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    Install on Dell SC 1435

    Hey Everyone, I am getting an error after install on boot up of the Proxmox VE 4.4, I am using a Dell SC1435 Server Dual Quad Core AMD Opteron cpus 16 gb of ram, 1 tb drive. 2 GB NICs I understand the volume group is not found nor the LVM Which is ludicrous because every other one...
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    Emergency Mode after each reboot

    Hello, We have 8 proxmox machines in a cluster, four of them were installed with the 4.2 ISO and the other four were installed with the 4.4 ISO. We updated the 4.2 to 4.4 using the community updates. These four machines sv1n1 to sv1n4 are having issues booting up, the Emergency mode message...
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    loading initial ramdisk hang, after reboot

    I have a full pve envirement running with 3 nodes with block storage ceph for HA with packet (bare metal). The cluster was running great. Today i was working on an overlay network and after every change i rebooted the server (call me lazy). After 5 or 6 reboots the serer hang during boot. Packet...
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    Change vm boot order via api?

    how do i set the boot order of a VM via the api?, i cant seem to find it in the config or any other documentation.
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    Can't boot VM after controller passthrough

    Hi, guys! Can you help me please? After storage controller passthrough (like this post https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/raidcontroller-hp-p410-passthrough-probleme.30547/) I can't boot VM in Proxmox 3.4 (see screenshot https://cloud.openmailbox.org/index.php/s/hBnprLM1qcbFSbQ). I think it try...
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    ISCSI Multipath does not create mapper devices during boot

    i want to use my iscsi target as volumegroup using multipath i configured multipath and "systemctl status multipath-tools" says "active (running)" but will not create the /dev/mapper/ devices i "fixed" it by adding "systemctl restart open-iscsi.service" in the rc.local how can i be sure that...
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    How to delay boot of FIRST VN

    I have created a dummy VM with Order=1, and Startup Delay = 60 so as to delay the start of VM2, which is set as Order = 2. (because VM2 won't start immediately Proxmox powers up, but does manually after a delay). Is there a better way? Is there a way of delaying the "Start all VMs and...
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    Starting node takes 10 minutes... before boot

    If I reboot proxmox, all nodes come up really fast as it should. But one Node need 10 Minutes before it begin to boot. I start the VM 105 and open the VNC-Viewer on it. Screen keeps Black for 10 Minutes. After 10 Minutes I see the Boot-Process starting in VNC. Why are there such a delay...
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    BIOS boot image 4.3

    As of Proxmox 4.3, every VM has a custom Proxmox image that shows up on boot from the VM's console. Is there a way to customize that image?
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    [SOLVED] After Update -> Grub rescue console

    Hey folks, I installed Proxmox today (downloaded yesterday). It was success full installed (ZFS) and created some vms. Everything was fine and reboot was all ok. Then I performed an update (without any errors). After this reboot, the system does no longer boot. To be precise, the server boots...
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    [SOLVED] Boot Drive Recovery Procedure

    After looking around for suitable answers to this particular question I decided to put some of the advice to the test and figure out what the procedure would be in the event my boot drive (ssd) decided to pack it in. General consensus online and on these forums state that by simply backing up...
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    Disk performance crippled using virtio disk

    I set up a VM for 2k12r2. The disk is a sparse raw file, converted from a .vhdx snapshot taken with disk2vhd. The configuration of the system, with the disk connected to ide0 was as follows: agent: 1 balloon: 2048 boot: cd bootdisk: ide0 cores: 2 hotplug: usb ide0...
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    Installation Proxmox boot disk on raid 1 pendrive

    Hi, It is possible to install Proxmox 4.2 on a ZFS raid 1 on a two pendrives to get some redundancy? Obviusly is only a boot disk, VM resides on a shared storage SAN. If possible, what is the procedure on a disk fail? Greetings.
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    [SOLVED] import .raw image

    Hey, I've been searching for multiple hours to get this working and am slowly questioning me so I hope some of you may have a nice idea to get this fixed. Problem: I've reinstalled proxmox and only copied the images (.raw files). (since the system was fucked and I could only rescue those)...
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    [SOLVED] How to set VM to start at boot right after quorum is reached?

    Hi Guys, Need help setting up VM to start at boot but after quorum is reached. I often find VM does not start at boot due to quorum is not reached yet. I run 3 PVE 4.3 nodes in cluster with HA enabled for some VMs on top of GlusterFS, and non-HA VMs on top of ZFS RAID10, and 4x 10GbE LACP...
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    Predictable Network Interface Names

    Hello, I'm new to PVE, so I may don't know something. In our installation, we have 2 HP servers with 3 modules of NICs on each: - 2 NICs onboard - 3 NICs on 1 PCI-X slot, - 2 NICs on 1 PCI-E slot. After first test install, problem arrised with interfaces name inconsistence. Two exact same...
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    Proxmox VE won't install

    Hello, I'm trying to install Proxmox VE on my IBM System x3650 with a USB stick. I've put Proxmox installer on the USB stick with dd. When I boot the stick, the installer runs, I choose the default option, then a black screen appears, then a white screen with a mouse, then a black screen again...
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    [SOLVED] Unable to boot from ZFS rpool after upgrading to PVE 4.2

    Dear Proxmox community, Dear Proxmox support team, Today I upgraded to PVE 4.2 and I'm now having boot issues because of device mappings mismatch. I have installed the root file system on ZFS during the initial installation back in 2015. Now, when trying to boot the PVE I receive: Message...
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    Cluster cold start timing problems

    I've got an 8-node PVE 3 cluster where each node is also part of the CEPH storage pool. Anytime I cold-boot the entire cluster (e.g. after work on the building's power system), the fact that the nodes are not all identical means that they take varying amounts of time to come online. I have a...
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    [solved] proxmox ve 4.2 unable to boot vm from imported image

    dear community, i did a fresh install of proxmox ve 4.2 and tried to import some existing appliances in ova-format like i used to do using proxmox ve 3.4 by pushing the disk image whether converted in qcow2 or raw format to it's respective place in /var/lib/vz/vm-id/images replacing the...

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