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    Reading IO Wait times from the Proxmox Host instead of inside the VM

    I want to monitor IO Wait, also called wa in top. I have a script that outputs the values, which works perfectly inside the VM: $ sh check.sh 2024-10-28 06:03:11 - IO Wait: 18%, Load averages: 1.13, 1.15, 1.26 2024-10-28 06:03:13 - IO Wait: 21%, Load averages: 1.20, 1.16, 1.27 2024-10-28...
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    Advice for Traffic Accounting (bytes-in, bytes-out) on Bridge Ports or VXLAN for many VMs

    Our network consists mostly of 10 Gbit/s switched backbones to the internet. On the network we have a cluster of Proxmox VM hosts with around a 100 VMs. We have the need to do traffic accounting, per VM, in the most efficient manner. We don't need to count protocol traffic flowing via internet...
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    ethtool eth0 displays 1000Mb/s correctly, but shouldn't virtio 'virtual' network connections be x10 faster?

    My setup is: A Proxmox VE host server with 1000Mb/s physical network card An ZFS over iSCSI link to a virtual machine on the same host which is running TrueNAS Core. Virtio. Numerous VMs all sharing the same NAS, mostly Debian derivatives. All Virtio On the host: # ethtool eth0 Settings for...
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    Change node in cluster's IP address PVE 7.4

    I had to migrate one of the nodes of my four node cluster to another data centre. The IP address had to change. Now I've googled how to change the IP address of the node that is currently down but I'm struggling to find a HOWTO or concrete information that doesn't overlap or contradict. Are...
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    Access Proxmox Backup Server Sync Jobs on Another Server in the Cluster

    My backup sync jobs are working 100% between two servers. However, when I browse the remote datastore linked PBS server in the cluster servers tree, I don't see the VM backups. Here is the tree view of my environment: I have a ton of backups on backup05, where I have a Sync Job from...
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    [SOLVED] Backup to remote data centre that's part of the same PVE cluster

    Hi there, I have a newbie question. We have two data centres, with four VM hosts, Data Center A and Data Center B. I have an installation Proxmox Backup Server in Data Centre B. I tried to backup a VM in Data Centre A to the PBS server in Data Centre B but it fails with an obvious error...
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    Whilst move storage from local-lvm to TrueNAS ZFS over iSCSI: Warning: volblocksize (4096) is less than the default minimum block size (8192).

    Hi! When I move a VM's storage from `local-lvm` to a TrueNAS Core based ZFS volume over iSCSI, I get the following warning: Task viewer: VM 102 - Move disk create full clone of drive scsi0 (local-lvm:vm-102-disk-0) Warning: volblocksize (4096) is less than the default minimum block size...
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    Proxmox UI used to warn if thin disk space was over commissioned but can't find the setting anymore

    Good day, At some stage whilst using Proxmox, it used to warn me. It would say something like "You're using thin provisioning but the total disk space you've allocated is more than you actually have.". At some stage, probably through naivety or being rushed, I clicked something like "Do not...
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    Please help identify OOM kernel crash - Host RAM, Host swap, VM RAM, or VM Swap?

    Hi there, Please help me identify the problem with our Proxmox is killing just one specific VM with OOM. Background: - The host has 16 CPUs, and 64 GB of RAM. - We have 15 guests on the host. - The VM that is being shut down uses the most resources, 7 CPUs and 16 GB RAM. - The problem only...
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    Import disk to temporary location non root - similar question to "Where are VMs stored?"

    We have four disks: local, local-lvm, raid1, raid0 I need to import a large file to raid1. The idea is create new directory, e.g. /root/vm.import.temp, and get the job done. Problem is /root volume is too small but there is a lot of space on the other volumes. I can't figure out if it's...
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    Noob question: How many guests for 16 cores?

    Hi there, I want to know how many guests I can run on the below configuration please. I have this CPU: Model name: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2620 v4 @ 2.10GHz Stepping: 1 CPU MHz: 2426.288 CPU max MHz: 3000.0000 CPU min MHz: 1200.0000 BogoMIPS...
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    Why is the "Move disk" option greyed out? - Noob question

    Hi there, I'm new to Proxmox and my setup which has been installed with all default settings is like so: Host 3 x 1 TB SSD disks attached to hardware RAID controller in RAID5 configuration 2 x 4 TB SATA disks attached to hardware RAID controller in RAID1 configuration I'm using LVM system...
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    "Live" Migrate disk from one provider to another

    Hi, need help with the following: Ubuntu 18.04 Server at Provider #1. The Old Provider. I am migrating all my VMs away from this provider to Provider #2. The New Provider running Proxmox. At Provider #1, I have no access to the Hypervisor / VM Host. I only have a running Ubuntu 18.04 machine...