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    [SOLVED] How to or is it possible

    I am running Proxmox on a self hosted server on OMV. I have a WIn 11 VM which i use several times a day. I access via my laptop running arch linux. The process of Opening a browser Logging into Proxmox Going to my VM Opening console dropdown Picking Spice Downnloading FIle Opening File...
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    [SOLVED] RAID 50 showing wrong capacity in Proxmox and subsequent VM when passed through

    Hi, I created RAID 50 with 2 LUNs at 5x6TB each. Total useable capacity of 48TB. However proxmox is repoting that as: and will only let me use the sdc1 at 24TB. No idea whats up here. Is it just misrepresenting and will let me write 48TB or there is someting else going on? Do i need to install...
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    Setup NFS share on Synology

    I am trying to add NFS storage to my cluster. I am stuck with what to put in the "export" line. I am following the instructions here https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Storage:_NFS I named my storage. I put in the IP address of the server. When I click the dropdown for "Export" it flashes. When I...
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    Can't get Windows 11 installed

    I set up one VM of Windows 11, but now I need another. I have followed all the steps here (https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/how-to-install-win11-in-proxmox-quick-guide-and-fix-problems-of-network-search.136596/) And the system will not boot, I just get "no bootable device" error. The only...
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    [SOLVED] NUMA hostnodes and affinity

    I am seeing a guest core able to execute outside its numa node. Eg. loading up guest cores 0-7 (which are mapped to node0) results in utilising host cores 32,35,45,47,48,49,52,55 which are across 3 different nodes. How can I get the host NUMA arch to be correctly reflected in the guest? Guest...
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    PVE crash while running a backup job

    Hi, I have a n intermittent issue where PVE "crashes" (i.e. does ping but impossible to open a SSH/web console session on PVE or any VM) while executing a backup job. There are not many traces: Sep 09 01:15:17 ganymede systemd[1]: Starting fstrim.service - Discard unused blocks on filesystems...
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    PVE crashes “randomly”

    Hello dear community, I am new to PVE and have a small home server. The server crashes "randomly". I'm not familiar with the error codes and have not found anyone with similar issues. Can you help me? Thanks in advance.
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    [SOLVED] Problems Importing from ESXi

    Hi there I've run into a very odd situation. My first import of a Linux box from ESXi (7.0.3) to PVE (8.2.4) ran perfectly using the wizard. However when trying other hosts I quickly ran into trouble with various error messages such as: Connection error - Timeout. or create storage failed...
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    Replacing a usb network dongle with onboard

    Good Afternoon, Currently I'm using a usb network dongle on my Pve and would like to switch to the onboard nic and remove the dongle completely and wanted to know the steps on achieving this task. Thanks in advance. Afterwards, I know that I would need to get to every VM and LXC and change to...
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    Memory usage increase every day on Linux 6.8.4-3-pve

    Hi, every day after a backup of VMs usage of RAM on some nodes in my cluster increases (from 5GB to 9 GB per day). It happenes until node crashes. It started to happen after upgrade to Proxmox VE 8.2.2 and kernel 6.8.4-3-pve. As storage we use CEPH. First of all, I thought it was caused by...
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    Can't stop PVE Backup Notifications

    Hi, I configured the PVE Backups for each VM to "Always" send a notification. This was mainly to ensure that the backups were running as scheduled and to keep an eye on the amount of time it took. Now that I'm happy with the setup, I've changed the backups to "Notify on Failure". However all...
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    Mount USB Drive to a LXC

    Good Afternoon, I have a usb storage box called Media-Stack that is formatted as EXFAT with media already on the drive, I would like to mount too a Jellyfin LXC container called JellyFin.LXC so that Jellyfin can access this media and wondering if someone could help me by listing the steps in the...
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    Re-adding storage drives to a new proxmox installation

    Good Afternoon, I completely reinstalled proxmox to version 8.2.2 and Kernel version 6.8.4-2-pve, I have 3 drives that I want to re-add to this version: - ZFS Pool called BACKUPS - Directory called ISOIMAGES - Directory called VM-STORAGE Can someone help me out as to the steps I need to take to...
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    [SOLVED] removing ghost from previous node - HOWTO?

    Hi folks, I am trying to revive an old proxmox machine. Thanks to the help of the forum I have already been able to rename and move a couple of vm's, and upgrade to debian bullseye and upgrade proxmox from version 5.x to 7.4-18. So far so good. At the moment I'm withheld from creating...
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    [SOLVED] LVM over iSCSI: VG is missing on new node.

    I want to build a small cluster with a QNAP NAS as iSCSI storage. Node1 was installed, NAS connectivity with multipath works, a LUN created, a LVM over iSCSI created. Node 2 came online and found the LUN and the LVM, and VMs could move from Node1 to Node2 and back. I now installed Node3 (already...
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    Unable to boot second Windows VM (GPU passthrough)

    TLDR: I have 1 working Windows 11 VM with GPU passthrough. Tried to create a new VM with same config but the new one doesn't boot. About 2 years ago I created a Windows 11 VM with GPU passthrough (Followed every possible blog/thread out there to get it working) and I've been using it since...
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    [SOLVED] Is there a way to disable cluster while it's not in use?

    Hi all, I am planning to only use cluster for moving CT/VM between server when needed; there is no reason for me to turn on all servers 24/7 for a home lab. Is there a way to disable clusters while nodes aren't in use? it seems like PVE gets quite a bit of errors of fetching each node after I...
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    [SOLVED] rpool/root/pve-1 taking up entire disk

    Something happened that caused my proxmox install drive to completely fill up and run out of space causing my server to be unusable, can't login to the webui, start any CTs or VMs or do pretty much anything else. Luckily I can still ssh into the server so they my be hope yet to fix it but I...
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    [SOLVED] Is it possible disable/ prevent fetching datastores?

    Hi all, I only need to backup once a month through PBS; Is it possible disable/ prevent fetching datastores? the syslog generates a lot of error when PBS is down. (pve pvestatd[1165]: backup: error fetching datastores - 500 Can't connect to (No route to host)) Thanks, Wing
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    [SOLVED] How to turn on SSD emulation on existing vm that is not trim enable?

    Hi all, How to turn on SSD emulation on existing vm that is not trim enable? Thanks, Wing

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