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I got a 256GB NVME and built a Windows Server VM on a local ZFS with 8TB thin provisioned disks. I then shared it as an SMB/CIFS volume and registered it as PVE storage, to have a VM running on it. The disk contains Windows 11 OS. I then tried several restores and disk moves between Local-ZFS...

Well, I've temporarily stopped considering nested VMs. Now I know PVE already has good user management, so I'll try grouping & tagging without nested virtualization. Thanks.

Thank you! It seems that CloneZilla is really overwhelming in a small office environment! Setting up a multicast network is a bit difficult for me, but I will try.

Thanks LnxBill, Mac prefix filtering sounds very advanced. I am also looking into FOG server now. It looks like a newer imaging software similar to CloneZilla.

Hi. Please take a look at the image comparison first. I ran Crystaldiskmark on a bare metal Proxmox and a nested Proxmox. The storage random access speed is clearly lower on the nested. What could be the cause of this? I imagine it is the block size. Memory cache is set to "none". Any Idea?

Thanks! Clonezilla seems to have more features than what I imagined. More importantly, it's free to use in labo environment, compared to Windows server's MDT or WDS features. Let me post further questions once I tried it. Have a good day!

I guess I didn't word it well enough, Disk2VHD converts to VHDX first, which involves logging into Windows, opening the converter, uploading the vhdx file. Thereafter I type the qm import command. Scripting would alleviate this, but I didn't think the whole process was smart. On the other hand...

Dunuin, Thanks, I noticed that focusing on performance is dangerous. I will avoid striping any Proxmox system as long as it is used for business purposes. I understand that IOPS is not so good for RAIDZ. I wasn't too concerned about block size before. So, mirroring disk is the safest option. I...

Hi. I would like to P2V up to 50 Windows machines to Proxmox. Converting with Disk2VHD to VHDX and importing to Raw files is a bit of a pain. Because the hassle of typing the qm importdisk command and attaching it to the receiving VMs will be 50 times.o_O Is there any way to convert physical...

Hi, I'm planning to set up PVE with PBS inside it, with some basic workstation hardware. CPU: Ryzen 5 Memory: 32GB Storage 1: SATA 256GB*2 SSD / ZFS Mirror (Proxmox system & PBS system) Storage 2: NVME 256GB*3 ZFS Striping (VM workaround space, except for PVE system or PBS VM) Storage 3: HDD...

Hi LnxCar, Sorry for my delayed reply. Thanks a lot for detailed comments! You have points... yes, if business servers are down, it needs overwhelming costs for restoration. I talked to my boss & customer to reconsider the budgetary lines. Also, I completely agree that PVE is very stable...

Hi demo2929, I gave up using linked clone so that it generates fresh HWID for each WIn10/11 for further testing. Thanks.

Hi, I will have several critical VMs running as DDNS or OpenVPN or SSH bastion servers. They are not heavy workloads but are not allowed to stop. However, my company has only one physical server for budget reasons. So, I fancy that I could set up 3 nested Proxmox as guests, to only run above...

Hi, I'm running GPU-less Proxmox and it's working great. I have one laptop with iGPU so I can capture & transcode videos locally with OBS. This has been working good for years. But I sometimes feel it's not as flexible as Proxmox VM management, because GPU is bound to physical laptop. Would...

Hi, I'm testing Win10 Autopilot feature with Proxmox. It's an automated PC kittng process managed by MS Intune. It begins refreshing PC according to pre-registered HWID.csv, which is composed of hardware hash, serial etc. HWID is acquired by powershell command...

Thanks Dunuin, that's absolutely helpful! It's best if I can make "VM permanent boot list" to wake them up only when they are shut down. Crontab log can also be kept clean. And yes, I will take into account that some hours/days be excluded for cold backup.

Thanks avw, it worked perfectly! Below is the new result for "systemctl status cron". Mar 12 20:55:01 test CRON[16379]: pam_unix(cron:session): session opened for user root(uid=0) by (uid=0) Mar 12 20:55:01 test CRON[16380]: (root) CMD (/usr/sbin/qm start 900) Mar 12 20:55:02 test qm[16381]...

Hi, I'm trying to autostart a VM every 5 min in case my users accidentally shut down it. I added a line "qm start 900" by editing crontab but it doesn't work. When I type "systemctl status cron", it seems it's calling the "qm start" command, but the session closes everytime. There are some...

Thanks czechsys, I could force stop boot process by searching Linux ISO boot, which later led me to the below thread and successfully repair Web GUI.:D https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/is-there-a-way-to-disable-the-automatic-start-of-vms-before-proxmox-boots.83636/

Hi, Yesterday I added a new PCIE board with NVME SSD to proxmox machine, and tried to pass-thru that to a new VM. However, I mistakenly chose vendor-ID that is onboard M/B NVME chipset, not the PCIE NVME board. I remember it because I have once successfully pass-thru PCIE device before. After...