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    exclude VM cifs share from backup on PBS

    all right i wasn't sure of this. Thanks a lot. Have a nice day Limo
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    exclude VM cifs share from backup on PBS

    Hello, I'd like to mount multiple distant CIFS shares (external contract with a datacenter) on Windows Server VMs but I would like them to be excluded from PBS backup. I never did that before and before buying this space i' would like to know if it's possible to only backup the VM and how...
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    [SOLVED] upgrade from 7 to 8

    All right, that's very clear, thank you for your help!
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    [SOLVED] upgrade from 7 to 8

    Hello, I have this warning message when i'm making the "pve7to8 --full" test before upgrade : What does it mean exactly? Thank you for your help Dara
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    hardware RAID / EXT4 partition

    Hello, I would like to know your advice on this best practice question : - I have a 24 To ext4 Datastore (on one partition) with hardware RAID 6. Do i need to make multiple datastores on this partition or just put all the backups in this one is ok? Thank you
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    Multipath and ISCSI problems

    And thank you for your help also you really helped me better understanding the whole problem
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    Multipath and ISCSI problems

    That did it!! Thank you very much for your help!
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    Multipath and ISCSI problems

    I just made some tests, I f i put 9000 MTU on both iscsi switches and 8600 MTU on the servers all is working smoothely. I f i put 9000 on both switches and hosts it starts to generate NOPs and I/O errors... But i looked at the specifications of the broadcom cards, they are supposed to handle...
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    Multipath and ISCSI problems

    OH ! for the test you meant ok
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    Multipath and ISCSI problems

    I put all ports on the switches to 9000 and the 2 interfaces of each pve host connected to them also but it's a mess in the logs again... Why do you say it must be mess than 9000? I should try 8192 ?
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    Multipath and ISCSI problems

    Hello everyone I'm coming back with an answer : My problem is with the mtu 9OOO declared between the array and the iscsi dedicated switches. Both were configured mtu 9000 and when i deactivate this config on the pve hosts interfaces everything comes back to normal... I still haven't found the...
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    Multipath and ISCSI problems

    I just read the DELL guide for ME4024 and realised that there is one pool per controller : i have two pools on my array but i will only use one for the time being... I think this is why i have this problem, i activated all the controllers IPs while i'm only using 4. Can my problem come from...
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    Multipath and ISCSI problems

    Thank you, i didn't know! but it did not solve my problem.
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    Multipath and ISCSI problems

    Thanks for your answer. When i only add one controller on the storage.cfg t's working Then i go to the ME4024 array GUI, create a Volume (the volume where i will put one LVM VM) and map it on all the PVE initiators. Back on the PVE and the logs start to fill up just after that When i look...
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    Multipath and ISCSI problems

    Hello, And thank you for your help. I have installed a PVE cluster with 3 nodes and a DELL ARRAY. The 2 controllesr on the array have 4 ports each (see PJ) i connected them to 2 switches in 2 non routed VLAN dedicated to iSCSI (70 et 77as you can see in the attachment) I have 2 big LUNS on...
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    iSCSI, snapshots and LXC within a PVE cluster

    Thanks a lot for your answer, I think we will do as you detailed below and use the array snapshot capacity. + PBS (and stick to docker for containers) in this case How much bigger do you think we need to make each lun compared to the VM size ?
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    iSCSI, snapshots and LXC within a PVE cluster

    Hello, I’m currently installing 3 pve hosts in cluster mode with an iSCSI EMC array, everything is redundant : 2 ToR switches for the servers , 2 switches for the iscsi traffic. We’ve chosen this solutions to migrate from ESX (too expensive). I’ve read a few articles / posts related to PVE...