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    Fresh Proxmox 6.3 consumes 32GB disk

    Hello everyone, I've just set up a new Proxmox VE 6.3 and provided a 37GB disk for the OS, but now noticed that 88% (32,9 GB) of the disk is already used after the first update, according to Disks > LVM in the web application. I expected the system to require much less space. Should I...
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    NTFS passthrough vm ubuntu - slow speeds

    Hello, hope everyone is having a good day! Running Proxmox 6.3-3 As of now successfully passthrough 2 of my ntfs formatted physical drives to ubuntu vm using scsi virtio. From there in ubuntu vm got smb network share working. My clients are only getting 40-50MB write/read speeds. I've read...
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    [SOLVED] LVM in VM auf ZFS-Image

    Hallo Forum, ich möchte mein in die Jahre gekommenes NAS (HP Micro-Server Gen7) austtauschen und bin auf der Suche nach einer Virtualisierungslösung auf Proxmox gestoßen. Auf dem neuen Server sind Proxmox und VMs auf einer nvme installiert, für Daten sind zwei HDDs verbaut und als ZFS-mirror für...
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    LVM commands hang and node is marked with a questiomark

    Hi, in a 12 node proxmoc 6.2 cluster, I often excerience problems with some hosts that turn to grey. This usually happen during migrations or after failed migrations. During that time I am able to browse the VMs running on this node. Trying to investigate this, I've noticed that commands that...
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    Cannot Create LVM on iSCSI storage

    I set up a new instance of TrueNas 12 Core. I am attempting to setup iscsi storage to TrueNas in Proxmox. The vdev was created in TrueNas along with the iscsi target. I have created the iscsi connection in proxmox and it is showing as available but receive the following error when I attempt to...
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    CT's on LVM disk get bad message error in turn

    Hi, i have phyzical hetzner server with proxmox 6.3. Мonth ago i got error https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/backup-lxc-bad-message.80474/ . fsck fix container disk, but the next day another container received an same error. I delete all containers and restore from backup. Everything is working...
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    Converting RAW to qcow2 - For Snapshots

    My current installation of Proxmox 6.3-2 is configured for my vms to run on a local SSD. I have the SSD setup as an LVM. I wanted to test the snapshot feature, but I receive an error, "The current guest configuration does not support taking new snapshots" I found I can use the "Move Disk"...
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    thin LVM possible over LVM-raid

    Due to some issues on the system we are considering moving from our lvm over linux raid to lvm-raid configuration. As I understand I can convert any LVM LV to thin I am assumming I can do so too with a mirrored (raid1) LV. Anyone has experience with this setup and implications I should...
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    OVF Import - import failed - volume deactivation failed

    Hello. I am in the process of converting our infrastructure from VMware to PVE and almost done. I'm now transferring the last bigger VMS. Especially for one VM the following error occured the third time: qm importovf 130 /vmwarestore/NewRepositoryServer/NewRepositoryServer.ovf san3...
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    pct fstrim - can't umount lvm disk

    Hi! Today i run command pct fstrim 100 on disable lxc container and my ssh connection was disconnected. After reconnect i try fstrim and get error: mount: /var/lib/lxc/100/rootfs: /dev/mapper/vg0-vm--100--disk--0 already mounted on /var/lib/lxc/100/rootfs. Ok, trying umount: # umount -f...
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    local & local-lvm fast voll, was tun?

    Hallo zusammen, ich bin noch ganz neu hier im Forum und auch mit Proxmox. Ich habe mir extra einen Server gebaut für Proxmox und co. Richtig cool! Bin mehr als begeistert! Nach Jahren mit Ubuntu Server, FreeNas, XPenology, Windows Server bin ich froh nun alle Dienste in Ubuntu Containern...
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    [SOLVED] Why is the 'data' LV much smaller that the disc?

    I apologize if this is a noob question. So I installed Proxmox "normally", i.e. with LVM and ext4 some time ago. Now i noticed that my SSD shows up with 223,57GiB in size under Datacenter->pve->Disks. But under Datacenter->pve->Disks->LVM-Thin the data LV is just 141,43GiB. What is the rest used...
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    Check of pool vmdata/vmstore failed (status:1). Manual repair required

    Hi! I'm running Proxmox as a base for my home lab setup, and today I noticed one of my VMs didn't start up again after a power outage. Found this error in PVE web ui: kvm: -drive file=/dev/vmdata/vm-100-disk-0,if=none,id=drive-scsi1,format=raw,cache=none,aio=native,detect-zeroes=on: Could not...
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    [SOLVED] Confused by volumes

    Hello, I have installed Proxmox 6.2-4 and I am quite confused with volumes. I didn't install this by myself, I came to already installed system so I don't know if the installation went without problems. Proxmox is installed on 1 TB drive and on the left side is only local storage visible - it...
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    [SOLVED] SSD No Longer Mounted

    Unfortunately, this was a mistake made by another tech, I'm just left to pick up the pieces, he had an SSD installed in a system, the SSD was run through a RAID card in RAID0, the SSD was then moved to a different raid card where the array was upgraded, then it was put onto an HBA, to no...
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    Cloning from a KVM VM snapshot fails: "Failed to find logical volume..."

    I'm seeking suggestions for debugging the following. After running a "clone from snapshot" in the web gui rev 6.2-11, I receiving the following output: TASK ERROR: clone failed: activate_volume 'pve/snap_vm-199-cloudinit_baseline_1' error: Failed to find logical volume...
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    Unable to see resize Windows 10 vm

    I'm attempting to follow this guide to shrink a lvm and potentially convert it to .qcow2 https://phil.lavin.me.uk/2017/12/proxmox-shrinking-disk-of-an-lvm-backed-container/ The issue I'm running into is that when the vm is powered down it's not visible in the file system. Screenshot 1 shows...
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    iSCSI/LVM confusion with enabled storage options

    Hi all. Hoping for some advice and guidance for a new Proxmox user. I'm in the process of standing up a cluster of 3 identical nodes backed by iSCSI storage for VM workloads. I have created a bond of 3 NICS and defined the relevant networks for storage and enabled multipathing following the...
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    Hardware Raid VS ZFS

    Hello everybody, i am building a new server and i am not sure if i want to use a hardware Raid controller (Dell Perc H730P). One big advantage would be the hotswap capabilities but i am unsure about performance and snapshot features. Option 1) A ZFS Mirror with 4*1,92 TB SSDs and the snapshot...
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    Disk Full - Recovering Space on Root (Proxmox 6.2)

    When trying to patch a kernel an error message always comes up saying root partition is out of space. Is there a way to safely recover space by clearing any unneeded files? Up until now I have always deleted the default lvm and extended the root partition but I’m wondering if there is a more...

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