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    hotplug problem - VM 101 qmp command 'object-add' failed - Parameter 'size' is missing

    Trying memory hot plug I get. Parameter verification failed. (400) memory: hotplug problem - VM 101 qmp command 'object-add' failed - Parameter 'size' is missing @Stoiko Ivanov
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    Machine type latest missing for windows ?

    I would like to pin windows machines to "latest" but it is not in the list. After the recent upgrade windows machines are set to "5.1", linux is set to "latest" I know this is due to a workaround, but why is latest not available for windows ? Windows machine:
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    [TUTORIAL] ZFS not most recent snapshot bypass

    In case you use autosnapshot or other tools to do periodic zfs snapshots and thus can't use the roolback feature of pve. This patch enforces the rollback, execute as root in terminal: cat << 'EOF' > /etc/cron.hourly/proxmox-zfs-rollback-force #!/bin/bash...
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    Windows VM using more memory then allocated

    I setup a windows 10 VM with ballooning of 512mb/2048mb PVE is up to date, windows is up to date and I used the newest virtio ballooning drivers 0.1.185 The VM is taking more memory then has been allocated to it. It should not exceed 2048mb = 2GB. The VM starts with ~1.5GB, after some hours...
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    [SOLVED] pbs 1.0-1 query-backup failed got timeout

    I just upgraded to pbs 1.0-1 and now it randomly killed one of my vm's during backup. The backup log says: INFO: 0% (1.1 GiB of 256.0 GiB) in 3s, read: 368.0 MiB/s, write: 130.7 MiB/s INFO: 1% (2.7 GiB of 256.0 GiB) in 11s, read: 210.5 MiB/s, write: 126.0 MiB/s ERROR: VM 104 qmp command...
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    PBS Update 0.8.14 Prune & GC end with status unknown

    FYI Since the update to 0.8.14 prune and gc jobs end with status unknown. They do end with "TASK OK" but status shows "stopped: unknown" for whatever reason.
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    memory hotplug does not boot

    I followed https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Hotplug_(qemu_disk,nic,cpu,memory) setting udev rule for cpu and memhp_default_state=online kernel option for memory hotplug. As soon as i enable memory hotplug in vm options, the vm does not boot anymore. Its stuck at the proxmox logo. Once its...
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    [SOLVED] PBS Hardware requirements ?

    I could not find any requirements for pbs. From testing it seems like it needs only a minimal setup. PBS did not exceed 1 CPU core and 300mb of RAM in several tests.
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    [SOLVED] Error: backup timestamp is older than last backup

    I get the following error if i run pbs backup client too fast after another Even if the backup storage is empty e.g there is no existing backup of the directory. If i add a sleep of 1 second between the calls it does not happen. But why ?
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    Offsite sync to Cloud (Gdrive, Amazon S3 etc.) and Recovery of PBS

    TLDR: Is a full backup of the backup storage itself enough to install a new pbs server from iso and just add the storage back ? Or is there more to it ? PBS is locking great so far ! However im in the need to offsite sync (push) backups to remote storage. Right now pbs only offer offsite sync...
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    [SOLVED] Netmask missing after upgrade

    This is the second time i upgraded my proxmox host, the first time it killed all vm's due to efi boot change in proxmox qemu package. This time it killed the network. Proxmox GUI, ssh, everything port related was broken. The "netmask" entry got removed from /etc/network/interfaces, my bridge...
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    Guest shows strange commited memory stats

    I have noticed strange memory stats for a docker 10 vm. The vm itself is set to 6-7gb (balooning) of ram but commits up to 240gb ? Im trying to figue out what is going on, the vm itself is running without problems. There are no kernel messages in dmesg. The memory values come directly from...
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    [SOLVED] VMs won't boot after upgrade

    I just installed upgrades via apt full-upgrade and rebooted afterwards. Now i've got the problem that 3 vm's that are based of a template wont boot anymore. Even if i clone the template into a new vm and start it i get the same problem. "BdsDxe: failed to load Boot0001 ..." The disks...
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    Default Console Option has no effect ?

    From time to time i need to manage my vm's over the proxmox gui. The problem for me is i want to always use xterm, my vm's dont have a virtual gpu. Setting the default console viewer in datacenter -> options has no effect tho. Proxmox still opens up novnc on the console tab for vm's, clicking...
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    File storage vm attach disk vs NFS mount ?

    Hello everyone, im wondering how should i attach my drives for nas stuff to a vm. I have 2 options in mind. The vm will run services like samba, emby, minidlna, radarr, etc. The drives will be setup as zfs raid on the host. Option1 Add new disk to vm, the disk will then be ext4 formatted on...

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