Proxmox Notes

Table of Contents

• Gracefully shut down
• Windows 11
• Allow LAN and disable Internet on Windows 11 VM

Gracefully shut down

Web interface

1. (Optional?) Shutdown each VM from Console
2. Select the next item below “Datacenter” from the left section
3. Select “Shutdown” in the top-right

SSH

# List running VMs
qm list

# Stop a specific VM gracefully (ACPI shutdown)
qm shutdown <vmid>

# List running containers
pct list

# Stop a specific container
pct shutdown <ctid>

# Force stop a VM
qm stop <vmid>

# Shut down the node after all VMs are off
shutdown -h now
# or
poweroff

Windows 11

Windows 11 25H2 VM disk space used

46.3 GB

• Installed virtio-win-gt-x64.msi
• Installed virtio-win-guest-tools.exe
• No internet
• No update

Enable resolution selection from Settings

After installing virtio-win, shutdown and verify Proxmox’s Hardware > Display is set to VirtIO-GPU.

Allow LAN and disable Internet on Windows 11 VM

This is useful if you want to allow connections to and from the VM on the whole network, not just the other VMs on the host machine.

Enable firewall on Datacenter

Verify “Firewall” is set to “Yes”.

Enable firewall on the VM

Verify “Firewall” is set to “Yes”.

Enable firewall on the network interface

Verify “Firewall” is checked.

Add firewall rules on the VM

Order typically matters.