diff --git a/monitoring/scripts/homelab-audit.sh b/monitoring/scripts/homelab-audit.sh
index 92d4609..7a247e1 100755
--- a/monitoring/scripts/homelab-audit.sh
+++ b/monitoring/scripts/homelab-audit.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # to collect system metrics, then generates a summary report.
 #
 # Usage:
-#   homelab-audit.sh [--output-dir DIR]
+#   homelab-audit.sh [--output-dir DIR] [--hosts label:ip,label:ip,...]
 #
 # Environment overrides:
 #   STUCK_PROC_CPU_WARN  CPU% at which a D-state process is flagged (default: 10)
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
       ;;
     --hosts)
       if [[ $# -lt 2 ]]; then
-        echo "Error: --hosts requires an argument" >&2
+        echo "Error: --hosts requires an argument (label:ip,label:ip,...)" >&2
         exit 1
       fi
       HOSTS_FILTER="$2"
@@ -493,20 +493,24 @@ main() {
 
   if [[ -n "$HOSTS_FILTER" ]]; then
     # --hosts mode: audit specified hosts directly, skip Proxmox inventory
+    # Accepts comma-separated entries; each entry may be plain hostname or label:ip
     local check_proxmox=0
     IFS=',' read -ra filter_hosts <<<"$HOSTS_FILTER"
-    for host in "${filter_hosts[@]}"; do
-      [[ "$host" == "proxmox" ]] && check_proxmox=1
+    for entry in "${filter_hosts[@]}"; do
+      local label="${entry%%:*}"
+      [[ "$label" == "proxmox" ]] && check_proxmox=1
     done
     if ((check_proxmox)); then
       echo "  Checking Proxmox backup recency..."
       check_backup_recency
     fi
-    for host in "${filter_hosts[@]}"; do
-      echo "  Auditing $host..."
-      parse_and_report "$host" "$host"
-      check_cert_expiry "$host" "$host"
-      AUDITED_HOSTS+=("$host")
+    for entry in "${filter_hosts[@]}"; do
+      local label="${entry%%:*}"
+      local addr="${entry#*:}"
+      echo "  Auditing $label ($addr)..."
+      parse_and_report "$label" "$addr"
+      check_cert_expiry "$label" "$addr"
+      AUDITED_HOSTS+=("$label")
       ((host_count++)) || true
     done
   else
diff --git a/monitoring/scripts/test-audit-collectors.sh b/monitoring/scripts/test-audit-collectors.sh
index 149aa98..ef37103 100644
--- a/monitoring/scripts/test-audit-collectors.sh
+++ b/monitoring/scripts/test-audit-collectors.sh
@@ -93,6 +93,34 @@ else
   fail "disk_usage" "expected 'N /path', got: '$result'"
 fi
 
+# --- --hosts flag parsing ---
+echo ""
+echo "=== --hosts argument parsing tests ==="
+
+# Single host
+input="vm-115:10.10.0.88"
+IFS=',' read -ra entries <<<"$input"
+label="${entries[0]%%:*}"
+addr="${entries[0]#*:}"
+if [[ "$label" == "vm-115" && "$addr" == "10.10.0.88" ]]; then
+  pass "--hosts single entry parsed: $label $addr"
+else
+  fail "--hosts single" "expected 'vm-115 10.10.0.88', got: '$label $addr'"
+fi
+
+# Multiple hosts
+input="vm-115:10.10.0.88,lxc-225:10.10.0.225"
+IFS=',' read -ra entries <<<"$input"
+label1="${entries[0]%%:*}"
+addr1="${entries[0]#*:}"
+label2="${entries[1]%%:*}"
+addr2="${entries[1]#*:}"
+if [[ "$label1" == "vm-115" && "$addr1" == "10.10.0.88" && "$label2" == "lxc-225" && "$addr2" == "10.10.0.225" ]]; then
+  pass "--hosts multi entry parsed: $label1 $addr1, $label2 $addr2"
+else
+  fail "--hosts multi" "unexpected parse result"
+fi
+
 echo ""
 echo "=== Results: $PASS passed, $FAIL failed ==="
 ((FAIL == 0))
diff --git a/server-configs/proxmox/qemu/115.conf b/server-configs/proxmox/qemu/115.conf
index 6474b44..4cf45c7 100644
--- a/server-configs/proxmox/qemu/115.conf
+++ b/server-configs/proxmox/qemu/115.conf
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@ ostype: l26
 scsi0: local-lvm:vm-115-disk-0,size=256G
 scsihw: virtio-scsi-pci
 smbios1: uuid=19be98ee-f60d-473d-acd2-9164717fcd11
-sockets: 2
+sockets: 1
 vmgenid: 682dfeab-8c63-4f0b-8ed2-8828c2f808ef