@JaredBusch Unfortunately, that didn't work. But now I have another command for the toolbox. so thanks!
Additionally, after a reboot, the tunnel comes back up, but still not pinging. So basically, I broke the existing tunnel and although the tunnel comes up, no communication.
The below is the exact configuration that I backed up right before I started making changes today.
set vpn ipsec auto-firewall-nat-exclude enable
set vpn ipsec disable-uniqreqids
set vpn ipsec esp-group esp-azure compression disable
set vpn ipsec esp-group esp-azure lifetime 3600
set vpn ipsec esp-group esp-azure mode tunnel
set vpn ipsec esp-group esp-azure pfs disable
set vpn ipsec esp-group esp-azure proposal 1 encryption aes256
set vpn ipsec esp-group esp-azure proposal 1 hash sha1
set vpn ipsec ike-group ike-azure ikev2-reauth no
set vpn ipsec ike-group ike-azure key-exchange ikev2
set vpn ipsec ike-group ike-azure lifetime 28800
set vpn ipsec ike-group ike-azure proposal 1 dh-group 2
set vpn ipsec ike-group ike-azure proposal 1 encryption aes256
set vpn ipsec ike-group ike-azure proposal 1 hash sha1
set vpn ipsec ipsec-interfaces interface eth0
set vpn ipsec nat-networks allowed-network 0.0.0.0/0
set vpn ipsec nat-traversal enable
set vpn ipsec site-to-site peer xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx authentication mode pre-shared-secret
set vpn ipsec site-to-site peer xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx authentication pre-shared-secret blahblah
set vpn ipsec site-to-site peer xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx connection-type initiate
set vpn ipsec site-to-site peer xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx default-esp-group esp-azure
set vpn ipsec site-to-site peer xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx ike-group ike-azure
set vpn ipsec site-to-site peer xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx ikev2-reauth inherit
set vpn ipsec site-to-site peer xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx local-address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
set vpn ipsec site-to-site peer xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx tunnel 100 allow-nat-networks disable
set vpn ipsec site-to-site peer xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx tunnel 100 allow-public-networks disable
set vpn ipsec site-to-site peer xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx tunnel 100 esp-group esp-azure
set vpn ipsec site-to-site peer xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx tunnel 100 local prefix 10.0.0.0/24
set vpn ipsec site-to-site peer xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx tunnel 100 protocol all
set vpn ipsec site-to-site peer xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx tunnel 100 remote prefix 172.16.2.0/24
My local net is 10.0.0.0/24
My server in Azure is on the 172.16.2.0/24 network.