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    ESXi import via proxy

    Hi all, is there any way to connect to an ESXi server via a proxy? The cluster wide proxy configuration is set but not used for the storage connection. Cheers, luphi
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    [SOLVED] Restore of container including mountpoint

    Hello all, I'm trying to move some containers from a server running 7.4 to a server running 8.0. Everything works fine as long as the container don't include mountpoints. Unfortunately there is one container including a mountpoint. The mountpoint is included in the backup, but when I do the...
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    [SOLVED] ceph: corrupt disk image

    Hello all, I have a corrupted disk image located in one of my ceph pools: rbd ls -l -p ceph_hdd_images rbd: error opening vm-173-disk-1: (2) No such file or directory NAME SIZE PARENT FMT PROT LOCK vm-165-disk-0 50 GiB 2 excl vm-173-disk-0 10 GiB...
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    [SOLVED] hyperconverged ceph cluster network question

    all, I have a dual port 10GB NIC for CEPH in each server of a three node cluster. Option 1: using a LACP bond for private and public CEPH traffic and distribute the bonds across different switches Option 2: separated private and public networks without redundancy Which option would one...
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    VMs unable to boot from ZFS after upgrade to PVE 7

    Hello all, I just updated from 6.4 to 7. Everything went smooth, but.... I have an issue booting VMs (CTs are doing fine) as long as any of the assigned disks is on ZFS. It doesn't matter whether the VM tries to boot from CD or the disk. as soon as there is a disk configured based on ZFS, the...
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    backup: PBS vs legacy

    All, since the proxmox backup server is released, what might be a good reason to stay with the old legacy backup solution? Cheers, luphi
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    [SOLVED] understand pruning

    Can someone please explain, why the backups from 21st were deleted? Since they are the only one on 21st, I expected them to stay. Cheers, luphi
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    statically linked client

    Is a statically linked client already available? Cheers, luphi
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    pruning considerations

    I want to configure the following: - keep one backup per day for the last week - keep one backup per week for the rest of the month (week 2-4) - keep one backup per month for the rest of the year (month 2-12) So, it should end up with backups of a particular VM on the following dates: (I know...
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    possible backup namining conflict?

    What happens, if I have multiple independent PVEs and try to backup VM100 of PVE1 and also VM100 of PVE2? Only idea I have, is having dedicated datastores per PVE. (Unfortunately, there is still no way to define the id range on PVE) Cheers, luphi
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    centrally managed backup schedules

    The announcement of PBS is really a good news. One option which would make it nearly perfect for me, would be an option in the GUI, which allows to manage all scheduled backups of all clients in one single place. I have no clue, how communication between the client and server process are...
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    [SOLVED] datastore recovery

    Let's assume, I install the Server in that way, that I have one dedicated disk for the OS and one dedicated disk for the datastore. When I have to replace the OS disk for any reason and reinstall from scratch, is there any way to import the datastore disk or are all the backups lost? When I...
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    [SOLVED] network interface detection

    When I install the backup server on top of PVE, the network interface in the PBS GUI is not detected correctly. Error: line 8: invalid address/mask '172.23.12.207' Cheers, luphi
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    accidentally removed node from /etc/pve/nodes/

    Hi all, I'm running a 5 node cluster versin 6.0 and had to remove 2 nodes. Everything went fine until I wanted to delete the removed nodes from the GUI. By accident I deleted the directory of a still existing node, which was at that time running an LXC container and a VM. Both, container and VM...
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    boot failure after creating encrypted dataset

    Hello all, fresh PVE6 installation on ZFS. Everything is fine until I created: zfs create -o encryption=aes-256-gcm -o keyformat=passphrase rpool/encrypted After the next reboot , the system hangs at: error: unknown filesystem. Entering rescue mode... grub rescue> After removing the encrypted...
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    [SOLVED] issues after HA test

    All, today I did some HA testing on a 4 node cluster, version 5.4. I configured a HA group including all nodes and added to VMs tho the group. The two VMS were running on node 1 and node 2. I also set shutdown_policy=failover to initiate the failover by simply rebooting a node. Shortly after...
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    76pveproxy does not exists

    Hello all, I configured the proxy settings in the GUI, but /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/76pveproxy was not created. Even after a reboot it's still missing. I know from other installations, it's there. How can I force to create it? Cheers, luphi
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    Cloning Proxmox, best practice

    Hey all, possibly I have to deploy a few new Proxmox clusters. Too many to install them all manually ;-) There are many tools out there, doing their job very well: dd, clonezilla... Just wondering, which parts I have to change on each clone afterwards to make them individual. The following...
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    distinguish VM from template via api

    Hello all, is there a way to identify by the API, which VMs are templates or not? Cheers, Martin
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    backups based on pools

    Hey all, is there any way to configure scheduled backups based on ressource pools? Let's say, all VMs in pool A shall be backed up on Monday, pool B on Thuesday... Cheers, Martin