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    Cluster nodes fencing when performing backup

    Hello, We have started testing PBS on our 5-node cluster which was running very stable up to this point. Although some jobs ran fine, we often experience that node drops out of cluster while performing backup to local /var/tmp/vzdumptmpXXXXX without warning (usually we get fence event mail when...
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    Fake mail prevention (using local domain as sender)

    Hello, We've been recently (and this has been an issue in the past) hit with a wave of spam using fake FROM: header which is the same as TO:, meaning the inbound mail to be relayed is seemingly from the same domain/user as the recipient. Is there a quick/dirty setting to prevent this or the...
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    LXC storage migration

    Hello, So we have a working Proxmox cluster for a couple of years and I've been wondering ... is there any plan on implementing a storage migration option for LXC containers? It really doesn't have to be fully "live", but having to manually backup and restore machines is cumbersome and...
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    LACP bonding stopped working after 5.2 upgrade

    Hello, We have an issue on one of our servers after 5.2 upgrade. All of servers have active LACP bonding interfaces. One of our servers won't work with LACP after upgrade (others do). It is in fact the only one using old Broadcom dual-nic adapter: af:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Limited...
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    Cluster losing quorum over a troublesome node

    Hello, Our problems started this week after we tried to upgrade a node in a 4-node cluster from 4.4. to 5.0 The upgrade itself went fine. After first reboot the whole cluster went offline due to fencing. This repeated every single time we tried to bring back this node online again. So, I...
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    corosync/totem question

    Hello, We have a failed Proxmox 4.4->5.0 upgraded node that makes all cluster nodes (remaining 4) to fence themselves whenever it comes online. Seems I will have to reinstall the node for whatever reason. I've just noticed something strange in corosync.conf while backing up the configuration...
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    How to increase cluster communication timeout?

    Hello, We are currently having issues with a switch stack connecting our cluster nodes. The switch restarts intermittently and cluster nodes fence themselves and restart. This loss of communications lasts between 60-120 seconds. Until we replace the switch, is there any way to temporarily...
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    Proxmox 4.4 not running init inside lxc

    Hello, As of couple of days ago, lxc containers won't run their designated runlevel (centos 6.x container): USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND root 1 0.0 0.0 19292 2324 ? Ss 10:45 0:00 /sbin/init root 98 0.0 0.0 11500...
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    Suggestion - manage any lxc container via pct regardless of host

    Hello, Working daily with LXC in Proxmox cluster, there's really one thing I would like to see implemented, and that's to be able to use commands like pct list/enter/whatever on any lxc container regardless on which host you are currently logged on. For instance, a global pct list (showing all...
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    How to shut down a Proxmox cluster gracefully

    Hello, As stated in title - what's the best way to shutdown a Proxmox cluster gracefully either by running a script on each node or preferably from a central location? I have to implement and test an emergency shutdown scenario in case of severe power outage. The script should be triggered by...
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    Proxmox 4.4 lxc memory usage reporting

    Hello, Lately I've been noticing the discrepancy between Proxmox GUI memory reporting and what top/free reports inside of a container. For instance, GUI reports mem usage as 5.5GB being in use (out of 8) and 700M of swap, while this is what I get inside of a container: [root@t ~]# free -m...
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    centos 7 on proxmox 4.1

    Hello, I cannot make centos 7 lxc work on 4.1... Everything seems allright when i deploy the ct, however after first reboot systemd is not working anymore. ps aux yields only /sbin/init and bash processes, no networking, nothing. Anyone encountered this? Is systemd supported on lxc?
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    lvthin pool space reclamation

    Hello, So I've been playing with LV thin pools on our Proxmox cluster recently (via iSCSI SAN). All its features work as expected (snapshots included), however I've been trying to find Proxmox (or lxc) specific info on how to reclaim disk space in the pool after I delete some files inside a...