Proxmox PVE disappear from the host

[Guillaume Soucy]

Hello,

I tried to login into my PVE and it fails saying that the credentials aren't good. I did a reboot, when connected using SSH, the machine is very slow and the weirdest part is that the directory /etc/pve is completely empty. No more VM configuration files.

I will do a fresh install and restore the backups but, how to know what really happened?

Thanks,

Guillaume

 

[leesteken]

I tried to login into my PVE and it fails saying that the credentials aren't good. I did a reboot, when connected using SSH, the machine is very slow and the weirdest part is that the directory /etc/pve is completely empty. No more VM configuration files.

The /etc/pve directory is empty when the PVE services do not (all) start (because /etc/pve/ are not real files but come from a database https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/pve-admin-guide.html#chapter_pmxcfs ). This happens sometimes and can probably be restored by fixing the underlying cause.

I will do a fresh install and restore the backups but, how to know what really happened?

Check which services did not start (systemctl --failed) and check the system log (journalctl -b 0) for error messages to find out where the problem might be, for a start.

 

[Guillaume Soucy]

The /etc/pve directory is empty when the PVE services do not (all) start (because /etc/pve/ are not real files but come from a database https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/pve-admin-guide.html#chapter_pmxcfs ). This happens sometimes and can probably be restored by fixing the underlying cause.

Check which services did not start (systemctl --failed) and check the system log (journalctl -b 0) for error messages to find out where the problem might be, for a start.

Okay, will try this before and will let you know the results.

Thanks