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    Question regarding LVM/ZFS

    I have 4 disks, each 2TB. I've set them in RAID5 using RAIDZ-1. I should have 6TB available. When I click on ZFS in the node itself is states that rpool size is 7.99TB. There are two storages: local (shows as 3.23TB) and local-zfs (5.67TB) Why those numbers? Why does that add up to 8.9TB...
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    [SOLVED] Why did Proxmox filter the LVM drives?

    Hi, For no discernible reason my Proxmox one day decided to refuse to manipulate with LVM under the issue of: Volume group "pve" not found Cannot process volume group pve TASK ERROR: command '/sbin/lvs --separator : --noheadings --units b --unbuffered --nosuffix --config...
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    Lvm group shows high storage use

    Today i got the following error/warning when making a snapshot of my vm: WARNING: You have not turned on protection against thin pools running out of space. WARNING: Set activation/thin_pool_autoextend_threshold below 100 to trigger automatic extension of thin pools before they get full...
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    [SOLVED] Unable to parse volume ID

    Hi! I've wanted to resize the virtio1 disk of this VM: [13:37]root@frapevh004:/etc/pve/qemu-server# cat 167.conf agent: 1 boot: order=virtio0;net0 cores: 1 memory: 32768 name: frapelogdb001-n4 net0: virtio=6E:A5:69:CE:5B:EA,bridge=vmbr300 numa: 0 onboot: 1 ostype: l26 scsihw: virtio-scsi-pci...
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    Q: LVM_Thin and restore 'bigger' VM

    Hi, I have question / curious if anyone has insight/comment. - doing a P2V migration of a physical host > proxmox; using a temporary staging host to facilitate the transfer. - Stage host and clobber old host - was done with ISO / stock install proxmox host 7.latest - OldHost is supermicro...
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    [SOLVED] LVM kaputt nach neuer Raid Karte

    Hallo zusammen, ich musste mir eine neue Raid Karte besorgen da die alte defekt war. Nun hab ich das Problem dass das LVM nicht mehr funktioniert. root@pve:~# pvs WARNING: Metadata location on /dev/sda at 486400 begins with invalid VG name. WARNING: bad metadata text on /dev/sda in mda1...
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    Architecture setup PVE, PBS

    Hello, i own a mini server with the following specs: ASRock J5040-ITX (Gemini-Lake Refresh, Quad-Core, up to 3.2 GHz) 4 x SATA 1 x PCIe 2.0 (already used for second ethernet port) 1 x 500GB SSD 1 x 6TB HDD Also i own a QNAP TS-253A with 16GB RAM and 1 x 6TB HDD. Currently Proxmox VE is...
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    [SOLVED] Start/Destroy: "Cannot activate LVs in VG while PVs appear on duplicate devices."

    This is the same error that I posted here. However, the resolutions in that thread are not working. I've narrowed down the problem as a multipath issue, but I'm creating a new thread because this situation seems to be unique. Node A and B were clustered and are running v6.4-13 and are identical...
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    [SOLVED] local-lvm status unknown nach Reconfig

    Hallo, ich habe den ursprünglichen LVM (FUENFTB) gelöscht und durch ein neues lvm-thin (FUENFthin) ersetzt. Leider steht der ursprüngliche LVM noch in der WebGUI und mit den Status unkown. lsblk und Auch lvdisplay zeigt ihn mir nicht an. Was muss ich noch ändern?
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    Cloud init img support LVM

    Hi! I have install proxmox pve 6.3, works very well, great job. I've interested in cloud init, is flexible, speed and very customize automatization. In the example: https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Cloud-Init_Support Works well with ubuntu, but the VM not include LVM support and for increase...
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    Locate and Mount local-lvm VM disk to another VM

    Hello, My problem here is, I upgraded Proxmox, somehow it jumped from 7.0.-2 to 7.0.-11. removing all my virtual machines. but luckily I see that the machine disks still exist. so I created same machines with same name and ID, now to locate the machine disk and attach it to the machine is the...
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    Data recovery from LVM

    I have a lvm where the metadata got full, I didn't understand what was wrong and attempted to fix it with lvconvert --repair pve/data This turned out to be a bad idea, as it now says that there is no data for any lv's. Similar to this question...
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    minfree LVM config option during install

    Hi everyone, just thought I'd play around with Proxmox on a NUC11 I just bought and see what this piece of software that everyone is talking up can do. So far I'm pretty impressed with it as a hypervisor, and playing around with different options. I'm quite new to Linux so please bear with me...
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    block job (mirror) error: drive-virtio1: 'mirror' has been cancelled

    Hi, I have standalone server with PVE 6.4, fresh install, latest packages. 2 storages - raid1 (2 hard drives, mdadm raid, mount to directory) and nvme (nvme under lvm). I am not able to live move VM disk from raid1 to nvme - get error. create full clone of drive virtio1...
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    [TUTORIAL] Write Amplification Benchmark Results

    The last weeks I did 172 benchmarks to find out why my write amplification is so horrible and to see what storage setup might work better. In this thread I will try to summerize all the tests and explain what I learned so far. Edit: Will post link when finished.
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    Convert LVM disk to ZFS to passthrough to VM

    This is a long winded tale, but in short: Originally had 4x HDD passing through to my VM 101 and each was a ZFS. The VM was TrueNAS and I handled a RAID pool within the VM. One of the HDD became faulty (/dev/sda) so I replaced with a new hard drive (originally /dev/sdf). However, I think I...
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    [SOLVED] Corrupt GPT after Restore on PVE 7.0 from Backup on PVE 6.4 | QEMU VM, LVM-Thin Storage, OVMF

    Hello everyone I tested whether I could migrate VMs from PVE 6.4-13 to PVE 7.0-11, using backup and restore, which unfortunately fails. Both PVEs share an equal setup except for their Proxmox version, have an LVM thin pooled storage, were installed from Debian (Buster, Bullseye, respectively)...
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    LVM "device is not in a usable state" Layer 8 oder Bug?

    Hallo Liebes Form, als erstes einmal vielen Dank für diese wundervolle Software Proxmox. Ich nutze sie seit Version 4 als mein Home-Lab. Aktuell bin ich auf pve 7 mit community repo und bin sehr zufrieden. Nur aktuell weiß ich nicht ob ich ggf. etwas falsch mache oder einen Denkfehler habe oder...
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    LVM drives do not get activated at boot and require to be manually activated.

    Hello, For reference I believe this started after upgrading to 7 (I also replaced my PSU at the time but not sure if that would cause the issue) but before I upgraded, it took a few minutes for my 2 HDDs to activate on boot. Now I have to manually deactivate using lvchange -an HDD-#/HDD-#_tmeta...
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    New installation instead of upgrade to Proxmox 7 - general structure

    Hello, as the title already says, I would like to reinstall my Proxmox environment, as the current one has already been messed up a bit and partly serves as a playground. Among other things, this was there to gain experience with it. Now the question is, how do I best build the construct...

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