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    zfs snapshot of / excluding /rpool

    running a very simple set-up with Proxmox on ZFS I'm looking to have snapshot of everything in /etc and other select directories. Essentially / without rpool and subsequent volumes. Since df -h shows mountpoint to be /root/RPOOL/pve-1 / i tried: zfs snapshot -r rpool/ROOT/pve-1@may2024...
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    unable to create zfs root pool

    I have a dl380p gen8 with a p420i controller in hba mode. 2 SSDs (OS) and 6 HDDs (DATA) are installed. I tried to install Proxmox on the two SSDs in RAID 1 (ZFS). I was able to select the two hard drives and started the installation, but I got the following error message: unable to create zfs...
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    Proxmox LXC container automatic login

    Hello. I installed Ubuntu as an LXC container and set a root password during installation. I needed it for one-time access through SSH. How should I remove the password and make login: root (automatic login) as in default containers?
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    Root problems

    Months back I disabled the root account on my cluster. Now I'd like to add another node to my cluster, but it requires root's password. After enabling root again, I am unable to log in via the web GUI with root@pam. All other logins work fine. I can SSH just fine with root@pam as well...
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    [SOLVED] Root zpool degradated

    Hi guys, we have a small server at home running Proxmox 7.4-16 with root on a mirror zfs pool with two SSD. One SSD died resulting in a degradated zpool, server anyway is still running and can boot. I've readed the Proxmox ZFS documentation about how to restore the mirror but we have some...
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    removing LXC network fails in PVE 8.0

    I have upgraded about a week ago to PVE 8.0 and haven't messed with my LXC containers after the upgrade, but when I added another interface to an LXC container and try to remove it, I found out that I cannot do that due to an SDN issue? The error I get is: - no sdn vnet ID specified (500) This...
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    [SOLVED] WebUI PAM Zugang Einschränken / WebUI restrict PAM (root) Login

    Hallo zusammen, Ich möchte die WebUI über VPN für andere Erreichbar machen, damit diese Ihre VMs selbst verwalten können. Nun hab ich mir die Frage gestellt, ob es denn möglich ist den Root Zugriff auf die WebUI nur in einem bestimmten Netzwerk zuzulassen? Heimnetz: Root kann sich anmelden...
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    Node Persistent when trying to Delete it

    I am trying to delete one of my nodes in my 2 node cluster. I have used the pvecm delnode [nodename] command and deleted the corresponding directory in /etc/pve/nodes, but the deleted node is still showing up in the WebUI. I saw in a separate post that some others have had to remove it from the...
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    I need help. My Main storage drive is full and I haven't been able to figure out how to use my second drive

    I have ran out of storage space. I havce a second drive but I can't seem to figure out how to move or extend to the second drive so I can update and install ceph. My scans are listed below. Any help would be greatly appreciated root@apple:~# pvscan PV /dev/sdb1 VG vmdata lvm2...
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    Proxmox Backup root filesystem runs out of space

    Hi Guys My root filesystem on my Proxmox-Backup runs out of space. What can I do? ERROR: Backup of VM 100 failed - VM 100 qmp command 'backup' failed - backup connect failed: command error: write failed: No space left on device (os error 28)
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    Root account locked on installation

    I'm trying to install Proxmox v.7 on a SoYouStart server (SYS-2-SAT-64) but the install procedure with SYS' install image keeps failing. When the machine is automatically rebooted, the startup halts with the following message: "Cannot open access to console, the root account is locked". This is...
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    Shrink root partition

    Hi guys! I tried assigning more storage to the root partition by following this Google Docs. Well, after accidentally assigning all the storage after executing lvremove /dev/pve/data -y I am now stuck with pve-data not existing and pve-root having 103.3GB (I have a 120GB SSD). After trying to...
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    Installing Proxmox on ZFS RAID1 (mirror) Using Remaining Space for L2ARC

    I am installing Proxmox on two SSDs in a ZFS mirror (RAID1) configuration (why does the hdsize show 476?). Proxmox itself should not take up to much space and my VM/LXC space will be on separate drives. How much space should I make for Proxmox and could I use the rest for an L2ARC stripe...
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    Absicherung Proxmox

    Hallo zusammen, ich bin neu in der Welt Proxmox und somit auch neu hier im Forum. Ich bin zurzeit im 3 Lehrjahr in meiner Ausbildung zum Systemintegrator, und habe mir seit gut einem halben Jahr ein Server bei einem Hoster gemietet. Auf dem Server experimentiere ich einfach ein wenig rum...
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    Root account forgot the password

    Hi all, since a couple of months i have a strange issue login to my proxmox server. The root account password it's not recognized and when i try to login to web console I see " Login failed. Please try again ". If i ssh with root account I see the error "Access denied". The VMs are all online...
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    [SOLVED] "script":"Only root may set this option."

    In PVE5 we could'n add serial port via user, only via root, in PVE6 it became possible. In PVE6 (6.2-11), method --script in api call "/api2/json/nodes/{node}/vzdump" executed under admin user causes the same error: {"data":null,"errors":{"script":"Only root may set this option."}} Can we expect...
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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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    Creating a restricted shell user?

    Hello, I'm trying to implement some secure automation by creating a PAM user that can only run qm commands. Currently, the user can only run commands in their home directory, but softlinking qm into that directory gives the following error. ipcc_send_rec[1] failed: No such file or directory...
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    Mail Gateway flooding Mail Server with Emails from Root

    I have a postfix/dovecot mail server setup in a container. In front I have installed and configured Proxmox Mail Gateway as the proxy. I am able to send & receive emails successfully to all my hosted domains and mailboxes. My concern is that everyday my mailserver gets flooded with hundreds...
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    Hetzner Proxmox routed configuration halfway working

    Hello, i recently bought (or rent) myself my first Hetzner Root Server. I did install Proxmox on it and configured two bridges vmbr0 and vmbr1. With vmbr0 i want to route my second public ip address to my first virtualized host. I have searched the whole internet now and could not find a...

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