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    How do reduce/optimize backup sizes

    Hi everyone, I am doing local backups via PBS, but I also create vzdump backups that I back up to OneDrive via restic. I have tried to optimize backup sizes with cleaning up docker, fstrim as well as activating "ssd" and "discard" for the respective VMs. I have multiple VMs that confuse me...
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    Backup PBS to cloud provider with incremental chunks

    Hi, I have not found a solution online for this. I would like to backup my PBS backups to OneDrive and be able to only upload incremental changes just as PBS does it. The execution does not seem to be a problem, I can upload the files (incl. chunks) to OneDrive via rclone. I woud like to do that...
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    How to improve NFS performance for PBS backups?

    Hi everyone, I am running PBS as a VM on Proxmox and I am also running several other VMs on that Proxmox server. All VMs run on an NVMe drive. I also run Truenas Scale as another VM on the same server. Truenas has a few NFS shares and I use one of the NFS shares (HDD Raid1) to create backups of...
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    Proxmox cluster with two nodes with identical names

    Hi everyone, I have 2 proxmox servers that serve different funtions. One is my router and hosts essential services (e.g. homebridge) and one is for other services like plex. I would still like to create a cluster (to benefit from VM migration etc.) and have the essential one as main and the...
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    Why does the cronjob not run as root while the manual command works fine?

    Hi everyone, I have installed scrutiny on my proxmox server and when I manually execute the command, it runs through fine, but when I add it to crontab -e for root, it errors out with the following error message: "ERROR: DependencyMissingError: "smartctl binary is missing" This is the command...
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    Replace multiple items in email notification header

    Hi everyone, I have successfully set up email notifications for my proxmox servers and I have also replaced the from-address successfully via /^From:.*/ REPLACE From: Proxmox <homelab@myaddress.com> in the file smtp_header_checks. Now I am trying to als replace the subject, but have not been...
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    Issue when trying to extend execute "resize2fs /dev/mapper/pve-root"

    Hi, I am trying to extend the root (resulting on more space for "local") on my proxmox server. I started with this lsblk output: I executed three commands: growpart /dev/sda 3 pvresize /dev/sda3 lvextend -l +100%FREE /dev/pve/root Now with the last command resize2fs /dev/mapper/pve-root I...
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    [SOLVED] Run Pi-Hole as Container or VM?

    Hi everyone, I am running pfSense as a VM on proxmox on an AliExpress box and after a lot of stability issues, it seems like I have gotten this thing stabilized - 12 days and counting (knockonwood). Now I would like to add Pihole to the mix again. I had it set up as a container before I turned...
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    pfSense VM keeps freezing/crashing

    Hi everyone, I have installed proxmox on a box with Intel N5105 4-core 4*2.5GB I225 B3 8GB RAM 500GB NVMe pfSense is the only VM running. I installed it based on instructions on the netgate website. WHEN it runs, it is fine, but once a day or so, it crashes or freezes. Most of the time it just...
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    Multiple VLANs, 1 NIC issue routing and setup ( vmbr0: port 2(fwpr140p0) entered blocking state)

    Hi everyone, I have built the following setup: Mini-PC from AliExpress with 8GB RAM, Intel N5105, 250 GB NVMe, 4 Intel 225 B3 connections I run Proxmox on it (VLAN 10) and pfSense as my router on top of Proxmox. pfSense runs very well. Now my intention is to run a docker-server as a VM (VLAN...
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    VM freezes irregularly

    Hi everyone, I have rewritten the text based on the troubleshooting I have tried. I am at my wit's end here: Some weeks ago, I bought a pfsense box on AliExpress (4-core N5105, 8GB RAM and 250GB NVMe) and installed Proxmox on it. On the box I run two VMs: pfSense - runs excellent and no...
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    pfsense VM internal-error

    Hi, I have switched to pfSense and I am running it on proxmox. So far everything works reltively fine (except all my config user errors in pfsense). the VM had an internal error twice and this time I had a look at /var/log/syslog/ as recommended here in the forum. This is the relevant portion I...
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    Best way to setup a virtualized router

    Hi, I have a mini PC on the way from China and plan to install 3 things on there: - pfsense as our router - pi-hole - home bridge I plan To install 8GB ram and a 256gb NVMe drive in it. My question is: What is the best way to initialize proxmox with the correct sizes for local and local-lvm...
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    [SOLVED] How to "force-remove" container

    Hi, I started Proxmox with putting docker into containers. After I learned the limitations and best practices, I switched to VMs. I still have one container left, that I am not able to start or remove.The error message is as follows: Destroy: TASK ERROR: storage 'truenas-downloads' does not...
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    Resize local or local-lvm (and how?)

    Hi everyone, I installed proxmox (7.1-10) on a 250GB SSD and maybe as a beginner error, I did not extend local or local-lvm to be able to use the whole disk. I would like to use the remaining space (local is 16gb and local-lvm is 30gb) asl well for VMs, containers etc. Two questions: Which one...
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    [SOLVED] Local storage shown as "full" without ISOs

    Hi, My local storage that is used for the ISOs is shown as 80% full, although I deleted all ISOs. Before I deleted the files, I got an error message "storage is full" with every proxmox activity. I tried to upload a large image file twice today and it aborted twice? Are the remains of those...
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    How to share folder from TrueNAS VM to docker container

    Hi everyone, I am new to Proxmox and have a TrueNAS Core VM running as well as a docker container (based on Debian Turnkey). I am trying to mount a folder from TrueNAS into the docker container. I have tried NFS and CIFS. Always a permission error message. I read that this is not doable with an...
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    Proxmox (v7.1-10) passthrough problem (LSI3008 SAS controller to TrueNAS Core)

    Hi everyone, I am new to proxmox. I got it installed and installed TrueNAS as well as a few containers for Docker. I have an on-board LSI 3008 SAS controller on my Asrock Rack EPC612D4U-8R board that I flashed into IT mode. I connected two SATA drives to it to test. Now, the "only" thing missing...