Proxmox – Change VM ID

Change VMID from 100 to 302

Stop/Shutdown a VM.

1. 1. Login using SSH to Proxmox Machine or using Shell menu in Web Interface.
   2. Rename image directory name and image filename.

      root@PROXMOX01:/# cd /dev/pve root@PROXMOX01:/dev/pve# ls root swap vm-100-disk-1 root@PROXMOX01:/dev/pve# mv vm-100-disk-1 vm-302-disk-1 root@PROXMOX01:/dev/pve# ls vm-302-disk-1.qcow2

1. Rename configuration filename

   root@PROXMOX01:/etc/pve/nodes/PROXMOX01# cd /etc/pve/nodes/pve/qemu-server root@PROXMOX01:/etc/pve/nodes/pve/qemu-server/etc/pve/nodes/PROXMOX01/qemu-server# ls 100.conf  102.conf  201.conf  902.conf root@PROXMOX01:/etc/pve/nodes/pve/qemu-server# mv 100.conf 302.conf root@PROXMOX01:/etc/pve/nodes/pve/qemu-server #

2. Edit configuration filename

   root@PROXMOX01:/etc/pve/nodes/PROXMOX01/qemu-server# vi 302.conf

   202.conf :

   boot: cdn bootdisk: ide0 cores: 1 ide0: local:100/vm-100-disk-1.qcow2,size=10G ide2: local:iso/CentOS-6.4-x86_64-minimal.iso,media=cdrom,size=350546K memory: 1024 name: FMIVDLWEB02 net0: e1000=CA:16:F5:91:8E:AF,bridge=vmbr0 net1: e1000=26:75:3B:B8:31:01,bridge=vmbr1 ostype: l26 sockets: 1

   change line 4 with :

   ide0: local:302/vm-302-disk-1.qcow2,size=10G

3. Result: Number has changed in the Gui.