[SOLVED] WARNING: Combining activation change with other commands is not advised.

[Daniel_Dog]

Hello everyone,

I am currently working on my automatic template creator/updater.
When I change the VM into a template I get the warning:

WARNING: Combining activation change with other commands is not advised.

Does anyone know why I get this warning and how can I fix it? (Or is it safe to ignore?)

Console output:

root@proxmox:~# qm create 903 --name test --ostype l26
root@proxmox:~# qm set 903 --net0 virtio,bridge=vmbr0
update VM 903: -net0 virtio,bridge=vmbr0
root@proxmox:~# qm set 903 --serial0 socket --vga serial0
update VM 903: -serial0 socket -vga serial0
root@proxmox:~# qm set 903 --memory 16384 --cores 4 --cpu host
update VM 903: -cores 4 -cpu host -memory 16384
root@proxmox:~# qm set 903 --scsi0 local-lvm:0,import-from="/root/proxmox-ve-scripts/cache/debian-12-generic-amd64.qcow2",discard=on,ssd=1
update VM 903: -scsi0 local-lvm:0,import-from=/root/proxmox-ve-scripts/cache/debian-12-generic-amd64.qcow2,discard=on,ssd=1
Logical volume "vm-903-disk-0" created.
transferred 0.0 B of 2.0 GiB (0.00%)
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scsi0: successfully created disk 'local-lvm:vm-903-disk-0,discard=on,size=2G,ssd=1'
root@proxmox:~# qm set 903 --boot order=scsi0 --scsihw virtio-scsi-single
update VM 903: -boot order=scsi0 -scsihw virtio-scsi-single
root@proxmox:~# qm set 903 --onboot 1
update VM 903: -onboot 1
root@proxmox:~# qm set 903 --agent enabled=1,fstrim_cloned_disks=1
update VM 903: -agent enabled=1,fstrim_cloned_disks=1
root@proxmox:~# qm set 903 --ide2 local-lvm:cloudinit
update VM 903: -ide2 local-lvm:cloudinit
Logical volume "vm-903-cloudinit" created.
ide2: successfully created disk 'local-lvm:vm-903-cloudinit,media=cdrom'
generating cloud-init ISO
root@proxmox:~# qm set 903 --cicustom "user=local:snippets/standard.yaml"
update VM 903: -cicustom user=local:snippets/standard.yaml
root@proxmox:~# qm disk resize 903 scsi0 50G
Size of logical volume pve/vm-903-disk-0 changed from 2.00 GiB (512 extents) to 50.00 GiB (12800 extents).
WARNING: You have not turned on protection against thin pools running out of space.
WARNING: Set activation/thin_pool_autoextend_threshold below 100 to trigger automatic extension of thin pools before they get full.
Logical volume pve/vm-903-disk-0 successfully resized.
WARNING: Sum of all thin volume sizes (150.01 GiB) exceeds the size of thin pool pve/data and the amount of free space in volume group (16.00 GiB).
root@proxmox:~# qm template 903
Renamed "vm-903-disk-0" to "base-903-disk-0" in volume group "pve"
Logical volume pve/base-903-disk-0 changed.
WARNING: Combining activation change with other commands is not advised.
root@proxmox:~#

 

[bbgeek17]

WARNING: Combining activation change with other commands is not advised.

Does anyone know why I get this warning and how can I fix it? (Or is it safe to ignore?)

A warning is a caution that should be paid attention to, but it does not (usually) mean there is a problem.
This particular warning comes from LVM, a non-PVE specific technology. There are multiple articles online describing it, i.e.:
https://listman.redhat.com/archives/linux-lvm/2018-October/024864.html
https://codingpackets.com/blog/proxmox-import-and-use-cloud-images/
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1814022

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