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    Is renaming the default "pve" vg safe?

    Hello, By default(ext4 fs) the Proxmox installer creates a "pve" lvm volume group. Is it safe to rename it, for example, to "pve3", i.e. is anything at all expecting the Proxmox install to live specifically at "pve"? I've managed to rename it and it seems to run fine, I just wonder if there...
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    Untrusted server AND client (at rest) - appropriate backup strategy?

    Hello, I'm having the following setup(simplified): - Proxmox host with several disks mounted as regular EXT4 data directories - A few big(4tb) storage images(qcow2) - A VM(let's say stock Ubuntu server) that mounts them - The data volumes themselves contain luks-encrypted ext4 partitions where...
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    Looking for best practices about a NAS VM and encrypted storage.

    Hello, I have a bunch of questions about setting up storage in a recommended/safest way. My end goal is that I have a NAS with a few storage "buckets" that I can mount/share into other vm's or externally via samba, nfs, etc. The tricky thing is, I want all(or some) of the storage to be...
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    Host hangs on shutdown because of stuck vms

    Hello, Suppose we have a VM that is stuck for a reason and won't respond to a shutdown command(for example, booted a live cd, guest agent not active, etc) - either issued manually via the UI or triggered when trying to shutdown the host. If this was a manual shutdown, it can be easily fixed by...