Recent content by plittlefield

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    Strange behavior with backup mail notifications

    Yes, same problem here - I will switch to Postfix on my next installation of PVE. Having said that, it would be nice to fix the double email with ssmtp bug but honesty, life is too short and I've got used to it now :-)
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    command 'qm shutdown 109 --skiplock --keepActive --timeout 600' failed: exit code 255

    OK, I found out that a User was logged in and running a foreground app when the backup was happening. I have changed this so that no User is logged in and will wait to see if that fixes the timeout issue on the next scheduled backup.
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    command 'qm shutdown 109 --skiplock --keepActive --timeout 600' failed: exit code 255

    Thanks. That looks like it might be the solution, but I do not know how to 'change' or 'check' to see which ACPI HAL I have in my Windows 7 Pro VM....?!
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    [SOLVED] Windows 2000 100% CPU; ACPI, ACPI multiprocessor HAL, after registry edit

    How do you 'change' or 'check' the HAL for Windows 7 Pro. I need to fix an ACPI bug.
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    command 'qm shutdown 109 --skiplock --keepActive --timeout 600' failed: exit code 255

    I now get this regularly on a Windows 7 Pro VM... command 'qm shutdown 109 --skiplock --keepActive --timeout 600' failed: exit code 255 TASK ERROR: VM quit/powerdown failed - got timeout ...any ideas what this means? I have the Qemu Agent running in Windows and VirtIO Drivers installed. If I...
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    Windows 7 VM Crashing Unresponsive

    I have looked and exported the System and Applications Evens, but do not know how to analyse them. There are lots of Event IDs etc. Is there a nice easy Event Log Analyser available?
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    Windows 7 VM Crashing Unresponsive

    A Windows 7 Pro VM running on PVE 3.4 keeps crashing at random times of the day, but about once a week. It will not respond to a PVE shutdown command, and sometimes not respond to a stop. Worst case scenario, I have to SSH in, unlock it, stop and start. What can I use in Windows or in the PVE...
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    Qemu Agent problem

    Thanks. Actually, why I had to do (in PVE 3.4) is to run the command line... qm set VMID -agent 1 ...then reboot Windows, then... Control Panel > System > Device Manager > PCI Communication Device > Add Driver ...then reboot Windows, then... Browse to CD > Qemu-Agent > Install .msi...
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    Windows 7 64 bits signed VirtIO drivers

    OK, I will sort out DHCP for the 2 cards, but it has to be said "that is a bit crap of Windows"... ...when I do a driver update in Linux it doesn't change the MAC address or settings or have any problem at all. Why, Microsoft, why?! (sigh)
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    Qemu Agent problem

    How do I add the Guest Agent to a Windows 7 Pro VM? Do I have to add a 'serial port' or just install the VirtIO Serial driver from the VirtIO Drivers CD and reboot?
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    Windows 7 64 bits signed VirtIO drivers

    OK, for the network card driver, what happens if Windows 'loses' the settings for 2 x cards after updating the driver? This happened last time I tried an update, and the system is crucial to the network. Should it keep it's IP address, domain network type, and card settings after the update?