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    When I restore from a backup taken with Veeam from Proxmox, the Linux servers do not boot.

    When I restore from a backup taken with Veeam from Proxmox, the Linux servers do not boot. There is no such problem with Windows servers; they can be restored successfully. I am using PVE version 9.0.9. Below are two examples of servers, one with UEFI and one with BIOS. 1.vm- ubuntu 24.04...
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    VMSCAPE CVE-2025-40300

    Hi, Derzeit wird in den Medien über VMSCAPE berichtet. https://www.tenable.com/cve/CVE-2025-40300 Ein Patch ist bereits im Upstream. Weiß man wann beziehungsweise ob das in pve / pmg kommt? Danke!
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    Having multiple issues with Proxmox VE

    Hello Community, I am to Proxmox VE. I recently switched from Red Hat Virtual Manager to Proxmox VE, however, I am not having a good experience so far. I am not sure if I messed up something, or that's how Proxmox works. I installed it on two servers in my home lab. I am using the free version...
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    Proxmox seems to use outdated cloud-init Module

    Hi, I wasn’t sure where to report this issue, so I’m writing here. I’m using Cloud-Init with a Debian VM, and on each startup I see the following console message: [ 23.822737] cloud-init[458]: 2025-07-31 15:54:32,614 - ug_util.py[WARNING]: DEPRECATED: 'user' of type string is deprecated...
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    [TUTORIAL] FABC: Why is ProxmoxVE using all my RAM and why can't I see the real RAM usage of the vms in the dashboard?

    This article is about a question frequently answered by community members. It was inspired by UdoBs great FabU posts ( https://forum.proxmox.com/search/7994094/?q=FabU&c[title_only]=1&c[users]=UdoB ) and aims to give an in depth-explaination to an often asked question so it can be referenced in...
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    Interface name changed after Proxmox update 8.4.1

    What I noticed this morning is the NIC in Linux VMs had changed name from enp6s18 to ens18, this broke a lot of network configs. It happened because the VM was configured to auto-patch from Fedora CoreOS 41.20250331.3.0 to 42.20250410.3.1, after this reboot the NIC changed name from enp6s18 to...
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    VMs stuck in boot phase

    Hi, I have a VDS from Contabo running Proxmox I have a few working LXC containers and any container that I add works just fine But I failed to get any OS working on a actual VM Currently I'm trying to boot Linux Mint but I tried many configurations and OSs but the result is always the same, I...
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    Massive performance improvement in Linux 6.12

    Is there any plan to support linux 6.12 for an incremental release? Or perhaps the next major release. There have been some massive performance improvements merged into 6.12 and, especially for virtualization tooling, it would be a shame to miss out on these. I am new here, so I am not as...
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    Umstellung auf remote PBS, bitte um Review

    So, nachdem ich jetzt einige Wochen Erfahrung mit Proxmox VE und PBS sammeln konnte, wird es Zeit das Thema Backup zu konsolidieren und auf eine dauerhafte Lösung umzustellen. Ich bitte um Review und Kommentare zu meinem Plan: In den Backup sollen: VMs und CTs eines Proxmox VE Clusters...
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    Speichererweiterung mit Problemen

    Hallo, beim Aufrüsten eines Proxmox-Hosts (Version 8.2.7) mit zusätzlichen NVMEs werden leider nicht alle Speichermedien korrekt erkannt so dass sie nicht weiter genutzt werden können. Außerdem ändert sich die Bezeichnung der bisherigen NVMEs, was zu etwas Irritation des verwendeten CEPHs...
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    Cloud Init user data script field

    With using the Linux cloud-init settings is there any way to add another input field for a user data script so that I dont have to boot a VM and run the commands i need to install a few applications before turning it into a replicatable template because many of the cloud-init features only work...
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    PCIe Pass Thru, Problem?

    Installed a PCIx4 Intel Chip WiFi card after initial Proxmox setup. Cannot see WiFi card under network devices in Proxmox, but can do raw PCI Pass Thru to VM. With PCI Pass Through to Linux VM (OpnSense FreeBSD), WiFi card is detected and driver is loaded, dmesg below. But the device does not...
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    [SOLVED] Mint-Ubuntu-Debian doesn't installing\launching on UEFI

    So, im trying to install Mint-Ubuntu-Debian on vm, and it doesnt work with UEFI, noone of this, so as result i stopped on Mint (if it help, its linuxmint-22-cinnamon-64bit.iso) to test different solutions (but no result atm). Problem: Before installation end, linux requesting remove cd-rom. If...
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    [SOLVED] Postmortem: Crontab destroying ssh authorized_hosts, failing out migrations

    Howdy. I've been a proxmox user for about 5 years now, but I've never post here. Time to start with a learning moment! While diagnosing an issue, I discovered a classic PEBCAK problem that I'd like to share just for anyone who may be encountering the same problem. To make a long story short...
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    Client Zugriff auf Proxmox VM (Windows und Linux)

    Hallo, wenn ich unter Proxmox eine Windows VM installiere kann ich ganz normal per Remotedesktop darauf zugreifen. Wie funktioniert das mit Linux? Gerne auch Links und kein vorkauen. Ich mache das nur um zu üben und mehr zu verstehen.
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    issues with storage

    Hi I need some help, Ive had an issue with an external drive thats been holding some vm disks on it - But its suddenly not showing the vm disks anymore and its also showing the space is maxed out When i try and attached a unused disk back to the vm its saying the disk does not exist But...
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    Migrated baremetal server disk to proxmox and itwon't boot.

    Hello, I am trying to migrate a bare metal server to a proxmox vm and I am running into issues. I copied /dev/sda which is a centos7 box using ddrescue to the proxmox host. The file is named centos.raw under /mnt/pve/proxmox-vms/102/centos.raw Here is the vm config file: boot: order=sata1...
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    Wrong order of NIC links

    Hi, i installed a new network daughter card in my dell R730, the previous one had ports 1-4 assigned to links eno1-eno4 respectively. Linux now assigns the new card ports as such: port 1=eno3 port 2=eno4 port 3=eno1 port 4=eno2 Does this have to do with IOmmu being on? I also don't know if...
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    proxmox stuck at "Loading initial ramdisk" after changing /etc/modprobe.d/vfio.conf

    Hello fellow server admins, I have a proxmox hypervisor for my VMs and the file system is raidz1. Today I was wondering if I could install an nvidia card and run 3D Applications so I found a promising tutorial about gpu passthrough here...
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    Ubuntu VM cannot boot after increase VM disk size

    I move my Ubuntu vm disk from one thinpool to another then I have increased my this vm disk from 200 to 400, and then I rebooted for it to regconize the new config, but it cannot boot anymore. Please help me, thank you guys !!!