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    Multipath configuration - Proxmox 5.3-1 - Intel Modular Server

    Hi, I have configured multipath on 4 nodes in my Intel Modular Server. The problem is that when I stress test one of the storage control module while the system is running, I get different results each time. Some times, multipath is working and the path is switch automatically, but some times...
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    Removing LVM and creating LVM-thin or ZFS

    Hello there, can you pls help me with removing LVM from the additional disk on my ProxMox VE server and create instead LVM-thin or ZFS. Yesterday I found out that I cant snapshot my machines if they are placed on LVM. I have 2 SSD in Raid 1 config and 2 HDD in Raid 1 config. I suppose to use HDD...
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    [SOLVED] Backups List in Proxmox GUI not updating

    I've got a server with Proxmox Virtual Environment 6.4-15 installed. I've got several VMs installed on it. I've also got a 10TB External Backup Drive that I manually back up my VMs to. I should also mention that I've only used up about 7% of my Proxmox Disk Space and 11% of my External Backup...
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    [SOLVED] How to expand LVM after adding storage space to RAID5

    Hi all, I've been searching for a solution for the past week and I'm still running around circles. I'm running ProxMox 7.2-11 on a Dell T710. The server used to have 8 1GB drives in RAID5 (total space 7TB). When installing ProxMox I've created a 7TB LVM, which I then split into smaller...
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    PVE 7.2 Issues with thick LVM on iSCSI

    I've poked around the forums and search engines but I can't find a clear answer on how to get a new thick LVM volume built on top of an iSCSI LUN to show as available on all nodes in the cluster. I have a 5 node HA cluster with a small iSCSI SAN for some storage. When I add the new iSCSI LUN in...
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    LVM Storage Issue

    Hi there, New to Proxmox VE. I was hoping I could have someone assist me with troubleshooting this particular issue. After creating an LVM on an HDD and attaching it to a VM (ID 106) as IDE2 and placing files on it, I stupidly shut the server down and tried to attach a new hard drive...
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    High iowait when temporary vzdump snapshots deleted

    Hi Community, Recently we have encountered some performance degradation during LXC snaphost. We are trying to understand what is the root of this problem and are there any workarounds. Brief intro. We are running proxmox 7.1-12/b3c09de3 (running kernel: 5.13.19-6-pve) Storage: RAID10 (4x 4TB...
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    Power failure -> LV not available -> mount fail -> Failed to initialize container

    Hi. I had an power failure. System could reboot from bootdisk (ssd). But one drive is now broken. I am not a lvm expert. Which Things and commands could i learn to fix the problem? Mount commands? repair commands? VM 101 needs disk "hdd". everything seems to be available. but GUI shows that...
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    Extend LVM of Ceph DB/WAL Disk

    I have a 3 node Ceph cluster running Proxmox 7.2. Each node has 4 x HDD OSDs and the 4 OSDs share an Intel Enterprise SSD for the Ceph OSD database (DB/WAL) on each node. I am going to be adding a 5th OSD HDD to each node and also add an additional Intel Enterprise SSD on each node for use with...
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    [SOLVED] LVM-Thin blocks boot, and now is missing

    I think I somehow misunderstood and misconfigured LVM. I come from Windows and went straight into ZFS :) Fortunately only unimportant VMs are on that disk but any help would still be highly appreciated. Here is what I did: My system uses two NVME mirror ZFS drives. Later on, some friends and I...
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    Cannot update volume group STG-TRUENAS with duplicate PV devices.

    Hi, I'm new to proxmox. I have 4 PVE 6.2-4 nodes. I recently added a pool from my truenas via iscsi and created an LVM inside it. When I go to create a machine or move a disk, I get this, how can I solve it please? *OBS, Look the 2 pictures attached. WARNING: Not using device /dev/sdf for PV...
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    Possible bug | pve-root beeing "filled up" when downloading files onto ZFS volume (other than pve-root)

    So I ran into a problem with running proxmox VM on my homelab. I've created ZFS with 3 of my 500gb HDD drives. Everything went as planned except I stumbled upon system freezes, crashes, root-pve beeing filled up. (root-pve is installed as LVM) When I was creating Ubuntu mirror using apt-mirror...
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    Not understanding disks and storage types...

    Hey all, new to Proxmox, just wanting to make sure I'm setting up my drive the "right" way... I'm sure this is easier than I'm making it out to be, but I'm stuck :/ I have a second disk in my server that i want to use for all my VMs/containers/ISOs, etc... basically everything but the...
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    wrong thinlvm getting mounted / boot issues

    Howdy! I have a head-scratcher. I installed 7.2-4 on new hardware and added it to my cluster. The install created three LVMs: LV VG Attr LSize Pool Origin Data% Meta% Move Log Cpy%Sync Convert data pve twi-aotz-- <794.79g 0.00 0.24...
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    LVM best practice suggestions !!

    Hi, I have a hp proliant dl380p gen8 server with following disks: 2 SSD ( 1 TB each one ) -> RAID 1 15 SAS ( 900 GB each one) -> RAID 50 Raid configuration has been done through hardware controller that is already been integrated on the server. https://imgur.com/a/ulqIU2D We have proxmox on...
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    Is there any way that iSCSI can offer snapshots & HA

    Hi Everyone, We've been struggling moving away from a mal-performing CEPH cluster at a customer site for a little while now, however, our NAS supports iSCSI and NFS, but not CEPH or ZFS over iSCSI. Is there truly no solution to include HA, Live Migration, and PBS Live Backups using an iSCSI...
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    Anfängerfrage: Speicherplatz SSD vs. Anzeige Disks-LVM

    Hallo zusammen, habe mir Proxmox auf einem MiniPC installiert um mein Smart-Home darauf laufen zu lassen. Ich habe eine SSD mit 256GB, aber für den nutzbaren Speicher unter PVE-Disks-LVM zeigt er mir nur 17GB an: Soll das so sein, oder kann ich da etwas ändern?
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    adding a disk and set it as lvm-thin: help needed, please

    hello people, I have been reading quite a bit how to add a new ssd to my homelab (proxmox) and how to add it as lvm-thin storage... I got to the following list of actions (assuming that nvme0n1 is the newly added SSD) format the disk sgdisk -N 1 /dev/nvme0n1 create a physical volume pvcreate...
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    I cant Repair lvm-thin volume after power failure

    Hi All. I have lost access to my thin-lvm and I can't get it repaired. It happened after a power failure. I have an HPPerc Raid controller connected to a Dell MD100 powervault So my lvm for OS is working and my internal 40TB lvm raid is working. It's just the one connected to the other raid...
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    Newb question about ZFS/CEPH etc

    Hi, I'm playing with a small home lab. I would like to use ceph to ensure that I have replicated vm's for reduncancy. I have 2 servers , each with 1 HDD. The first server (HP microserver) with 16gb ram has been running Proxmox for years, hand cranked from Debian running LVM on a 500G SATA...