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    Proxmox vs ESXi Storage Performance - Tuning iSCSI?

    Hello, I'm trying to evaluate the performance differences on storage between ESXi and Proxmox. I'm having some trouble identifying where the performance issues are. Using the same hardware between tests I'm getting drastically different results when comparing the two hypervisors. What can I...
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    Configuring LVM over iSCSI connection on 2 portal shared accross 3 different nodes

    Hi, i'm trying to configure LVM over iSCSI connection for 3 different nodes. These are the portal for each of my iSCSI, both target to the same storage: Portal 1 192.168.10.20 Portal 2 192.168.20.20 These are the ip interface for each vm that is connected to the portal. VM1 192.168.10.201...
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    Unable to add LVM storage from iscsi LUN

    Hello, I've configured my iscsi target and multipathing, and everything is working up until the point I attempt to actually create LVM storage. When creating, I get this error: create storage failed: command '/sbin/pvs --separator : --noheadings --units k --unbuffered --nosuffix --options...
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    Iscsi multipath, what does it mean create a filter in /etc/lvm/lvm.conf?

    In the Multipath documentation: https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/ISCSI_Multipath Under the Vendor specific settings for Dell, the very last line says: "And you need to configure a suitable filter in /etc/lvm/lvm.conf in order to avoid error messages." But that has no explanation or example or...
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    Unable to create LVM from iscsi connection?

    I've created the LUN and connected Proxmox to my Dell PowerVault MD3200i, but when I try to create the LVM, it won't populate the LUN in the Base Volume section. What am I doing wrong that it won't pass the LUN through as a volume? I'm brand new to Proxmox, so little bit lost. Have been...
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    Unable to add iscsi LUN to Prox

    I've got a 40TB LUN created on a Dell PowerVault MD3200i. I'm extremely new to Proxmox, so have been trying to follow the wiki on setting up multipath and the iscsi connection, but I can't continue because I'm unable to see the LUN via proxmox. I've added the iscsi connection, and it shows...
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    VG disappeared not found LVM ISCSI

    Hello, I have an installation running with LVM on iscsi, everything was working normally but suddenly the VG called storage disappeared, I have a Dell ME5084 storage configured with multipath, in which I have two volumes that I present to my proxmox cluster and only one Of the two that are...
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    [SOLVED] LVM over iscsi: Delete VM1 with disks. Create new VM2 .. old data from VM1 are available

    hi, is there a way / hook to make sure, if a VM is purged, that PVE destroys data on the assigned disks first ? I have very often the issue, that data from purged VMs gets available often again, on a new VM. Yesterday I had this issue again, as I've added a 2nd disk to the new VM and create a...
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    OVF, Proxmox, migration, QNAP Virtual Station

    ok, so I've searched the forums for a bit and I probably missed it, but here is what I am attempting to do.... I have a QNAP, TS-973ax, that run virtualization station and my Zimbra mail server. First off, it has an underpowered CPU for this Virtualization station, but I have good disk...
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    OVF, Proxmox, migration, QNAP Virtual Station

    ok, so I've searched the forums for a bit and I probably missed it, but here is what I am attempting to do.... I have a QNAP, TS-973ax, that run virtualization station and my Zimbra mail server. First off, underpowered CPU for this Virtualization station, but I have good disk redundancy. So...
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    After changing the Portal address in the iSCSI settings, the base volume

    Hi there. After changing the Portal address in the iSCSI settings, the base volume is no longer displayed. The virtual machine on top of the LVM was already running on it. I tried to recreate the iscsi storage and re-create the LVM, but it doesn't see anything. What can I do about it...
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    PVE 7.2 Issues with thick LVM on iSCSI

    I've poked around the forums and search engines but I can't find a clear answer on how to get a new thick LVM volume built on top of an iSCSI LUN to show as available on all nodes in the cluster. I have a 5 node HA cluster with a small iSCSI SAN for some storage. When I add the new iSCSI LUN in...
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    Proxmox: adding Synology iSCSI host freeze, then has duplicate serial number.

    Hi Community! Proxmox VE: add a LVM storage on top of iSCSI Error: create storage failed: device ‘dev/disk/by-id/scsi.....’ is already used by volume group ‘[unknown]’ (500) it happen Add iSCSI... it has time out error (see picture 1), then I reboot the host server. it shows add iSCSI...
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    vzdump causes iSCSI connection lost on one server model with PVE 7, but not on another model

    We have a small PVE cluster that ran PVE 6.4, and when we upgraded them to PVE 7.0, our backup jobs for VMs failed (but not CTs). We have collected the following diagnoses. The majority of our compute servers are HPE ProLiant DL388 Gen10, with Intel X710-DA2 SFP+ NIC (HPE Ethernet 10Gb 2-port...
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    iSCSI help with Proxmox 6.2-15

    Hi All, I was able to successfully get an iscsi target hooked into my environment. As a test I created a vm - but it obviously used the entire 2tb disk. I then read that I should create an LVM on top of the iscsi and went through the setup wizard only to find the cfg.lock problem that seems...

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