<SOLVED> Total Newb Needs Help with VMs Constantly Rebooting

[kojam]

Howdy all!
Newbie here! Can't believe how long Proxmox has been around, but I only heard about it a few months ago. I have created a few VMs (not using most because I was spending so much time trying to get HA to work the way I need).
There are a few VMs I tried to create but had to delete because they would reboot after a few mins constantly. I just installed pfSense yesterday but cannot complete configuring it because it constantly reboots after 5 or 6 minutes.
Why does this happen with some VMs? This is my 2nd time trying to use pfSense and the same thing happens.
I'm running it Proxmox on an older system someone gave me. Had intended to run a MediaPC, but no didn't.

root@Neo:~# lspci -vv -mm
Slot: 00:00.0
Class: Host bridge
Vendor: Intel Corporation
Device: 5520/5500/X58 I/O Hub to ESI Port
SVendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
SDevice: 5520/5500/X58 I/O Hub to ESI Port
Rev: 12

Slot: 00:01.0
Class: PCI bridge
Vendor: Intel Corporation
Device: 5520/5500/X58 I/O Hub PCI Express Root Port 1
Rev: 12

Slot: 00:03.0
Class: PCI bridge
Vendor: Intel Corporation
Device: 5520/5500/X58 I/O Hub PCI Express Root Port 3
Rev: 12

Slot: 00:07.0
Class: PCI bridge
Vendor: Intel Corporation
Device: 5520/5500/X58 I/O Hub PCI Express Root Port 7
Rev: 12

Slot: 00:14.0
Class: PIC
Vendor: Intel Corporation
Device: 7500/5520/5500/X58 I/O Hub System Management Registers
Rev: 12

Slot: 00:14.1
Class: PIC
Vendor: Intel Corporation
Device: 7500/5520/5500/X58 I/O Hub GPIO and Scratch Pad Registers
Rev: 12

Slot: 00:14.2
Class: PIC
Vendor: Intel Corporation
Device: 7500/5520/5500/X58 I/O Hub Control Status and RAS Registers
Rev: 12

Slot: 00:14.3
Class: PIC
Vendor: Intel Corporation
Device: 7500/5520/5500/X58 I/O Hub Throttle Registers
Rev: 12

Slot: 00:1a.0
Class: USB controller
Vendor: Intel Corporation
Device: 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4
SVendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
SDevice: P5Q Deluxe Motherboard

Slot: 00:1a.1
Class: USB controller
Vendor: Intel Corporation
Device: 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5
SVendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
SDevice: P5Q Deluxe Motherboard

Slot: 00:1a.2
Class: USB controller
Vendor: Intel Corporation
Device: 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6
SVendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
SDevice: P5Q Deluxe Motherboard

Slot: 00:1a.7
Class: USB controller
Vendor: Intel Corporation
Device: 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2
SVendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
SDevice: P5Q Deluxe Motherboard
ProgIf: 20

Slot: 00:1c.0
Class: PCI bridge
Vendor: Intel Corporation
Device: 82801JI (ICH10 Family) PCI Express Root Port 1

Slot: 00:1c.2
Class: PCI bridge
Vendor: Intel Corporation
Device: 82801JI (ICH10 Family) PCI Express Root Port 3

Slot: 00:1c.3
Class: PCI bridge
Vendor: Intel Corporation
Device: 82801JI (ICH10 Family) PCI Express Root Port 4

Slot: 00:1c.4
Class: PCI bridge
Vendor: Intel Corporation
Device: 82801JI (ICH10 Family) PCI Express Root Port 5

Slot: 00:1d.0
Class: USB controller
Vendor: Intel Corporation
Device: 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1
SVendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
SDevice: P5Q Deluxe Motherboard

Slot: 00:1d.1
Class: USB controller
Vendor: Intel Corporation
Device: 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2
SVendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
SDevice: P5Q Deluxe Motherboard

Slot: 00:1d.2
Class: USB controller
Vendor: Intel Corporation
Device: 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3
SVendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
SDevice: P5Q Deluxe Motherboard

Slot: 00:1d.7
Class: USB controller
Vendor: Intel Corporation
Device: 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1
SVendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
SDevice: P5Q Deluxe Motherboard
ProgIf: 20

Slot: 00:1e.0
Class: PCI bridge
Vendor: Intel Corporation
Device: 82801 PCI Bridge
Rev: 90
ProgIf: 01

Slot: 00:1f.0
Class: ISA bridge
Vendor: Intel Corporation
Device: 82801JIR (ICH10R) LPC Interface Controller
SVendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
SDevice: P5Q Deluxe Motherboard

Slot: 00:1f.2
Class: IDE interface
Vendor: Intel Corporation
Device: 82801JI (ICH10 Family) 4 port SATA IDE Controller #1
SVendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
SDevice: 82801JI (ICH10 Family) 4 port SATA IDE Controller
ProgIf: 8f

Slot: 00:1f.3
Class: SMBus
Vendor: Intel Corporation
Device: 82801JI (ICH10 Family) SMBus Controller
SVendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
SDevice: P5Q Deluxe Motherboard

