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    Windows VM RAM usage

    Hi All, I have seen a number of post regarding Windows VM RAM usage, but none have seen to be able to answer my question. ISSUE: Whenever i clone or create a new Windows VM (We are using Windows Server 2022), the VM deploys but the RAM usage goes and stays at approx 95%,. image 1 you can see...
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    Windows VM network speed dropping over time

    I have a persistent issue where a windows VM (only one I know of with this issue) has a persistent problem of the network speed dropping after a period of time. I'm using VirtIO with multiqueue and I get 10Gb speeds as expected, but after a few hours, the speed seems to drop to become capped at...
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    backup win10 vm with pxe boot, how to boot without pxe

    Hi folks, i'm a bit of a noob with proxmox. i'm pulling my hair out with anything windows on proxmox.... i have a pxe boot win10 vm (he uses pxe boot in his setup, i do not) that a friend gave me and I was able to get it booted once. I dont remember my config. I have a brand new installation...
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    Unable to import Windows servers from ESXi

    I tested several ways to import a Windows Server 2019 VM from ESXi (version 7), here are the configs I was able to test: - processor: host / Disk : prepared for VirtIO / BIOS : SeaBIOS (my machine has no UEFI on Vmware )/ Machine : by default(i440fx) / SCSI controller : VirtIO =...
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    [SOLVED] Bildschirmauflösung Windows Server VM´s

    Moin, ..ich komme leider nicht dahinter. Wir betreiben mehrere Windows Server auf einem Proxmox Cluster. Versionen 2016-2022. Bei einigen Servern kann ich die Bildschirmauflösung nicht verändern, was lästig ist. Treibe sind auf der VM installiert. Ich habe die Einstellungen zwischen den VM´s...
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    VM poor storage performance

    Hello there, I have a 5 node PM clsuter, ceph is configured, each node has a 3.84 TB ssd for OSD and 1 nvme drive for WAL/DB usage. ceph network is on 10G link and proxmox managmend network is on a 1G link CEPH benchmark is as below : READ ~= 1000 MB/S Write ~= 1000 MB/S I create a Windows...
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    VM Stops During SQL Backup

    I'm working with a Windows Server 2022 VM on Proxmox 7.4-3, using SQL Express as my DB Server. Whenever I run a .bat file to backup my databases using cmd commands, the vm stops and I've to access proxmox to start the vm again. Does this happened to anyone else?
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    Windows Server Performance

    Hallo, wir haben nun seit einiger Zeit ein Proxmox Cluster am laufen. Wir betreiben 4 Server mit 128 x AMD EPYC 7543 32-Core Processor (2 Sockets), 512GB RAM und Ceph mit insgesamt 16 OSD´s. Bei der Performance von Linux Servern ist alles optimal. Hier haben wir keine Probleme mit...
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    ESXi to PVE: Windows VM Migration Error

    I am in the process of migrating my ESXi 8.0U3 to Proxmox 8.2.7, but failed already at the first VM: ESXi: Removed VMware Tools from Guest VM (Windows 2012) and rebooted - OK ESXi: Shutdown VM - OK PVE: Added ESXi to Storage - OK PVE: Migrated VM to PVE 8.2.7 (see screenshot) - OK PVE: Boot VM...
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    rsync error 11 ?

    Hi, wondering if anyone can help advise. Using Cygwin rsync on Windows , trying to send to my zfs pool on proxmox box. apending - n for dry run, works fine appears to think my /Fourpool/Videos dataset is under /root ?? $ rsync -ahvzc -e "ssh" /cygdrive/d/videos...
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    Ceph RBD on Windows .. documentation seems lacking?

    Now I don't know where to ask and post this but I am trying to get my Ceph RBD image mounted again on a new Windows OS install Due to unfortunate disk errors (both SSDs died at same time) I cannot access my previously working Ceph config and keyring for Windows. I did have it working quite...
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    No Hope for Slow noVNC Console Access??

    Hey all, I'm fairly new to ProxMox, (within the last year and half) and one thing that is about to become a big deciding factor on whether I use it at my office or with clients is the noVNC access and ridiculous slowness in that console. I have read numerous other threads that noVNC is the...
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    [HELP] Windows Server 2025 sysprep not working in Proxmox VE 8.2.7

    Hello everyone, I'm facing an issue when I try to run sysprep on a Windows Server 2025 VM in order to convert it to a template afterwards. I've installed the virtio drivers, installed the windows updates, done a few tweaks and when I run sysprep with "OOBE experience" , "Generalize" and...
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    Windows VM Fails to Start on Proxmox (Error 0xc00000f)

    Hi everyone, I am encountering an issue while creating a Windows VM on Proxmox using a raw disk image. The VM fails to start, and I get the error code 0xc00000f, with the message "Windows failed to start". I’ve tried troubleshooting, but the problem persists. Here are the details of my setup...
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    OS Type Windows and hv-tlbflush

    Hi. Is there a file inside proxmox that I can edit and, when the OS type is Windows, it will automatically add hv-tlbflush to the processor?
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    Qemu guest agent

    Can anyone suggest information about the compatibility of the guest agent with different versions of Windows and versions of the host system, faced with the problem that after transferring the virtual machine from proxmox 5 with Windows server 2012 to the newly installed proxmox 8.2.7, the guest...
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    SSD Not Recognized After Installation

    I installed Proxmos on my notebook, but after the installation my SSD with my bootable Windows was no longer recognized, I can no longer reinstall/recover Windows because my SSD is no longer recognized and unfortunately there were important files on the operating system . Any ideas?
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    [SOLVED] UEFI Boot Display suddenly not initializing (yet?)

    Hello all! I'm having a bear of an issue trying to figure out why my windows server VM suddenly went offline. For context, I'd been having a BlueScreening issue as a result of using iSCSI, in an attempt to fix it my colleague unchecked the 'Use LUNs Directly' option (since we run 3 or 4 VMs off...
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    Move Windows VM with TPM State disk

    Hello, I have one two node cluster with both local zfspool both in proxmox ve 8.2.4. I have one VM with 1 vDisk on a zfspool and one TPM state disk on local. When I try to migrate it to the second node, there is an error : ERROR: storage migration for 'local:107/vm-107-disk-0.raw' to storage...
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    Why EFI Windows VM sometimes gets stuck at boot?

    Hello everyone, I've been noticing that sometimes, my Windows VM's with an EFI boot on Proxmox sometimes fail to fully boot/load. When that happens, they always get stuck on this exact same screen: This happens on different Proxmox nodes (not clustered) with different versions of Windows...

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