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    KMV issue

    I just did a clean install of 5.2-1 and I am still having issues with starting a KVM image. root@pve:~# uname -a Linux pve 4.15.17-3-pve #1 SMP PVE 4.15.17-14 (Wed, 27 Jun 2018 17:18:05 +0200) x86_64 GNU/Linux root@pve:~# pveversion -v proxmox-ve: 5.2-2 (running kernel: 4.15.17-3-pve)...
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    What's Promox's response to: Package and Run Virtual Machines as Docker Containers

    Hi, I'm running a KVM with Docker inside. To be precise it's RancherOS promising a fast and lightweight OS for Docker. This works fine. However I asked myself why not running KVM inside Docker and came accross another product: RancherVM. In this article the advantages of this concept are...
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    VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure)

    Hi! I'm new to this awesome community!! I want to know if it's possible to use PVE since it's based on KVM as a hypervisor in VDI solutions that support KVM as a hypervisor like KVM-VDI solution. my goal is to set up a free VDI solution in our university and I've been working with PVE only for...
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    Disable hotplug network function not working in Windows VM

    Hi there, we're using Proxmox VE since some years right now. Lately we need to disable hotplug network card functionality from Windows Guests VM because users, sometimes click in the wrong place and they do "safely remove hardware for network card"!!!! We're using the latest virtio-win driver...
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    [SOLVED] PVE 5.2 - W2K3 R2 x64 idle 100% CPU

    Last week I migrated a VM from XEN to Proxmox. When the VM is idle for two hours, the CPU consumption goes up to 100%. Login and return to normal for a while. strace for 7 minutes. I have two Proxmox 5.2 (one intel and another amd) and in both the same thing happens. Same behavior. I have...
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    Can't start VMs

    Greetings everyone.. i can't start my VMs after error dan reboot server.. PVE 4.3 Log: start failed: command '/usr/bin/kvm -id 105 -chardev 'socket,id=qmp,path=/var/run/qemu-server/105.qmp,server,nowait' -mon 'chardev=qmp,mode=control' -pidfile /var/run/qemu-server/105.pid -daemonize -smbios...
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    Understanding the Need to Leave the Debian .iso in Place

    I am running the following Proxmox version: pve-manager/5.1-46/ae8241d4 (running kernel: 4.13.16-1-pve) I have created VMs from the following Debian iso, stored in the following location: /var/lib/vz/template/debian-8.7.1-amd64-DVD-1.iso After creating the VMs, configuring them, maintaining...
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    Ideal LVM setup?

    I forgot about the easy of use of Proxmox when I was looking to make my laptop into a virtual host. I was getting ready to install PM5 when I started to wonder about how to optimally setup my 2TB SATA drive.
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    Mailserver as LXC or KVM?

    hey everyone, i planing to deploy a Mailserver on a proxmox host, and using the pmg as mx. Severals Questions: 1. should i use an LXC or an KVM machine as Mail Server? 2. how should i deploy it securely in my infrastructure: - putting the mailserver in the dmz and the pmg at a vps...
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    Error when I create new VM

    Hi, I'm new on xproxmox and I don't know why but when I create a new virtual machine I tried to run but I have thi error: TASK ERROR: KVM virtualisation configured, but not available. Either disable in VM configuration or enable in BIOS. Any know what is this problem ? Help!
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    KVM VM hanged

    Hi. On my Proxmox 5.1 system I sometimes find some KVM virtual machines hanged. Last week this happened on two different machines: one Windows 2016 and one FreeBSD 10.3 (pfSense 2.3.4-p1): the Windows 2016 virtual machine was hanged with the CTRL+ALT+CANC screen on the console completely...
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    Unable to Recover Destroyed KVM

    Hi, I accidentally deleted one KVM VM and I don't have any backup. Now I'm trying to recover it. I'm using following procedure to recover. Step1: Cloned Proxmox Node 900GB dd if=/dev/sda of=/mnt/pve/backup/ Step2: Created a new virtual Proxmox Node restore Proxmox's Drive using dd. New node...
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    Reboot loop after migration from ubuntu.

    Hello, there! Can't find something similar this tread, so decided to ask on this forum. Problem: My ubuntu server were phisycally faulted, but i had time to make VM backup(.img files). I installed proxmox and make new VM, converted old .img to .qcow2 and tried to run it. VM all time in...
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    Disk not found on new VM

    Hello, Either when adding a disk to an existing VM or when creating a new VM, I'm not able to start the said VM. I've added a second disk to an existing VM (# 124) and starting it gives me the following error: kvm: -drive...
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    ARM = Future of Proxmox?

    I've noticed that ARM based server processors with vast number of cores are starting to appear on the market. (Imagine motherboardboard having four Qualcomm Centriq 2400 CPUs with 48 cores each :) While they might be bit inferior in single thread performance, they might be very well suited for...
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    GPU Passthrough of CPU integrated graphics

    Hello everyone, I know that there are a lot of threads covering this topic but I could not find any that solve my issues. I would like to run Proxmox headless and passthrough the iGPU (and the capability of displaying the output on a monitor) to one VM. I also tried to use Intel igvt-g but...
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    Guest has not initialized the display (yet)

    Hi, 4 HA Vms were not able to reboot properly this morning at 4:30 pm (reboot via cron). These vms are running Centos 7 64 bits with qemu-guest-agent (hosted by different nodes). Seems that my 3 nodes cluster is up to date : proxmox-ve: 5.1-25 (running kernel: 4.13.4-1-pve) pve-manager...
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    [SOLVED] GPU Passthrough Causing System Crash (PVE 5.0)

    Hello I have been trying to get GPU passthrough working on my GTX 760, and I'm having issues with PVE system crashes. I have followed the steps outlined in the ProxMox Wiki, and sshaikh's Tutorial thread. Everything seems to be performing as expected, but as soon as the VM loads in a GPU driver...
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    CPU to use for VM (kvm64 vs host type)?

    As I create new VM for web site I'm in doubt if I should use kvm64 vs host type of CPU for VM. Choose host should looks like can give me more real cpu power (but I limited by real physical cores number), while kvm64 can be set to as high as 128, and (as I can imagine) will share the same...
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    vzdump to continue on I/O error

    I've a VM on a disk with I/O error, I want to make backup of that VM while it's running, therefor it's not possible to use dd, Is that possible to ask vzdump to continue on I/O error of source disk?

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