Terraform already owns VLAN 40 on a library branch switch. Operatio…

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Terraform already owns VLAN 40 on a library branch switch. Operations needs the VLAN renamed. What is the correct Terraform workflow change path?

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Update the desired HCL resource and re-run plan/apply so Terraform converges — Change the blueprint, then let Terraform rebuild the shelf—live CLI hotfixes on Terraform-owned objects create drift. Hand-editing state or abandoning the provider is not the workflow.

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SSH to the switch and rename the VLAN in CLI while leaving HCL unchanged

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Edit only the remote state JSON by hand so the next plan skips the device

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Disable the provider and push the rename with an ad-hoc Ansible one-liner only

Terraform already owns VLAN 40 on a library branch switch. Operations needs the VLAN renamed. What is the correct Terraform workflow change path?

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