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  1. RolandK

    proxmox-backup-client more verbose to print whats being backed up ?

    hello, i am missing some commandline option for proxmox-backup-client to see which files being backed up, i.e. some "more verbose mode" i know about PBS_LOG , but that's neither seems documented in the manpage, nor in the pbs wiki. and it also needs "debug" to print anything informational on...
  2. RolandK

    [SOLVED] SOLVED:proxmox-backup-client show number of processed files (besides volume/gb ) ?

    is there a way to also have shown the number of processed files instead of volume/gb ? i'm doing some runtime testing for backups with larger file count and i cannot estimate based on this information i know i can set PBS_LOG=debug, but i'm really missing this as basic information. counting...
  3. RolandK

    special interest thread: qcow2 woes and interesting findings

    this is not meant to to make users/customers uncertain about product quality , but whoever is deeper into using qcow2 may have a look at https://bugzilla.proxmox.com/show_bug.cgi?id=7012 , it's about a case where qcow2 performs pathologically slow and while searching for the cause, i found...
  4. RolandK

    proxmox bugzilla open tickets reduction effort - how to start/proceed?

    hi, for a long time, i'm a little bit annoyed that there is quite a reasonable number (2724) of open , unresolved tickets in proxmox bugzilla at https://bugzilla.proxmox.com i don't want to blame proxmox team here, but my question is , how we can put some systematic work into this to better...
  5. RolandK

    WARNING: database "postgres" has a collation version mismatch

    Hello, on latest updates i get WARNING: database "postgres" has a collation version mismatch DETAIL: The database was created using collation version 2.36, but the operating system provides version 2.41. HINT: Rebuild all objects in this database that use the default collation and run...
  6. RolandK

    uefi boot default max resolution ?

    Hello, i use proxmox from macbook retina, which has very high display resolution. i setup uefi vm to check some details of XCP-ng hypervisor, but though i set display resolution to 1024x768 in uefi bios settings of VM (Device Manager -> OVMF Platform Configuration), the linux of XCP-ng boots...
  7. RolandK

    corrupted double-linked list error on backup finish

    i manually started some backup while there was some load on the pbs disks and got "corrupted double-linked list" error once on backup. the second backup run afterwards ran fine and validating the backup did not show any error should i worry ? what does this error mean ? ... NFO: 27% (452.0...
  8. RolandK

    warning: unable to access non-existent chunk

    hello, i had some problem with a backup disk. why is this only considered to be worth a warning ? 2025-05-19T07:40:44+02:00: marked 67% (574 of 856 index files) 2025-05-19T07:40:47+02:00: marked 68% (583 of 856 index files) 2025-05-19T07:40:52+02:00: marked 69% (591 of 856 index files)...
  9. RolandK

    checkmk & proxmox with zfs - memory warn

    hello, does anybody monitor proxmox with checkmk and has an idea how to avoid memory warnings? i'm constantly getting "memroy warn/critical" and it's flapping all the time, because checkmk does not take arc usage into consideration. even proxmox itself, still does not handle that properly...
  10. RolandK

    Proxmox Server via Wifi - List of Wifi Bridge Adapters which work with Proxmox

    There is a very pessimistic statement at https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/WLAN : Wi-Fi adapters can only be used as Linux bridge interface through workarounds, as most Access Points (APs) will reject frames that have a source address that didn’t authenticate with the AP. I also read several...
  11. RolandK

    Separate a Node Without Reinstalling

    Is this still valid/up2date with current proxmox ? https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Cluster_Manager#pvecm_separate_node_without_reinstall i need to eject a node from a cluster and keep the VMs. can this be done without vm downtime, i.e. can i leave the vm's up and running or do we need a...
  12. RolandK

    skipped: XX snapshot(s) ... - older than the newest snapshot present on sync target

    Hello, i'm getting these warnings on push sync. What does that mean or what's causing these? How do i get rid of them ? regards 2024-11-30T09:24:20+01:00: Starting datastore sync job 'pbs_msb:repli_pve-maker-bonn_backup:backup_pve-maker-bonn::s-d709b329-dc73' 2024-11-30T09:24:20+01:00: sync...
  13. RolandK

    [SOLVED] could not notify via endpoint(s): smtp-notify: Invalid input

    Hello, i'm getting INFO: Backup job finished successfully ERROR: could not notify via target `smtp-notify`: could not notify via endpoint(s): smtp-notify: Invalid input TASK OK how can i determine what the "invalit input" is about ?
  14. RolandK

    Live migration compression ?

    Can someone give some insight if proxmox is using any type of compression for live migration? at least for the ram transfer, i know qemu has this feature - but it does not seem to be used (see info migrate_capabilities below)...
  15. RolandK

    weird samba performance bug/issue

    maybe this is of interest for anybody who is using proxmox with samba/cifs and has observed performance issues. i have searched for this for a while know and had this issue for at least more then a year. recent samba has a fix for it. https://github.com/openzfs/zfs/issues/16490
  16. RolandK

    400 Parameter verification failed hotplug problem - error on hot-unplugging device

    hello, on pve host with 8.2.4 and VM with passtrough disks, i'm getting: # qm unlink 104 --idlist 'scsi25' update VM 104: -delete scsi25 400 Parameter verification failed. scsi25: hotplug problem - error on hot-unplugging device 'virtioscsi25' on second try on the same device, it works # qm...
  17. RolandK

    Hypervisor Showdown: Performance of Leading Virtualization Solutions

    i have _severe_ doubts, that the results of this stem from proper testing/comparison : https://www.storagereview.com/review/hypervisor-showdown-performance-of-leading-virtualization-solutions especially openssl performance let's me raise an eyebrow... thoughts ?
  18. RolandK

    default ide cd/dvd is pathological slow with i440fx - why not using sata/scsi as default ?

    in proxmox 8.2.2 with linux vm , cd/dvd drive is still being added as ide type instead of sata or scsi. booting ubuntu is 4 times slower with this (measuring time from bootloader selection dialogue until the first kernel messages appear) i did open a ticket for this a while ago...
  19. RolandK

    ssd benchmark with sustained/continous write info ?

    hello, does anybody know some good site which is benchmarking ssd's for comparison and which provides reliable and good information regarding sustained write capability ? for many many ssd, especially the cheaper ones, sustained write really sucks ...
  20. RolandK

    virtual disk default "No cache" settings weirdness

    When I look at promox virtual disk settings , the default for virtual disk is „Default (No cache)“. The wiki page at https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Performance_Tweaks is telling : „cache=none seems to be the best performance and is the default since Proxmox 2.X.“ The file section in the...