm trying to make sure I have a well-thought out plan. I believe I want to:

  1. Backup all VMs and containers on PVEQ to our PBS instance.
  2. Move all VMs and containers on PVE1 to PVE2.
  3. Remove replication jobs between PVE1 and PVE2.
  4. Run from shell of PVE2 or PVE3: pvecm delnode pve1.
  5. Power off pve1 (and pveq).
Now I believe the next step is to REINSTALL Proxmox on each node, but naming what was pveq to pve1 when we install it. And naming what was pve1 to pveq when we install it. And then to join the new pve1 to our cluster. And of course, to finish setting up pveq for the homelab. Re-establish replication, HA status, restore VMs to their natural resting place, etc.

Does this sound about right? Am I missing anything that would cause disaster?