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    [SOLVED] LACP bond at installation stage

    Hi, I have more than 6 NICS in my server. Is there a possibility to create LINUX BOND for LACP at the installation stage or add it after the installation for vmbr0? I tried but it says the default gateway already exists on vmbr0. Any ideas on how to achieve this? Cheers,
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    Need help with Network setup

    Hi All, I already have setup LACP between my Cisco Switch and the Dell R720 running Proxmox. This LACP is VLAN aware and can carry VLAN20,30 etc. traffic. I also have some spare NICs on my server and on the Cisco switch, therefore, I now want to setup Security Onion. This is what I want to...
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    [SOLVED] how to wipe nvme

    Another restart seems to have worked. Able to initialise the disk. What's best LVM or LVM-thin for VMs?
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    [SOLVED] how to wipe nvme

    yes, no errors found. not sure why this is showing failed. nvme is new
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    [SOLVED] how to wipe nvme

    command works but the data is still there
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    [SOLVED] how to wipe nvme

    Still can't do it. Getting the same error. Here is what `lsblk` shows:
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    [SOLVED] how to wipe nvme

    Hi, I have the following 1TB nvme that I have setup as a LVM for the VMs: When I try to wipe the disk I get the following Error: The reason I wish to wipe it because I can see there are quite a few raw disks on this NVME and I want to remove them all to start over: I can't remove the...
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    Nvidia Geforce GTX 1650 Mobile / Max-Q Passthrough to win10 VM

    Hi, I have a builtin `Nvidia Geforce GTX 1650 Mobile / Max-Q` which I want to passthrough to a windows 10 VM. Here is the vm config: agent: 1 balloon: 16384 bios: ovmf boot: order=ide2;scsi0;net0;sata1 cores: 10 cpu: host,hidden=1,flags=+pcid efidisk0...
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    Samsung Evo Speeds in Windows 10 VM

    Yes, checking within the Windows 10 VM. Using Crystal Disk Mark Here are some of the results: pveversion -v proxmox-ve: 7.1-1 (running kernel: 5.13.19-3-pve) pve-manager: 7.1-10 (running version: 7.1-10/6ddebafe) pve-kernel-helper: 7.1-8 pve-kernel-5.13: 7.1-6 pve-kernel-5.13.19-3-pve...
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    Samsung Evo Speeds in Windows 10 VM

    Hi, I have installed an `1TB Evo Plus` in my proxmox server. However, once the windows vm is up and running. The read/write speeds and `significantly` lower than the actual spec. Why would that be the case? I attached the NVME using lvm. thanks
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    Pass ZFS zvol/dataset to a guest VM

    My research suggests that running any database over NFS is a bad idea. Postgres runs great on FreeBSD - so I am gone use a jail instead within TrueNas. Postgres compiles cleanly and neatly on FreeBSD, and by using a jail on a TrueNas host, you combine the NAS's large amounts of memory along...
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    Pass ZFS zvol/dataset to a guest VM

    The thing is that I have a Postgres dataset within TrueNas. My Postgres instance is managed by Kubernetes. I am mounting the TrueNas dataset using NFS within the VM. I am not sure how I could optimise it further? The only other option is perhaps to create a Postgres jail within TrueNas and...
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    [SOLVED] new nvme for VM's

    perfect! is this process documented somewhere?
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    [SOLVED] new nvme for VM's

    Hi, I got a new nvme m.2 1TB drive for VM's ONLY so that they are quick and snappy! What's the best way to expose it to proxmox as? I was thinking of thin provisioning? Do you have any recommendations? Many thanks
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    ZFS pool layout and limiting zfs cache size

    Just me loosing my mind lol. I will do it exactly this way (by mounting it directly in my VM) :)
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    Pass ZFS zvol/dataset to a guest VM

    In that case, I would rather keep the zfs pool in truenas VM and then use iSCSI to mount it within the VM. thank you for your reply :) you've been a great help. wish there was a direct message facility where I could DM you :)
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    ZFS pool layout and limiting zfs cache size

    Hi, Sorry to keep this thread alive. but this is how I created a zvol for Postgres in truenas. is this what you mean by 8K volblocksize for Postgres? I have set the block size to 8KiB as discussed above. I am planning to export it to my proxmox as iSCSI share and then pass it to my ubuntu VM...
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    Pass ZFS zvol/dataset to a guest VM

    Hi, I have a local zfs pool that I created in the proxmox. Then I created a dataset for my Postgres database as: zfs create tank/postgres -o ashift=12 -o compression=lz4 I can see that it is mounted in my proxmox at: tank/postgres I now wish to pass this dataset to my ubuntu server VM. How do...
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    blk_update_request: protection error

    I did too but how do you explain the following: I have 2 identical drives, I was able to remove the type 2 protection from one drive but unable to do it on the second?? Here is what I did: sg_format --format --size=512 /dev/da2 After the format, it shows this: sg_readcap -l /dev/da2 Read...