[PVE-User] shutdown and stay shut

[Alwin Antreich]

Hi Randy,  
  

September 28, 2025 at 2:04 AM, "Randy Bush" <[randy at psg.com](mailto:randy at psg.com?to=%22Randy%20Bush%22%20%3Crandy%40psg.com%3E)\> wrote:

> debian bookworm  
> proxmox 8.4.14  
>   
> we are going perform some complex surgery on a cluster. so we want to  
> shut proxmox down and have it stay down across a few power up and down  
> cycles aided by the usual \`shutdown -\[hr\] now\` etc.  
>   
> what is the best way to tell proxmox not to come back up and start vms  
> on reboot / power-up? there seems to be no  
Not sure, why do the server need to boot at all?

My "captain obvious" choices :P
 - unplug power
 - remove OS disks
 - use a rescue ISO to boot from
  
Cheers,
Alwin