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    HA Proxmox VE

    Dear forum members, I have encountered several questions regarding the operation of High Availability in Proxmox VE and would like to discuss them with you: Why does the pve-ha-crm failover process exceed a processing time of more than 60 seconds, with a significant increase in CPU usage...
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    Self-Shutdowns - how to diagnose?

    Hi, For some reason today, one of my notes shuts itself down after a few minutes - nothing in logs, nothing displayed in `journalctl -b` either. System passes memory tests and is otherwise operational. How do i diagnose this? Last `journalctl -b` - Nov 25 17:12:27 node01 kernel: Linux version...
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    [HELP] Windows Server 2025 sysprep not working in Proxmox VE 8.2.7

    Hello everyone, I'm facing an issue when I try to run sysprep on a Windows Server 2025 VM in order to convert it to a template afterwards. I've installed the virtio drivers, installed the windows updates, done a few tweaks and when I run sysprep with "OOBE experience" , "Generalize" and...
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    Advise configuring cluster w/o external NAS

    I have 3 HPE Proliant DL360 Gen10 servers that I would like to configure as a 3 node Proxmox cluster. Each node has 6 x 2TB data drives, for a total of 12TB per node + 2 system drives in mirror. Most configurations I have seen relay on an external NAS as the shared storage space. I am specially...
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    Fragen bzgl. erster Proxmox / CEPH Installation

    Hallo, ich bin gerade damit beschäftigt unseren ersten Cluster mit Proxmox zu installieren und hätte noch die ein oder andere Frage. Hardware Daten: 6 Server mit je 2x AMD Epyc 9124 768GB RAM 6x 3,84TB NVME SSD 2x 2Port 25G NIC Workload: ~100-120 Windows/Linux VMS Auf den Servern habe...
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    [TUTORIAL] How to Make Fstrim Run More Often in LXC Containers and Linux VMs + the Host (for GRUB and Systemd Proxmox VE Installations)

    This is a tutorial on how to make fstrim run more often or on days that you wish. This could be handy if you have stuff continuously writing to the drives which then later gets deleted, which would cause it to create a large amount of unused data. For example, I have a Minecraft server running...
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    Should I move from KVM to LXC ?

    I have A LOT of VMs running on Proxmox VE across several Servers. Most of the VMs run Debian GNU/Linux Bookworm. Overall the KVMs seems quite inefficient, especially in Terms of: - RAM Usage (a bit less on Xeon E3 v5/v6, since up to 64GB RAM can be used there) - Disk Space (each VM takes 16GB...
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    Asking Proxmox VE Capabilities

    Hello, Thank you for taking the time to visit this thread. Currently, my office is considering Proxmox VE as a virtualization solution, and we are very interested in the solutions offered. However, there are a few detailed aspects that concern us. 1. Its ability to add CPU, memory, NIC, disk...
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    [SOLVED] ESXi Storage Fehler: Failed to spawn fuse mount

    Hallo, ich versuche gerade einen ESXi Storage hinzuzufügen, um VMs von VSphere zu importieren. Bevor der Storage überhaupt hinzugefügt werden kann, kommt der Fehler create storage failed: failed to spawn fuse mount, process exited with status 65280 (500) Ich habe folgendes bereits versucht...
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    [SOLVED] Proxmox CT Backup failed

    I am running the following proxmox version/kernel: Linux 6.5.11-8-pve (2024-01-30T12:27Z I am trying to backup (manually) one of my Proxmox CT backups. The backup worked before but now it is not working. When I run the backup, it exits with the following error: ERROR: Backup of VM 20001 failed...
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    How to transfer physical storage with data to a new Proxmox VE host?

    Hi there, I've setup a new Proxmox VE on new hardware. Now I try to move the HDD's from the old host with data on it to the new host. I can see the Disks are listed under Host -> Disks but I dont get them listed under Datacenter -> Storage. Sorry if i'm doing something absolut basicly wrong but...
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    I know this has probably been solved before but...

    I am running Proxmox VE on a dedicated cloud server. Whenever I start a Windows VM and let it run for a few seconds, it freezes on the loading screen, the cpu usage goes up to about 80-90 percent, and doesn't do anything but that, until I stop it. I'm pretty new to Proxmox VE, or Proxmox in...
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    Understanding LXC Migration Behavior in a Proxmox HA Cluster with 3 Nodes

    I'm currently managing a Proxmox cluster with three nodes configured for high availability (HA). I've observed some behaviors regarding LXC container management and failover mechanisms, and I'd appreciate any insights or clarifications you might offer. Preventing Duplicate LXC Instances: In our...
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    Proxmox freezing randomly

    Hi, my Proxmox mini server (intel n100), is freezing randomly during the day. Can somebody help me solve it? I have no idea what is it causing. Server drops all connections, will not respond to ping Log before crash is attached bellow
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    Seeking Advice: Migrating VMs from Vmware ESXi 5.1 to Proxmox VE Without Direct Upgrade Path

    Hello, I'm in the process of migrating from an old server running VMware ESXi version 5.x to a new server with Proxmox VE. I've reviewed the Proxmox wiki page and noticed that automatic import of a full VM was tested on ESXi versions 6.5 through 8.0. While planning this migration, I've...
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    Proxmox Storage Configuration

    I have a couple Dell Poweredge R240 servers and I want to install Proxmox on these. Each currently has a Dell 960 GB balanced read/write Enterprise SSD. There are 3 free 3.5" drive bays - 4 total per server. I can buy a bunch of 3TB enterprise drives for cheap and create a ZFS pool with 1 drive...
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    BIOS Optionen neuer Proxmox Server

    Guten Abend zusammen, nun habe ich endlich meinen neuen Proxmox Server zusammengebaut :) Anbei die Komponenten: Mainboard: Gigabyte MC12-LE0 https://www.gigabyte.com/de/Enterprise/Server-Motherboard/MC12-LE0-rev-1x CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X RAM: 4X 32GB DDR4 ECC ASUS Hyper M.2 X16 Gen 4 Cardmit 2...
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    Best approach to dual-boot Proxmox VE and Proxmox Backup

    I'm currently working on redoing my homelab and want to introduce Proxmox Backup. I have a Proxmox VE server hosting a couple of containers running 24/7. I have a second Proxmox VE, which I only boot every now and use as a testbed. Now I'm wondering if I could dual-boot the second testbed server...
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    Cluster reboot

    There is a cluster containing 24 servers A DDOS occurred on one of the nodes in the cluster, on port 80 of one of the machines, at the time of the DDOS attack the machine was turned off, waited for it to stop completely and transferred to another node, but on the original node a high LA of over...
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    Proxmox VE session timeout

    Good afternoon, please tell me if it is possible to configure the session lifetime for the root@pam and user@pve accounts, so that after 15 minutes the session is automatically terminated and the user would have to authorize again.

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