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    [SOLVED] group rights for using iso

    hi all, i have a group since older versions for users. since v8 group rights are different/new. i have mount a nfs storage with iso´s, how can i add rights to my user group, thats users can only use iso´s, but don´t can remove and edit it and don´t show others on this storage? my user-group is...
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    [TUTORIAL] Storage Controller Efficiency Data for Bandwidth-Constrained Workloads on Shared iSCSI Storage

    Greetings everyone, Good news! We've managed to carve out some time to compile the latest data set for our ongoing exploration of Windows 2022 server on Proxmox. Part 3: Computational Efficiency of Storage Controller Configurations under Constrained Bandwidth Workloads Expanding upon the...
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    fstab Configuration for volumes

    Hey guys I need some help with configuring automounted drives in proxmox. Backstory: I've lately been having some troubles with configuring my storage. Initially I had some mount points at mnt/ and some at mnt/pve/. So I decided to move them all to mnt/pve/. I did this, mounted them and i...
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    ZFS advice for hetzner bigger boxes

    Hi. Some time ago I took of hetzner auction a machine with 15 x 6TB HDD. Somewhat naive (if not plain stupid) I configured it in one vdev raidz2. auch. it run few VM (very slow) and few LXC and some backing up for my substancial photo-library, and predictably machine is slowly dying I even got...
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    Storage Management and LVM-Thin Configuration

    Hello everyone, I’m reaching out to you all as I’ve encountered a bit of a puzzle with my mini PC setup. I’m fairly new to this, so any guidance would be greatly appreciated! Here’s my current setup: I have a mini PC equipped with a 1TB NVMe SSD and a 1TB SATA HDD. I’m running Proxmox on the...
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    Storage Management and LVM-Thin Configuration

    Hello everyone, I’m reaching out to you all as I’ve encountered a bit of a puzzle with my mini PC setup. I’m fairly new to this, so any guidance would be greatly appreciated! Here’s my current setup: I have a mini PC equipped with a 1TB NVMe SSD and a 1TB SATA HDD. I’m running Proxmox on the...
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    Move a large disk to another storage

    Hi, I'm trying to move a VM disk from one SMB share to another. But i have a problem with that, the disk in question is 10TB. I did my research and tried to move it several times without success. Here is what i did: Try preallocation off Try moving it as qcow or raw Try to shut down...
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    Is it possible to see disk usage in summary ?

    Hello, I have a mini PC with a nvme ssd of 500gb. I installed proxmox on it. It seems Proxmox created 3 partitions: root, swap and data As far as I understand the root and swap are used by the system and data is available for VM/CT: Disk: LVM: LVM-Thin: Then I created a VM (Debian) using...
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    [SOLVED] CEPH cluster Proxmox

    Hello, to set the context, I have a proxmox cluster with 3 nodes, I also have a ceph cluster with 3 nodes, everything is fine and everything works well independently. But, before linking the ceph cluster and the proxmox cluster (CephFS), I want a linux/windows client to use the ceph cluster as...
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    ZFS Installation: Storage Discrepancies and Overwriting Concerns

    Hi, Installed Proxmox with ZFS, choosing ZFS (RAID0) during installation with only 1 disk. I have two storage locations, local and local-zfs, both showing 2TB. Changes in one don't impact the used space of the other. For instance, downloading an ISO to local increases it by 3G, but local-zfs...
  11. bbgeek17

    [TUTORIAL] Deep dive into Storage Controllers, Compatibility, and Efficiency Metrics with Windows on Proxmox

    Hey everyone, Given the recent developments with VMware/Broadcom, we've noticed a surge in inquiries related to running Windows on Proxmox. To assist those transitioning away from VMware, we've thoroughly examined Windows Server 2022 storage controller compatibility, native driver support...
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    It doesn't detect 3-node cluster storage well.

    Hello dear community. Could you help me with this case, I have a storage unit contracted in the cloud and I mounted it in a proxmox cluster, it contains 5 nodes, of which only 3 correctly detect the storage and the last 2 do not.Could you help me by indicating how to find the solution, I search...
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    Backup fleecing

    Will the new backup fleecing feature work on all storage types? LVMThin here in particular?
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    [SOLVED] Proxmox local-lvm stops when 2 servers in a cluster of 3 dies?

    I have 3 servers in the cluster, each server has- 1. 2 HDD hard drive and hardware Raid 1 for local storage and os storage 2. 1 SSD for Ceph use for HA. I have 2 VMs in local-lvm(ext4) and 2 in Ceph storage. My Ceph HA is working fine, it only fails when 2 out of 3 servers die. However I...
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    backup Storage Access Log | /etc/pve/storage.cfg Option

    Hello, I'm a proxmox user in Korea. I have configured a backup server as shown in the image below. If you look at the log of the backup server, Access logs continue to appear as shown in the image below. Is there a way to reduce or eliminate these access logs? I don't normally use it, but...
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    Increase HA cluster VM migration speed.

    I have built 3 Proxmox server HA-Ceph with separate management and HA network using a 10GB switch. While testing I found that it takes around 30-40 seconds for a VM to migrate from 1 server to another. How can I increase the migration/fencing speed also how to setup live migration I notices...
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    Backup How to Exclude Data Drive?

    Hello everyone, I'm reaching out to you regarding an issue with my Proxmox VE setup. I've added an SMB storage managed by TrueNas, which is hosted within a VM on my server. I'm using this storage for backing up my server, and these backups are then sent to OneDrive through TrueNas. However, I...
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    Enterprise Alternatives to VMware

    With VMware transitioning to subscription-only licensing, and deprecation of a lot of their products. I'm exploring alternative virtualization platforms suitable for an enterprise environment we manage, which includes: 12 hosts with 600 VMs at the main site. 6 hosts with 20 VMs at a hot site...
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    mount drive

    I am a newbie to proxmox and low level drive configs. I am trying to setup a home server on a mini pc and want to store data on a second nvme drive + usb-drive . What is the best technique to share the nvme storage with the guest container (privileged) , I am lost between different mount...
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    [SOLVED] ZFS pool bloat over night!

    Hi all, I just came home today to find my RAID 10 ZFS pool completely full for no reason. It's 4x8 TB WD GOLD drives and the max capacity says is 14.4 TB - it was abouzt half full. I have a few LXC containers, some images, backups, a 3 TB virtual disk and I mounted some directories to my...

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