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    TASK ERROR: timeout waiting on systemd

    Hi, dear, I recently faced a big problem in a Proxmox 8 cluster. It all started when a Windows VM wouldn't start and displayed the following error in the task log: TASK ERROR: timeout waiting on systemd In some research on Proxmox forums, some reported that restarting the host solved the...
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    [SOLVED] Unable to Allocate Image on GlusterFS

    Throwing this solution up in case someone else runs into the issue. Scroll down to the bottom for the key Take Aways and dev recommendations. Environment 3x PVE 7.0-11 nodes clustered together Every node has a ZFS pool with a GlusterFS brick on it Glusterd version 9.2 Gluster is configured in a...
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    VM is locked (rollback) and Could not open '/dev/pve/vm-100-disk-0'

    I have an Nginx VM that will not start. It was working yesterday. When I try to start it, I receive: VM is locked (rollback) When I unlock the VM with qm unlock 100, and try to start it with qm start 100, I receive the following: kvm: -drive...
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    Unable to create VMs - trying to acquire lock... can't lock file '/var/lock/pve-manager/pve-storage-local'

    AS titel says, i just installed pve 6.3 i did the exact steps of thos guide: https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Install_Proxmox_VE_on_Debian_Buster followed by https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Windows_2019_guest_best_practices During debian install, i set up a software Raid 1. Now as i want to create...
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    Made mistake in corosync.conf; now cannot edit

    I have (had) a 3 node Proxmox VE 6.2-11 and Ceph cluster. I'm modifying my config after install and some light use. Ceph is now on its own 10Gx2 LAN. I decided to dedicate a 1Gb interface and create a VLAN for corosync and attempted to modify corosync.conf before understanding exactly what...
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    [SOLVED] Unlocking VM via API still not possible?

    I want to set the config setting "lock" from the API docs to be empty (something like POST lock='') to remove it via the API. At least in 2016 this seems to not have been possible. Is there a way that doesn't need root privileges?
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    Cluster without quorum, Nodes doas't join the cluster

    Hello, i hav 3 nodes cluster, this morning VPS are UP but the cluster status was down, no quorum. i have rebooted 2 of 3 nodes ( the nodes without vps ) but not solved.. LAN is ok and hostname /etc/host is ok. I hav also tried to reboot services on all 3 nodes: systemctl restart pve-cluster...
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    problem using freenas

    i create a VM freenas, for create storage NFS in my cluster. when i finish to install my server freenass, y tried to send shutdown vm but, i can't this is the messages step 1, create server freenas step2 create new particion for NFS step3 create storage NFS in proxmox ( can't see)...
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    Automatic Unlock VM at boot

    Hello, I'm having some issues with a particular Proxmox 4.4 Server: sometimes prolonged power outages happen during VZDump operations, causing proxmox to shutdown, and so resulting in a locked VM which of course doesn't start at the next boot. Is there a way to automatically unlock VM at boot...
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    proxmox 4.4 lock during backup

    Hello, I have been using Proxmox for 2 years now. Good tool. With hindsight, one thing bothers me is the VM lock during backup. It happens often (about once a week) with VM windows or linux. No problem with LXC. I know the magic command to unlock (qm unlock vmID) but that as a consequence to...
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    backups failing with status "CT is locked (backup)"

    Just about every night I have at least one (sometimes more) containers with a failed backup; The status of task cryptically just says "32052: Oct 30 07:31:48 ERROR: Backup of VM 32052 failed - CT is locked (backup)" The lock isnt clears and remains so until manually cleared via pct unlock...
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    After unplanned reboot locked VMs don't start

    Occasionally we experience unplanned, spontaneous reboots on our Proxmox nodes installed on ZFS. The problem we are having is related to vzdump backups: if a reboot happens during an active vzdump backup that locks a VM, after reboot the locked guest will not start, and needs to be manually...

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