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    Install containers/KVM on formatted ext4 lvm from /dev/pve/data(thin) on an SSD or NAS drive(ironwolf or skyhawk)?

    I have done this twice with a WD green and purple(both died, green was not suited for 24/7 anyways and purple was 2nd hand and I got cheap). Now I've got an SSD, where it initializes /dev/pve/data to make use of a big chunk of the SSD's capacity, so I what I usually do is make use of it via...
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    1 Transcend 128GB SSD + 1 4TB Ironwolf HDD = Good idea?

    So my purple western digital 2TB hard drive decided to die last week good thing I was able to still recover the data because I converted the thin volume(1.7TB of it) as an ext4 partition where I can store all my files, and the root fs took only less than 100GB where the boot partition resides ...
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    [SOLVED] Bind mount /dev/net directory from host to unprivileged container?

    I have an unprivileged container that runs Centos 7 and I want it to run as an openvpn client to a pfsense firewall. But I can't seem to get it running as the guest container does not have "dev/net/tun". So I looked online and saw people create the file directly inside the container but...
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    Connect bluetooth speaker to Windows 7 KVM?

    Is there a way to connect my Cliptec bluetooth speaker to my Windows 7 32-bit KVM? I installed the Gigaware bluetooth drivers and it seems to have connected to it, however the speaker icon on the taskbar still shows red and that there are no audio devices available. I tried playing a youtube...
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    Install Proxmox on 4TB Seagate Skyhawk(Surveillance Grade HDD), good idea?

    I can get a 4TB Skyhawk Surveillance grade HDD cheaper than its Ironwolf sibling, will this have a negative impact on my virtual environment? Seeing that their main difference is Skyhawk is designed for like, depending on who you ask, 75% write and 25% read or 90% write and 10% read while...
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    [SOLVED] kernel panic - not syncing attempted to kill init

    I have a proxmox machine experiencing the issue stated above. I was wondering if there is anyway to restore proxmox, since I have formatted its thin volumes and have my files in there(/dev/mapper/storage), when I did an install on another hard drive I tried to mount the directory where my data...
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    Install Proxmox with GNOME Desktop Environment?

    Since proxmox is based off debian, is it possible to install the latest version of proxmox with a desktop environment? Can you post links on how to do it as well? Since debian barebones-wise has a "graphic install" option however I do not see that when installing proxmox, thanks in advance for...
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    [SOLVED] Best Windows OS for virtualization? (XP vs 7 vs 10)

    Which operating system is the best performer when virtualized? I was told that XP is not optimized for virtualization which makes a lot of sense considering its age, so I want to ask the community even further to expand my knowledge, thanks! :)
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    [SOLVED] Backup question in "/var/lib/vz/dump"

    So I use gzip to as the backup format for all my containers when saving them into tar files, but I also noticed a "vzdump-lxc*-.tmp" directory found in /var/lib/vz/dump and stood out amongst all the ".tar.gz" files so I am wondering what this is, and why is it a directory unlike the tar files...
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    [SOLVED] Bind mount mounting but subdirectories are empty

    So I have on my Host machine: /storage/HDD2 /storage/Internal And I am planning to mount these on my Guest machine which is a container: /srv/samba So in my Guest machine I can see that under /srv/samba I see HDD2 and Internal respectively, but not their contents, so I am asking the wizards in...
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    [SOLVED] Installed Proxmox 5.1 on 2 TB hard drive but only 88 GB is being used?

    Hello! I haven't tried installing proxmox to a high volume drive and once I did on my 2 TB hard drive the root directory is only shown to be using up 88 GB. Can anyone please help me initialize the big chunk of the unused area in my 2 TB hard drive? Thank you!

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