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    Problem with backups. Ever growing dat file.

    Thx Dietmar, I will test with a new storage this evening. I will post my findings later on.
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    Problem with backups. Ever growing dat file.

    Hi Dietmar, This is the output from syslog. This is the backup from my Windows 7 VM (40GB RAW Disk) without the --compress option. JJun 29 11:43:22 vzdump 24575 INFO: starting new backup job: vzdump 105 Jun 29 11:43:22 vzdump 24575 INFO: Starting Backup of VM 105 (qemu) Jun 29 11:43:22...
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    Problem with backups. Ever growing dat file.

    Thx Dietmar, It is reproducible. I tried it yesterday many times but received always the same error. Even rebootet the complete server. I usually use the following command in terminal: vzdump --compress <VMID> I will run some more test and will report back. In the mean time - how can I backup...
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    Problem with backups. Ever growing dat file.

    Hi Dietmar, after this update one of my vm backup fail. This is the only VM with 2 RAW Disks. Backup of my other VM are running fine (Linux VM and Windows 7 VM) VM: Windows SBS 2008 R2 with two RAW Drives (60GB and 200GB). Storage is NFS Drive on a Windows Server. backup log: Jun 28...
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    vzdump hanging in terminal window

    Thank you spdriver!! I will check it out this weekend and report back. kind regards
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    vzdump hanging in terminal window

    hi dietmar, after a couple of tests last night the result did not changed. Whenever I start a vzdump manually in a terminal it does not come back. (Changed Port, renamed vzdump.conf and entered the parameters manually, tried a different vm for backup...) But I tried to reproduce the error on a...
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    vzdump hanging in terminal window

    The version before upgrade: pve-manager: 1.5-8 (pve-manager/1.5/4674) running kernel: 2.6.32-1-pve proxmox-ve-2.6.32: 1.5-4 pve-kernel-2.6.24-8-pve: 2.6.24-16 pve-kernel-2.6.32-1-pve: 2.6.32-4 qemu-server: 1.1-11 pve-firmware: 1.0-3 libpve-storage-perl: 1.0-10 vncterm: 0.9-2 vzctl...
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    vzdump hanging in terminal window

    addition: My Client Workstation is a Windows 7 x64. I will run a couple of more tests this evening (maybe something with vzdump.conf?) Will test it without the .conf file. See if I can find out more... On a site note: This is how my storage in the GUI shows the WHS Storage space. It is not a...
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    vzdump hanging in terminal window

    Thx Dietmar. Let me try to provide you with as much information as I can: - PVE Server Running 3 VM's (1xLinux,1xSBS 2008,1x Windows 7 x32 client) I am accessing the server remotely through Putty 0.60 with SSH. (Procedure: Open terminal session -> enter vzdump command -> hit enter. Nothing...
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    vzdump hanging in terminal window

    Thx Dietmar. It is reproducible and it does not matter if the VM is stopped or running.
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    vzdump hanging in terminal window

    Hi @all, I encountered the following problem after updating to 2.6.32-2-pve: When I start a backup in a terminal window it vzdump does not show when it is finished and hangs in terminal window and I have to terminate the session. I am using nfs for storing backups.: Terminal Output...
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    RAID Hardware Question

    Hi mcit, I am using a Highpoint 3510 and it works very well with proxmox (version 1.5, .32 Kernel). But looking at the Highpoints site the 4320 is supported by Debian 5. So I think this card will work too. Can you not test order it and try it? Kind regards
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    KVM - Swap Question

    Thx again! Thats exactly what I was looking for. I will look into the monitoring. Have not used collectd or cacti before. That was my assumption too. The strange thing is the Web GUI shows me only half of the memory is used (see pic. in previous post but when I look at the free command it...
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    KVM - Swap Question

    Hi I.mierzwa, Thank you very much for your reply. Unfortunately the board is already maxed out with ram. I changed swappiness from default 60 to 40 which, as you already mentioned, did help a little but not much. I did not try to set it lower so. Regarding your last suggestion: Where can I find...
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    KVM - Swap Question

    Hi @All, The increasing Swapsize is starting to realy impact VM performance. After monitoring it for 5 days swapsize increased to over 2 GB even so memory usage is at only half the available memory. I was wondering if I am the only one who has this problem? Can that be related to KSM...
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    KVM - Swap Question

    Hi @all, For a couple of days I am observing a certain behavior which I would like to share an get some help on it from you to figure out what is causing it: I am running 3 KVM's (1x Linux, 1x SBS 2008, 1 Windows 7). When I start the system my swapfile starts with 64MB in use. After a week or...
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    Warnings in Syslog

    Hi @Forum, I am not sure what the following warnings mean. I noticed them today after I started a backup of KVM Win7. The vm was backed up when it was off. May 3 02:04:52 pvedaemon 18745 WARNING: Cannot encode 'meminfo' element as 'hash'. Will be encoded as 'map' instead May 3 02:04:57...
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    Would love to have a MB compatibility list

    never mind - figure it out :-) added to the hardware list.
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    Would love to have a MB compatibility list

    Sorry for the stupid question but how can I add to the wiki? never done that before..