storage

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    How to add/setup/reconfigure HDDs for LVM-Thin storage

    Hello, I am new to Proxmox, I am moving away from VMware. I was using VMware for a straightforward virtualisation platform with 2 VLANs (LAN & DMZ) with 5 Linux VMs. Even before ESXi decided to 'spit the dummy' and not return from a managed power off I was thinking of switching because of...
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    Help with Configuration

    Hello, I want to migrate my current proxmox (1 minipc with 1 sata nvme and 1 sata ssd) to a new host. From work I got an old PC with enough space for a lot of disks. Currently I can fill the PC up with 1 M.2 NVME, 1 Sata SSD and 3 Sata HDDs. The mainboard has 6 Sata Ports. I want to add a...
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    Storage Scan

    Hello Team, I have a PVE cluster with 5 nodes and I am using FC multipath and create LVM storage on top of it. So, deleted the LVM for one disk out of 5 and I still see the disk in "disks" list. I am trying to understand how I make it go from my "disks" list. I tried running...
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    Best way to do encrypted offsite backups with only Proxmox VE

    Hi, I have two Proxmox hosts running in a homeblab setting. I know that with Proxmox Backup Server you can enable encryption, but Proxmox VE doesn't come with encryption out of the box. My goal is to do an encrypted offsite backup in case something catastrophic happens (like fire), preferably...
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    Datacenter -> Storage Config Question

    Hey All, I'm a little confused. Under Datacenter -> Storage, you can add shared storage, etc. In my case I add NFS mounts to our clusters without a problem. However, when you remove the storage from the datacenter -> storage GUI area, it stops showing it in the GUI as assigned to each node...
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    Disk size much smaller than allocated space

    I have a proxmox installation with a few VMs and LXCs, in a ZFS pool. I assigned to an installation of immich 2TB, but proxmox is only detecting 1.19TiB of space. I am missing a whole 800GiB. I have no snapshots and no backups, so no idea where that is gone.
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    LAG 803.ad Connection Issues

    We have a single Proxmox host running 8.4.1 connected to a Juniper 4400xd-48F switch. The object is to use two SFP+ connections on the Proxmox host to connect to the Juniper switch which will also be networked to our primary storage unit for NFS VM storage. If we connect to the switch via a...
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    Replication Failure

    I'm trying to setup replication between two nodes to have a copy on each node as well as backups in PBS and TrueNAS. I have setup PBS and will do TruNAS later. I currently have both nodes setup with ZFS pools though they do have vastly different configurations. Each node has it own local ZFS...
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    Is there a way to support create ZFS over Iscsi with Oracle ZFS Appliance.

    root@proxmox-ve:~# /usr/bin/ssh -o 'BatchMode=yes' -i /etc/pve/priv/zfs/172.20.20.27_id_rsa root@172.20.20.27 confirm shell zfs list -o name,volsize,origin,type,refquota -t volume,filesystem -d1 -Hp APP-POOL APP-POOL - - filesystem 0 APP-POOL/local - -...
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    [SOLVED] ZFS 3.0

    Hello, I would like to know when ZFS version 3.0+ is expected to be released and on which Proxmox version it will be available. Is it already possible to use ZFS 3.0+ via the Proxmox pve-test repository, or do we have to wait for an official stable release? I am particularly interested in the...
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    How to delete a drive that failed

    Good afternoon all, I had an NVMe drive in my proxmox system that died. I decided to just take it out. Unfortunately the LVM drive is still showing on the main dropdown and I'm not sure how to get rid of that. It's not causing a problem, but just bugs me. Any help would be most appreciated.
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    nvmf-autoconnect.service Not working

    I have configured shared storage for Proxmox using a Dell PowerStore 1200T. The protocol in use is NVMe over TCP. Everything works fine, except the connection does not persist after a reboot. discovery.conf Configuration: --transport=tcp --traddr=192.168.5.5 --trsvcid=4420 --transport=tcp...
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    Kleiner Server mit 2 M.2-SSD als ZFS Raid 1

    Hi! Ich habe einen Proxmox auf einem NUC laufen. Als Platten sind dort zwei Samsung M.2 SSD 990 PRO Heatsink 4TD als ZFS RAID-1 installiert. Es laufen dort einige LXC-Container: - Traefik - piHole - Nextcloud - PaperlessNGX Darüber hinaus sind noch ca. 10 LXC installiert, werden aber nur...
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    Moving the VM's 1 Node to another with ZFS

    A cluster with 3 Nodes with ZFS Storage on Each node. To Utilize the Maximum storage opted for ZFS. Question: Is there any possibilities to MOVE the VM's from 1 Node to another, may be in Between can be have a NFS. NOTE: Tried with [VM --> DiskAction --> Move Storage]; able to move the...
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    [SOLVED] Total Storage shrank after VM imports

    Hi, new to ProxMox (in a production environment), not too new to Virtualization as a whole. We recently migrated from Xenserver to Proxmox, using the following the procedure: Shutdown Xenserver guest In ProxMox node shell, use wget to get the xenserver machine downloaded tar xf [exported Xen...
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    Problem with ESXI Storage type since 8.4 version

    Hi there. I got this error since i upgraded from the version 8.3.5 to 8.4 version of proxmox. I tried adding again the storage by the gui and got the same error. The esxi version is 6.7.0 and i got it mount on the 8.3.5 proxmox version.
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    Cannot see disks in ProxMox PVE shell for mounting established RAIDZ1

    Bottom Line Up Front: I can't see my disks in PVE 8.3.5 after making a hardware configuration change. Disclaimer: I'm pretty unfamiliar with Linux, FreeBSD, and Proxmox in general. Please advise in plain language or point me to an appropriate resource. Relevant Hardware: ASUS ROG STRIX...
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    Best Storage Setup for Proxmox VE on a Dedicated Server? (Performance Question)

    Hello everyone, I’m about to rent a dedicated server to host Proxmox VE and deploy several critical company applications. Since performance is key, I want to make sure I choose the best possible storage setup. I have two possible configurations in mind, assuming NVMe SSDs are significantly...
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    general storage advice for a proxmox newbie

    HI guys and gals I am setting up 2 proxmox servers the 1st server has 5x10TB of hard drives and an m.2 (2TB) and the second server has 2x m.2 (2Tb each) plus a 240GB SATA SSD i was wondering what is the most efficnet way to use the sotrage for VM's should i virtualise truenas and share via...
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    Disk Totals Incorrect?

    Hey all, Action Taken: - Cluster Created - 2x VM's Migrated To New Host Issue: - Disk storage totals don't seem to add up (pretty sure I'm just reading this incorrectly?) Host disk is 240 GB so this thing should be over capacity?