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    ASAP please, how can i downgrade proxmox 8 to 7

    Hello can you guys please help me? When I start vm(debian) and try to install it, my cpu suddenly goes to 105% and my server crash. I am quite new to the proxmox and i don't understand it fully but i tried some things and none of it worked. last thing i wanted to try is to downgrade proxmox 8 to...
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    [SOLVED] Move VM from a dead node to a second node

    New to proxmox, I was trying to rename the initial node pve1; however, it disabled the initial node and created a new one, vm-dev. The VM (TrueNas) is still located on the dead node; I can’t seem to find any working tutorial that would help me. Any help would be appreciated! Also, I need a...
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    [TUTORIAL] Windows 11 VM for gaming setup guide

    I just finished migrating my Windows 11 gaming VM from Unraid to Proxmox. Along the way I encountered some obstacles. To hopefully save other people some time I'm writing a detailed guide here on how I set up my system. Disclaimer: I am by no means an expert on this stuff. It is entirely...
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    [SOLVED] strange ping times

    Hello everyone, I have a problem with my Proxmox and don't know what to do. I would really appreciate some help. Problem 1: basically doesn't matter, I'm just listing it in case the problems (could) cause each other: When I want to shut down Proxmox, it shuts down the VMs and is no longer...
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    Moving HDD from VM to container

    I have a HDD mounted to a VM (Plex server). I would like to re-create my Plex server as a container. When I set up a bind mount, rather than seeing my two folders - media_library and MetaData, I see: dump images lost+found private snippets template. The HDD is a directory in ext4. Here is...
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    Container vs full-vm

    Hallo Zusammen, kann mir mal bitte jemand erklären, wie der Unterschied zwischen einem Container und einer VM mit voller Linux-Installation? oder anders herum gefragt: wann verwende ich einen Container und wann eine VM... ? Gruß
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    Moving virtual HDD only to another node?

    Hi everyone, I was adding another node to my cluster today (node 4), and during the process, node 1 decided to crash. This triggered the HA, and it began spinning the VM up on node 2. The HA migration failed, and the hard disk was never moved. On node 2, I see the VM and the config; and on node...
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    IOS VM in Proxmox

    Hallo Ist es möglich eine VM mit Apple ios zu erstellen den ich habe eine App die nur auf ios läuft. Ich habe auf dem Server schon mal MacOS installiert aber der Server ist dafür zu schwach. Bei nachfragen gerne Melden mfg Rubin
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    Proxmox Ubuntu VM Hangs at load screen

    I am re posting this as I hope to provide clarity to my issue. Randomly, my Ubuntu VM (Plex server) just hangs at the Ubuntu page. When I run smartctl -a on the drive with the VM, I get this. I am able to view the drive when I try to put a Ubuntu usb boot drive in and hit the "try" version. I...
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    Shutdown (Poweroff) VM via terminal session

    Hello everyone, our cluster is using HA however, I noticed that at the moment when the shutdown or reboot command is sent through the terminal, the HA starts to actively turn on the machine Please tell me how to get around this or how to increase the ON timeout to turn on the machine
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    Convert Ubuntu VM from SeaBIOS to OVMF

    I have an active Ubuntu server 22 VM that I want to pass through a GPU (p2000) for hardware acceleration. Now when I set up this VM a long time ago I used the default machine (i440fx) and boot type (SeaBIOS), but the docs don't recommend those options for passthrough. The machine type was...
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    [SOLVED] VM issues when running simultaneously with another VM

    New Proxmox user here. I have a TrueNAS Core 13.0-U5.2 VM. It is installed in a WD Blue SSD named VMs_CT_Main. I have passed through a Dell H310 HBA to it with 8 HDDs attached. Below is the config of the TrueNAS VM. kristian@pve:~$ sudo qm config 100 [sudo] password for kristian: agent: 1...
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    Running fsck on a Linux vm

    Is there a way to run fsck on a linux vm? As I understand it, the vm can't be running because the vm's system disk has to be unmounted before checking it with fsck. So I'm thinking I have to leave the vm shutdown. Can I fsck the vm's disk from the Proxmox console? Eric
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    ZFS Pool Seemingly Slow on Striped Mirror With Sata SSDs

    Hello, I have been running Proxmox for a month or so in a homelab type environment. I have it running on the W680 chipset with an I5-13500 and 64GB of RAM. There are two ZFS striped mirror pools, Tank and Tank2, where I store the VMs I'm running (4x500GB 870 Evo, 4x250GB MX500 respectively). I...
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    Moving Centos6 VM from Citrix XenServer to Proxmox issues

    Hi all, I tried moving a Centos 6 VM from Citrix XenServer v6.5 to Proxmox v7.1-10, but the VM is getting stuck after the GRUB menu. I regenerated initramfs, but the VM is still hanging. I also tried removing the "quiet" kernel options, but that didn't help (not pictured here). It boots fine...
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    Trouble using second GPU for PVE

    I'm currently trying to dedicate my AMD RX 580 8GB to an Arch VM for gaming and I'm trying to basically disable it's output on the host and force my secondary GPU(a GTX 1650) as the output for everything on the host. The RX 580 is in the main 16x slot on my motherboard as it needs the bandwidth...
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    [SOLVED] VM Harddrive passthrough: VM and host are not in sync

    it may be a bad title, but I don't know how else to describe it. So I have a Ubuntu Server VM on Proxmox and I want to passthrough some drives (as passing through a directory does nto work afaik). I used sudo qm set 105 -scsi2 /dev/sdb1 to do so. I then mounted it in the guest by putting...
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    Automatically Update VMs

    So I have a bit of a dilemma where my company needs to update a very large number of VMs on a regular basis as these connect to customer networks. Right now this is done by manually powering up, ssh and powering down the machines but that's pretty cumbersome as that's my responsibility and eats...
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    CPU Temperatur durchreichen

    Hallo, ich möchte für mich und meine Freundin einen Gaming PC machen. Dabei habe ich auch schon das meiste Erfolgreich gemeistert. Nun habe ich zwei Probleme. Und zwar habe ich für den PC zwei Wasserkühlungskreisläufe mit Pumpen von Corsair, einen für den Prozessor und einen für die...
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    [SOLVED] Help with single GPU Passthrough

    Hey there, I am new to Promxmox and I try to set up a Windows VM. It's just to experiment with it and nothing too serious so if I can't fix the problem, it's not that big of a deal. I currently only have one GPU in my PC and I want to pass it through to the VM. I know, that's not recommended...