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    cluster.conf

    ahah - many thanks found two mistakes ;) mistyped the name in the clusternode section and had closed off the clusternode tag before the fence/method etc was loaded.
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    Load balancing on Proxmox

    there are a lot of discussions on forums where having a 'load balancer' causes a LOT more issues than manual monitoring. remember that moving a VM actually causes MORE IO for a time so on a well packed cluster you could get into a situation where a VM is moved causing IO but then as there is...
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    cluster.conf

    I cant get my cluster.conf.new to load in on the HA tab - i get the following error message: mismatched tag at line 19, column 6, byte 671 at /usr/lib/perl5/XML/Parser.pm line 187 (500) <?xml version="1.0"?> <cluster config_version="38" name="cluster"> <cman...
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    Basic Multipath Question - Please help clear up some confusion

    the other IP addresses are passed into the multipath config when you configure the storage - although proxmox only sees the one IP, the others are in the config
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    Performace issue

    it would either prove or disprove that its the SATA controller to blame - Proxmox tech support say to use server grade hardware - i doubt that the nvidia SATA controller qualifies ;)
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    Performace issue

    Do you have a different SATA controller you can use in N1?
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    [SOLVED] How to Remove a Proxmox Node

    Re: Remove a Proxmox Node when i did this i had to use the -force suffic on the add command but other than that had no issues on my main cluster - although when i did it with another cluster i had to do some stuff with keys - i'll see if i can find the post edit: see this post...
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    0x7B BSOD Win 2003 Server - mergeide.reg applied

    yup it worked - boot from the CD and go into recovery console go to the CD ( mine was F:) expand \i386\intelide.sy_ c:\windows\system32\drivers exit (machine rebooted straight into windows)
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    0x7B BSOD Win 2003 Server - mergeide.reg applied

    Hi guys, i have a frustrating issue with one of my W2k3 P2V conversions - I ahve W2k3 box that we are looking to virtualise in our remote data centre - the issue is that the disk image is too big to bring down over the wire so any conversions have to be done to a USB disk and as the server has...
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    windows 2008 r2 on Proxmox 2.x very slow - howto get more performance ?

    From what i can tell from the info you have given us: Your physical server has: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2420 - 6 Cores @ 1.90GHz (with 12 threads) http://ark.intel.com/products/64617 but you have configured your Windows 2008 R2 VM to use 1x 1.90Ghz CPU and has 22GB RAM running from a virtio...
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    Unable to boot New Dell Power Edge R720XD from CD or USB

    check the MD5 hash on the downloaded iso? try another proxmox iso file?
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    Restore v1.9 vm to v3.0

    i think its to do with memory ballooning.
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    2xXeon E5540 vs Phenom II X6. I don't understand result.

    but you're only comparing 4 cores from each CPU - even if you config 2sx2c or 1sx4c in your VM, its still only 4 physical CPU cores in use, thats a whole 1.2Ghz difference for the AMD vs Intel... and thats on the AMD base speed NOT the 'turbo' boost CPU ;)
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    Proxmox for virtual windows enviroment?

    There are loads of people on the forum who have done the same ;) just be aware that you will/may need to buy some additional hardware if you want to use HA (fencing device) and also for a stable cluster you will need (in my opinion) at least 3 servers probably 4 :) have a read through the wiki...
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    2xXeon E5540 vs Phenom II X6. I don't understand result.

    Xeon E5540 - 4x 2.53Ghz CPU Phenom II x6 1055T - 6x 2.80Ghz AMD has more L2 cache, and is a newer CPU... http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Xeon-E5540-vs-AMD-Phenom-II-X6-1055T
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    Migration issue after replacing a node

    everything is running fine after i ran mv /root/.ssh/known_hosts /root/.ssh/known_hosts_old and then connected from each node - thanks for your help! Now to replace Node2 and Node3 and remove Node4
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    Migration issue after replacing a node

    let me just confirm this: Excalibur is new node (192.168.15.31) Node2 (192.168.15.33), Node3 (192.168.15.35) and Node4 (192.168.15.37) are existing nodes in cluster. I need to connect to Node2, Node3 and Node4 - erase the contents of the /root/.ssh/known_hosts file connect to Node2, Node3 and...
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    Migration issue after replacing a node

    rebuilt the box - used the pvecm add 192.168.15.33 -force command and still getting the error!
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    Migration issue after replacing a node

    i've tried readding the box and no joy - i will rebuild it and see what happens.