Recent content by dragonslayr

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    [SOLVED] replacing an rpool disk , question on grub-install

    There must be something not in the docs for us old legacy guys with no 512 partition. Just went thru the same adventure I posted in this thread.. https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/proxmox-boot-tool-resize-or-go-back-to-grub.139682/ I just now ran the same command to get the system back...
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    proxmox boot tool resize or go back to grub

    Proxmox 7.4-3 legacy system It appears at some time I got the proxmox boot tool installed.. (haven't rebooted the server in a long long time) When rebooted today, got the "proxmox grub unknown filesystem" at boot. Got it running now with a 6.2 install version of rescue mode. yeah! However...
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    [SOLVED] Proxmox cluster slow to shutdown.

    Curious if any of you were ever able to resolve this. Running version 6.4-13
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    Simple Backup Method to USB drive

    The entry, if in /etc/crontab must be told who to run as. @reboot root mount -L backup /mnt/backup
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    Simple Backup Method to USB drive

    Hmm, interesting, 2 questions. Do you ever actually use the ability to disable from the GUI? And,,, how to disable and enable from the command line..
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    Simple Backup Method to USB drive

    Oh, and the command the customer runs is: switchdrives Note, it needs "dialog" installed apt-get install dialog In that bash script is this: #!/bin/bash getscript() { pgrep -lf ".[ /]$1( |\$)" } mailto=root drivename=backup_offsite drivepath=/mnt/$drivename directory=dump mname="Change...
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    Simple Backup Method to USB drive

    I suggest you NOT mount the backup drive in fstab. What I settled on is mounting by drive label. Here's what I do to prep a drive and give it a drive label. ######### Prep backup drives Note: this will wipe the drive. gdisk /dev/sd? d n defaults a few times w # format it to ext4 mkfs -t...
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    rpool/data don't have that

    I've one machine that has been upgraded through time.. I have no local-zfs in my storage and df does not show an rpool/data directory. Is there a way to create it so I can have a "local-zfs" option in storage?
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    Single node, change IP address

    Just wanted to add to this thread a quick note. I use ufw on proxmox, if you change networks, check your ufw rules. Or other firewall rules.. I'd forgotten all about it.
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    Dell Poweredge R710

    I ordered a 9211-81 from ebay with cables for 60.00. Seems to work just great at first load so far. Also, I did not need the cables as the cables for the h700 worked just fine. Lovely.... Thanks for the help. Just wanted to make sure and give some feedback... Ooops, forgot to ad, was...
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    Dell Poweredge R710

    I will do so. Thank You!
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    Dell Poweredge R710

    I just ordered this server with 128g ram. Got in a bit of a hurry and now notice you can not put the H700 raid in IT mode for pass-though so I can use ZFS. Anyone know of a fix for this? Or recommend a replacement card I can use? Note: Will have 6 sata drives.
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    2 isp

    Am looking into that as we speak. Big learning curve and need to purchase a managed switch that will do vlan. So to be clear, With the switch in place, and one vm on say 152.65.36.36 needs to talk directly to the vm on 254.35.22.51, the switch will realize not to send the traffic either of the...
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    2 isp

    What I have is one nic connected to a switch switch connected to two differant uverse lines with static ip's. It seems I can just enter the ip info in the vm for the second uverse connection, however cannot then see the other vms. What's would be a good way for the vm's to still talk...
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    pveperf fstab barrier=0

    Machine number 4 reset bios made sure bios is set to io ahci onboard ide controller sata3 4 1tb sata re drives raid 10 Newest proxmox instal disk no log, no l2arc as soon as machine comes up: pveperf - fsync 115 average I see no reason to add log and/or l2arc, because I've done that on 2...

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