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    Proxmox tries to import ZFS Pool belonging to TrueNAS VM?

    So I've got Proxmox running with a TrueNAS VM, I've followed the Proxmox Wiki page for passing disks through, and then set those disks up in TrueNAS, and works great, but when the node is rebooted, Proxmox seems to try and fail to grab the ZFS pool that TrueNAS has created, and on the TrueNAS...
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    PVE fresh install help please for a newbie

    Hi - Taking the Proxmox plunge very soon and dont want to make any bad initial decisions. I have (2) unused Intel servers and my objectives are: Home server lab, Virtualization playground, Home Assistant, NFS using TrueNAS, DNS&Ad blocking, Windows VM testing. I currently have an all-Unifi...
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    NFS connection with TrueNAS is not working

    Hi , I'm trying to configure my TrueNAS in NFS with Proxmox for my backup. I've followed all online videos/tutorials to do this, create a truenas user, set all the ACL on the directory in TrueNAS etc...but when I'm trying to connect it in Storage the Export is "Searching" and nothing is...
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    nfs storage mounts get unmounted

    I am hoping someone might be able to explain or help me understand what might be happening with a couple of containers I have which use nfs mounts to my truenas server. On the truenas server I have three nfs shares: nfs1, nfs2 and nfs3 On proxmox I have two lxc containers: lxc1 and lxc2 I...
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    GPU and HBA Passthrough Issues on Z370 Asus Prime-A

    Hello, I am having an issue running an Nvidia RTX-2070 Super and an LSI-9211-8i at the same time on separate VMs. I can run them independently without issue, but the second I try to run their VMs at the same time I get the QEMU Exit Code 1 and it fails to start. These devices are not in the...
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    Where to install TrueNAS: local-zfs or physical drive attached to hba?

    Hello, I hate opening an account to ask newbie question, but I can't find an example answer (although I'm sure this has beed discussed already many times - so, my apologies). I want to know what is better between two options, before I do something and regret later. Let's say I have Proxmox on...
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    Mysql - MariaDb Truenas file permissions not working

    I installed Proxmox and Installed Truenas as a VM. Inside Truenas shared a Folder (Samba) that I want to use as repository for my DB. In another server installed Mariadb and mounted this Truenas Shared folder. Everything was great until I tried to change the folder owner. chown doesn´t work no...
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    TrueNAS NFS server not responding/retry issues in PVE cluster

    I'm having issues mounting a NFS share on a PVE cluster. The initial mapping works but after some time I get connection issues and multiple retries. My PVE cluster is running with two nodes both with the same version and having 172.16.10.2 and 172.16.10.6 IP addresses. The TrueNas is configured...
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    io error on Truenas VM

    Hello, Im newbie here just got into proxmox and im trying to build a homeserver using a on old laptop (HP Pavilion dv6-7080ee) for simple smb file sharing and some movies database (normal file sharing and Jellfin each on separate VMs). I am using 4 external usb hdd 3 500GB 1 1TB , i found a...
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    Best approach for running TrueNAS and VM with (i)GPU passthrough

    I'm not sure if I can solve my problem. So recently I bought the DeskMeet X300 case with Ryzen 7 4750G, 64GB RAM ECC and 2x12TB HDD drives. My goal was to virtualize TrueNAS with HDD passthrough and another VM with Batocera with iGPU passthrough for emulation. The probem is that when I run VM...
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    [SOLVED] Data > Container from ext HDD [PLEX] [Proxmox]

    Hi all, very new to Proxmox, home servers etc, so please accept my apologies upfront for any frustration I may cause I promise I've tried 'googling' everything first for a solid few hours. In Short: I've set up a home server on a thin client with external HDD, Set up Proxmox to run on the...
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    Can't add external hdd drive to TrueNAS Scale VM

    Hi All, I am new to Proxmox and need some help with how to attach or add all my usb external storage, in my case I use "ORICO-3559C3" with 5-bays HDD drive. My goal is to provide ZFS storage to the VMs in Proxmox (with TrueNAS-Scale), I have VM 100 with TrueNAS Scale 22.12 on My Baremetal...
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    Build advice to host TrueNAS Core and Plex

    My build started off a as an Unraid server but I'm now reconsidering going back to an earlier idea of running Promox as my hyper visor. Right now I have the CPU/MOBO/RAM and 4x NVME drives. In the coming weeks I plan on purchasing the HBA controller along with 8-12 SAS drives. I'm looking for...
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    Best approach for a TrueNAS VM

    Hi, I'm thinking about setting a truenas VM on a proxmox server and scenarios which I can choose for that job. On proxmox installation I have a ZFS raid10 pool for VM storage. I would create a VM for the truenas, but what would be the best option for the truenas storage? Scenario #1: One...
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    Nic passthrough to truenas vm and mac address

    I want to passthrough a dedicated 10G nic port to my truenas scale setup. I typically setup the static ip address by mapping a mac address to the static ip in my dhcp server. Not sure how this will work with the passthrough nic. I know the mac address of the NIC port. However, not sure where...
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    Missing PCIe Items in add PCIe device

    Hello I have a Dell R740 server which has a PCIe backplane extender for nvme drives. I am looking to passthrough the extender to a truenas install . When I go to add PCIe device for the truenas vm, I don't see the extender listed though I can see it when I do an lspci on the proxmox node...
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    TrueNAS VM - using vdisk for LOG cache.

    Hallo all, Short question about my TrueNAS vm. According to this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4DLChRXJog cache for log is speeding-up the performance. I dont have a complete nvme drive left to passtrough but could or should i use an virtual-disk for this job? Thnx in advance!
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    Proxmox Cluster - Sharing drives between nodes for TrueNAS

    New Proxmox user here. I have a Proxmox Node (call it Node 1) that has numerous hard drive bays and just added another node from an older Optiplex 7010 SFF with 4 cores, 32GB RAM and is very limited on the number of drives I can install (call it Node 2). Currently I have TrueNAS installed on...
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    HDD not appearing in TrueNAS VM

    Hi, I recently just completed building my home server and was trying to setup a TrueNAS VM. The only problem that I'm having is that the HDDs are not appearing within the TrueNAS installation setup. When I go back to proxmox I can see all three disks. I was wondering if there was a...
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    Virtualize TrueNAS letting it see all my disks?!

    The need for a better file sharing solution has arisen here at home. :) I checked out Techno Tims YT where he virtualizes FreeNAS and under hardware he adds a PCI device, the LSI disk device. Let me back up some... I am running Proxmox on a Dell PE R720, one ZFS Pool. If I were to add the LSI...