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    Choosing Correct Block Size for VMs running on iscsi over zfs.

    hey everyone, So rn I'm running the storage backend for my proxmox ve (8.2.4) box via zfs over iscsi. Trunas core box provides the iscsi backend. I have two storage pools on my truenas box: HDD_Pool: 4x 8TB WD Reds running raidz2 ( atime 12 and 128k record size) Nvme_Pool: 6x TB Samsung 990...
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    Complete Newbie to Proxmox

    Hey Guys, I am very new to Proxmox, and looking at it to replace ESX, as our costs have ramped up. I do appreciate these are newbie questions, however before I get some hardware to create a lab and learn I wanted to learn from the Kings here ! So to cut a long story short, im just looking at...
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    iSCSI LUN Unrecognized During High Usage by Proxmox Guest VMs

    I'm experiencing an issue with my Proxmox setup where the iSCSI LUN becomes unrecognized during high usage by guest VMs. The VMs have their disks backed by this iSCSI LUN. Initially, everything works fine, but after a while, the drives stop working. **Setup:** - **Proxmox VE Version:** 8.2.2 -...
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    Error creating LVM - create storage failed: command '/sbin/pvs --

    How to work around this error (when trying to make an LVM): > create storage failed: command '/sbin/pvs --separator : --noheadings > --units k --unbuffered --nosuffix --options pv_name,pv_size,vg_name,pv_uuid > /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-36589cfc000000f92915fcd719135fe85' failed: exit > code 5...
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    iSCSI Disk as LXC Mount Point does not reconnect after outage

    Hello all. I've been tinkering with Proxmox for a few months now, and most of the time I can find solutions to my config 'panics' on these forums (thanks all!), however there is an issue I'm having with the particular setup I have for PBS which I am running on an LXC with iSCSI host for it's...
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    Proxmox Unable to Connect to TrueNAS iSCSI Target Using CHAP Authentication

    #### Problem Description: I am experiencing persistent issues connecting my Proxmox server to a TrueNAS iSCSI target using CHAP authentication. Despite configuring both TrueNAS and Proxmox according to the documentation, the connection fails with an authentication error. #### Environment...
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    [SOLVED] Storage Plugin Entwicklung

    Hallo geschätztes Proxmox Team, wir sind aktuell in Kontakt mit Pure Storage bzgl. einer PVE Storage Integration (Storage Plugin), da wir bei uns ein Pure FlashArray in Verwendung haben und die Überlegung aufkam, dass aktuelle Hyper V Cluster auf Proxmox umzustellen. Da leider aufgrund der...
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    [SOLVED] PVE tries to connect to already deleted ISCSI target

    Hello, a couple of days ago I deleted a ISCSI target configured (via GUI) on my PVE and created a new one. Now, after examining the logs the PVE tries continuously to connect to this (old) specific target and logically fails with that. PVE 8.2.2 /etc/pve/storage.cfg: dir: local path...
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    [SOLVED] Condition VM start on iSCSI reachability

    Good day, forum member! I have an bit of an interesting challenge to instrument using ProxMox. My storage is all sitting on iSCSI cluster and I wanted to condition the startup of VMs on the reachability of the said iSCSI cluster, using very simple logic here: do not start the VM(s) until iSCSI...
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    HA in storage / HA in PROXMOX.

    Good morning everybody. I planned the following scenario and would like to know if anyone here has set up something similar or if something in the services has any limitations. I will have two OmniOS servers, with ZFS and using COMSTAR for iscsi. The two storage servers have several Intel...
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    LUN does not appear in my cluste.

    Hello team! I have a question. Does anyone know how to activate the LUN? Does it appear inactive when I add it to my CLUSTER? Regards!
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    How to make the iSCSI Synology NAS Drive on the Cluster accessible from the Mac OS X?

    I have configure a cluster of 3 hosts and successfully connected iSCI NAS and the SMB NAS volumes to the Cluster. My question is what do I need to create on the cluster to be able to access the iSCSI from other devices (iPhone, iPad, Mac OS X) via the cluster. The specific reason for me...
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    [SOLVED] Lost iscsi connectivity to storage after upgrade 7-8

    Hello, after upgrading from version 7 to version 8 of Proxmox, the cluster was left without communication with my iscsi storage. After verifying what could have happened, I realized that the names of the fiber cards that were installed were renamed. They communicated with the ISCSI storage, this...
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    Setting VLAN for iSCSI Specific Traffic - Error Encountered

    Hey All - Brand new to Proxmox but am familiar with eSXI and perhaps that's what's confusing me. Here's a quick overview of the network: 2 Network Cards - 4 ports. One card is specific to Proxmox and VMs with eno1 and eno2, both configured as a LACP bond with the 192.168.0.0/24 network and...
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    Proxmox as an iSCSI target

    I use Proxmox on one home server, and I have several drives, a powerful CPU and a 2.5Gb network in it. On Proxmox I have several virtual machines and containers with different software (like databases, media servers, etc). On a daily basis I work on my workstation where I have vmware workstation...
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    [TUTORIAL] Storage Controller Efficiency Data for Bandwidth-Constrained Workloads on Shared iSCSI Storage

    Greetings everyone, Good news! We've managed to carve out some time to compile the latest data set for our ongoing exploration of Windows 2022 server on Proxmox. Part 3: Computational Efficiency of Storage Controller Configurations under Constrained Bandwidth Workloads Expanding upon the...
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    Plugin logging for development troubleshooting

    Hello, I am attempting to develop a perl plugin to interface a PowerStore SAN with ProxMox via iscsi, however I do not see any logs related to plugin loading and therefore have idea if my plugin is being loaded successfully or what. Is there a log to show attempts at loading plugins to aid in...
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    [TUTORIAL] Deep dive into Storage Controllers, Compatibility, and Efficiency Metrics with Windows on Proxmox

    Hey everyone, Given the recent developments with VMware/Broadcom, we've noticed a surge in inquiries related to running Windows on Proxmox. To assist those transitioning away from VMware, we've thoroughly examined Windows Server 2022 storage controller compatibility, native driver support...
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    iSCSI: Unnütze Einträge bzgl. "no route to host" im daemon.log

    Hallo, wir nutzen ein SAN im Zusammenspiel mit Proxmox, welches direkt (ohne Switch) über zwei Kabel am Server angeschlossen ist. Alles funktioniert soweit, aber mir sind störende Einträge im Log aufgefallen, die ich gerne unterbinden würde. Der Server hat zwei Interfaces für iSCSI. Je eines...
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    ZFS over iSCSI

    Hi, Could someone please guide/refer me to a document detailing steps to configure ZFS over iSCSI using TrueNAS. If TrueNAS is not possible, then steps for ZFS (supported) on Linux. This is for the latest Proxmox and TrueNAS/Linux OS's. Thank you. I appreciate it. I have been googling to no avail.

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