Server crashes every few weeks

Mike_Richter

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Jul 26, 2025
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Hi all.. i am new to proxmox and trying to figure this out.
Server started to crash every few weeks on random days/hours of the day

For months it was fine and then started to crash

I have few vms running - Ubuntu/Windows/TrueNas
13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-13600K
64GB RAM


This is what i see in the System Logs

Jul 25 18:17:01 my-proxmox CRON[1787927]: pam_unix(cron:session): session closed for user root
Jul 25 18:31:08 my-proxmox smartd[1458]: Device: /dev/sdd [SAT], SMART Usage Attribute: 194 Temperature_Celsius changed from 59 to 60
Jul 25 19:01:08 my-proxmox smartd[1458]: Device: /dev/sde [SAT], SMART Usage Attribute: 194 Temperature_Celsius changed from 65 to 64
Jul 25 19:17:01 my-proxmox CRON[1800321]: pam_unix(cron:session): session opened for user root(uid=0) by (uid=0)
Jul 25 19:17:01 my-proxmox CRON[1800322]: (root) CMD (cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly)
Jul 25 19:17:01 my-proxmox CRON[1800321]: pam_unix(cron:session): session closed for user root
Jul 25 19:31:08 my-proxmox smartd[1458]: Device: /dev/sdd [SAT], SMART Usage Attribute: 194 Temperature_Celsius changed from 60 to 61
-- Reboot --

Console logs
Jul 25 19:01:08 my-proxmox smartd[1458]: Device: /dev/sde [SAT], SMART Usage Attribute: 194 Temperature_Celsius changed from 65 to 64
Jul 25 19:17:01 my-proxmox CRON[1800321]: pam_unix(cron:session): session opened for user root(uid=0) by (uid=0)
Jul 25 19:17:01 my-proxmox CRON[1800322]: (root) CMD (cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly)
Jul 25 19:17:01 my-proxmox CRON[1800321]: pam_unix(cron:session): session closed for user root
Jul 25 19:31:08 my-proxmox smartd[1458]: Device: /dev/sdd [SAT], SMART Usage Attribute: 194 Temperature_Celsius changed from 60 to 61
-- Boot c23154314bc84e96afa18c5a1afee404 --
 
hi Leesteken, thanks for the reply.
The physical display doesn't show anything since the system is offline.
The disks (two raid-0 ssd for proxmox) are healthy

I just ran the Intel processor diagnostic tool - all passed. No errors posted anywhere.

Any additional steps anyone can think of?
The system just shuts off once a week at random hours. I turn it back on and all is healthy.

Can I enable some debug logs to provide more color?

Thanks
 
Maybe start updating BIOS/firmware or replacing hardware parts and see if the issue goes away? There isn't any clue of what it might be. Or reboot your system daily as a work-around?