Recent content by emma.makes

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    Best approach to dual-boot Proxmox VE and Proxmox Backup

    Oh that's a fantastic idea, if that works as described. Thank you! So I'd be able to backup the containers running on the same machine, on Promox VE, to an external storage. I'll have to test that out on my spare Proxmox VE.
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    Best approach to dual-boot Proxmox VE and Proxmox Backup

    I'm currently working on redoing my homelab and want to introduce Proxmox Backup. I have a Proxmox VE server hosting a couple of containers running 24/7. I have a second Proxmox VE, which I only boot every now and use as a testbed. Now I'm wondering if I could dual-boot the second testbed server...
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    [SOLVED] Help setting up the initial disk partitioning

    I fixed the above managed error. gdisk reported the following error, when I ran /sbin/sgdisk -n1 -t1:8300 /dev/sda in the shell Caution: invalid main GPT header, but valid backup; regenerating main header I used gdisk interactively to write an new/empty GPT, after which the directory could be...
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    [SOLVED] Help setting up the initial disk partitioning

    I'm sorry if I wasn't being clear. I did use the PVE iso installer. During the installation I only found the option to chose the target drive, not the configuration of a data partition. I'll redo the installation and see how the installer formats the drive. Edit: Apparently the default...
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    [SOLVED] Help setting up the initial disk partitioning

    I'm setting up my first Proxmox environment on my local server using one NVMe drive and one 2,5" SSD. I was planning on allocating 16GB of the NVMe drive for Proxmox VE, the rest of the NVMe as a data storage and the SSD for the VMs. During the setup, I chose ext4 16GB disksize on the NVMe for...