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    Change Hard Disk model in Windows guest

    Hello everyone! I try to run some software, that detect virtual machine environment and stop running. I change 31bit for CPU mask, now Windows Task manager can't detect VM environment Also I add BIOS vender information, now via this commands I can see actial Computer information I try to...
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    Connection not working [Hetzner]

    I have a dedicated server from Hetzner with proxmox 4, my main server Ip is 46.4.90.241 and I have an additional ip (46.4.90.232) I want to use this additional ip on a windows VM, use this ip to connect to my windows VM through RDP etc My network device configuration is...
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    Windows VM with Oracle DB and backups

    Hello, i am wondering if anyone here is running a windows VM with oracle DB. My question is whether the snapshots that can be done with proxmox/qemu-agent are working when using oracle db. I see that qema-agent supports guest-fsfreeze on windows which should work with oracle and not cause...
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    Restarting Windows VM causes boot loop

    Hi, I am using Proxmox VE 5.2-1 and installed a Windows Server 2016 VM. Everything works fine except restarting the VM i.e. after a Windows update. If the VM is restartet it keeps rebooting at the very beginning of the boot proces - just after finding the harddisk. The same happens if I select...
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    Migrate Windows from Hyper-V to PVE

    Hi, I'm trying to migrate Windows Server 2016 from Hyper-V to Proxmox. I copy the vhdx disk file, convert it to qcow2/raw but when I try to boot it doesn't work. Guest can't find bootable hard disk. When I boot Win2k16 DVD and add virtio scsi driver I can see expected Windows partition scheme...
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    QEMU guest agent run command in Windows Guest issue

    Hello everyone! I got Windows Server 2016 guest OS with installed qemu guest agent. Screenshots here: https://gyazo.com/6c9c4f6030d3a7843552f072e34f29fc https://gyazo.com/b08ea8140edfb3f1b5cf3626e224c4c4 I try to run some commands inside guest os via QEMU guest agent. For example, if I...
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    ISA Device Support in QEMU-KVM machines

    Hello everyone, I have asked around everywhere and googled to infinity, along with testing for the past hour or so. Is it not possible to add ISA devices such as the Soundblaster 16 into a virtual machine? My virtual machines only seem to accept PCI devices such as -device es1370 The command...
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    Looking for a little guidance w/ trunkey fileserver and plex, and trunkey and win 10 sharing

    Hello! My setup is Proxmox 5.2-1 with 2 CT’s, an Ubuntu CT to run plex and a CT running Turnkey fileserver. I am also looking for some assistance setting connecting the shares in the fileserver to a VM running windows 10. I’m new the Proxmox so any help is appreciated. Thank you.
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    Windows 10, anybody has done it?

    I need to virtualize several dozen Windows 10 Pro boxes, does anybody know if the Virtio drivers do work and also how does the memory sharing works? I need to show 16G RAM per box, but naturally, I want to use only what is needed so I may overcommit.
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    Disable hotplug network function not working in Windows VM

    Hi there, we're using Proxmox VE since some years right now. Lately we need to disable hotplug network card functionality from Windows Guests VM because users, sometimes click in the wrong place and they do "safely remove hardware for network card"!!!! We're using the latest virtio-win driver...
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    [SOLVED] PVE 5.2 - W2K3 R2 x64 idle 100% CPU

    Last week I migrated a VM from XEN to Proxmox. When the VM is idle for two hours, the CPU consumption goes up to 100%. Login and return to normal for a while. strace for 7 minutes. I have two Proxmox 5.2 (one intel and another amd) and in both the same thing happens. Same behavior. I have...
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    Windows Server Network Adapter crash?

    Hey, ich habe auf zwei meiner Windows Maschinen das Problem das alle paar Tage der Network Adapter crasht oder so. Der Server wird alle paar Tage vom Internet getrennt und nur ein Server Restart oder Netzwerk Adapter Disable/Enable können das beheben. Weiß jemand woran das liegen könnte und wie...
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    Debian/Proxmox mit HP Proliant DL980 G7 Performance Probleme

    Hallo Com, wir haben zur Zeit einen HP Proliant DL980 G7 im Test mit Proxmox. Der Server ist mit 20GBit/s an das Interne Netzwerk angeschlossen sowie mit 20GBit/s an ein SAN Laufwerk. Der Server ist bestückt mit 8 x Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E7- 4870 (mit Hyperthreading) sowie 512GB DDR3 ECC Ram...
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    [SOLVED] QEMU guest agent installation issue

    Hi, I've several Win10 and Server 2016 machines running, all with an active QEMU guest agent. I updated (0.1.149) all of them except one server fails to install. Any idea how to solve this? I'm aware that this is not a PVE problem but I'm hoping that someone here has an idea. Thanks in advance
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    Slow disk speed on Windows VM

    Hi, I installed a fresh Proxmox VE and tested the speed of the disk: root@pve:~# dd if=/dev/zero of=./test bs=1G count=1 1+0 records in 1+0 records out...
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    DNAT works to Windows VM but doesn't to Linux one

    Hello community! I have: - dedicatied server with 1 public IPv4 with pve-manager/5.1-43/bdb08029 (running kernel: 4.13.13-5-pve) - routed network configuration - 2 VMs with 1 NIC in NAT mode each I need to DNAT some TCP ports from public IP to VMs. I have already read...
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    Windows VM not install High CPU

    Hi, new intallation. HP ml10 gen9 2x1Tb sata zfs mirror. When i create a new windows vm following the video tutorial the install iso never stop to load, i can't reach the installation wizard. Tried windows 2016 and 10. Cpu is costant at 25% (4vcore assignet do vm, so seem it is using only 1...
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    Windows Guest - High CPU usage

    Hello, We currently have a 3 nodes cluster and encounter a high CPU usage on all of our Windows Guest. Just opening Google Chrome or the task manager raise the CPU usage to 90% for 3-4 seconds. It is not an IDLE usage. All guest are installed with latest VIRTIO guest drivers (0.1.141) and the...
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    [SOLVED] Best Windows OS for virtualization? (XP vs 7 vs 10)

    Which operating system is the best performer when virtualized? I was told that XP is not optimized for virtualization which makes a lot of sense considering its age, so I want to ask the community even further to expand my knowledge, thanks! :)

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