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✅ Summary of Changes from the Initial Version 🧩 1. Tag-Based Filtering (Core Feature) New feature: Only restart instances (VMs or containers) that have the mon-restart tag. This makes monitoring and auto-restart controllable directly from the Proxmox Web UI, without editing scripts or services. Set via GUI: VM → Options → Tags → mon-restart Set via CLI: qm set <vmid> -tags mon-restart or pct set <ctid> -tags mon-restart This is the primary new control mechanism, making the script safer, more flexible, and user-friendly. 🧰 2. Backward-Compatible Exclusion Mechanism The original feature that lets you exclude instances via CLI arguments is preserved: bash Copy Edit ./ping-instances.sh 101 300 These IDs will always be skipped regardless of tag. 🧠 3. Intelligent Responsiveness Checks For VMs: Uses qm guest cmd <id> ping to check responsiveness via the QEMU guest agent. No longer relies on network-level ping, which can be misleading or blocked. For containers (CTs): Uses traditional ping to IP addresses obtained from pct exec, since CTs don’t support QEMU agent. ⛔ 4. Instance Skipping Improvements Instances are now skipped if: They are explicitly excluded via CLI. They are templates. They are configured with onboot: 0 or missing. They lack the mon-restart tag, regardless of other status. 🪵 5. Same Logging Behavior All output continues to go to /var/log/ping-instances.log for persistent tracking. Verbose messages were added for traceability (e.g., why a VM or CT was skipped). 🎯 Why This Matters With tag-based control, admins can now manage restart behavior dynamically from the Proxmox Web UI, making the script: More secure (no accidental restarts). More maintainable (no script edits needed). More user-friendly (integrated with the UI workflow).