Slot: 00:1f.5
Class: IDE interface
Vendor: Intel Corporation
Device: 82801JI (ICH10 Family) 2 port SATA IDE Controller #2
SVendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
SDevice: 82801JI (ICH10 Family) 2 port SATA IDE Controller
ProgIf: 85

Slot: 02:00.0
Class: VGA compatible controller
Vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
Device: Pitcairn PRO [Radeon HD 7850 / R7 265 / R9 270 1024SP]
SVendor: XFX Pine Group Inc.
SDevice: Pitcairn PRO [Radeon HD 7850 / R7 265 / R9 270 1024SP]

Slot: 02:00.1
Class: Audio device
Vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
Device: Oland/Hainan/Cape Verde/Pitcairn HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 7000 Series]
SVendor: XFX Pine Group Inc.
SDevice: Oland/Hainan/Cape Verde/Pitcairn HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 7000 Series]

Slot: 04:00.0
Class: SATA controller
Vendor: JMicron Technology Corp.
Device: JMB363 SATA/IDE Controller
SVendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
SDevice: JMB363 SATA/IDE Controller
Rev: 03
ProgIf: 01

Slot: 04:00.1
Class: IDE interface
Vendor: JMicron Technology Corp.
Device: JMB363 SATA/IDE Controller
SVendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
SDevice: JMB363 SATA/IDE Controller
Rev: 03
ProgIf: 85

Slot: 05:00.0
Class: FireWire (IEEE 1394)
Vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
Device: VT6315 Series Firewire Controller
SVendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
SDevice: P8P67 Deluxe Motherboard
ProgIf: 10

Slot: 06:00.0
Class: Ethernet controller
Vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
Device: RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
SVendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
SDevice: M3A78 Series Motherboard
Rev: 02

Slot: 08:01.0
Class: Multimedia audio controller
Vendor: C-Media Electronics Inc
Device: CMI8788 [Oxygen HD Audio]
SVendor: HT OMEGA Inc.
SDevice: CLARO

Slot: ff:00.0
Class: Host bridge
Vendor: Intel Corporation
Device: Xeon 5500/Core i7 QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-Core Registers
SVendor: Intel Corporation
SDevice: Xeon 5500/Core i7 QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-Core Registers
Rev: 05

Slot: ff:00.1
Class: Host bridge
Vendor: Intel Corporation
Device: Xeon 5500/Core i7 QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder
SVendor: Intel Corporation
SDevice: Xeon 5500/Core i7 QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder
Rev: 05

Slot: ff:02.0
Class: Host bridge
Vendor: Intel Corporation
Device: Xeon 5500/Core i7 QPI Link 0
SVendor: Intel Corporation
SDevice: Xeon 5500/Core i7 QPI Link 0
Rev: 05

Slot: ff:02.1
Class: Host bridge
Vendor: Intel Corporation
Device: Xeon 5500/Core i7 QPI Physical 0
SVendor: Intel Corporation
SDevice: Xeon 5500/Core i7 QPI Physical 0
Rev: 05

Slot: ff:03.0
Class: Host bridge
Vendor: Intel Corporation
Device: Xeon 5500/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller
SVendor: Intel Corporation
SDevice: Xeon 5500/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller
Rev: 05

Slot: ff:03.1
Class: Host bridge
Vendor: Intel Corporation
Device: Xeon 5500/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller Target Address Decoder
SVendor: Intel Corporation
SDevice: Xeon 5500/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller Target Address Decoder
Rev: 05

Slot: ff:03.4
Class: Host bridge
Vendor: Intel Corporation
Device: Xeon 5500/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller Test Registers
SVendor: Intel Corporation
SDevice: Xeon 5500/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller Test Registers
Rev: 05

Slot: ff:04.0
Class: Host bridge
Vendor: Intel Corporation
Device: Xeon 5500/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0 Control Registers
SVendor: Intel Corporation
SDevice: Xeon 5500/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0 Control Registers
Rev: 05

Slot: ff:04.1
Class: Host bridge
Vendor: Intel Corporation
Device: Xeon 5500/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0 Address Registers
SVendor: Intel Corporation
SDevice: Xeon 5500/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0 Address Registers
Rev: 05

Slot: ff:04.2
Class: Host bridge
Vendor: Intel Corporation
Device: Xeon 5500/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0 Rank Registers
SVendor: Intel Corporation
SDevice: Xeon 5500/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0 Rank Registers
Rev: 05

Slot: ff:04.3
Class: Host bridge
Vendor: Intel Corporation
Device: Xeon 5500/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0 Thermal Control Registers
SVendor: Intel Corporation
SDevice: Xeon 5500/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0 Thermal Control Registers
Rev: 05

Slot: ff:05.0
Class: Host bridge
Vendor: Intel Corporation
Device: Xeon 5500/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller Channel 1 Control Registers
SVendor: Intel Corporation
SDevice: Xeon 5500/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller Channel 1 Control Registers
Rev: 05

Slot: ff:05.1
Class: Host bridge
Vendor: Intel Corporation
Device: Xeon 5500/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller Channel 1 Address Registers
SVendor: Intel Corporation
SDevice: Xeon 5500/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller Channel 1 Address Registers
Rev: 05

Slot: ff:05.2
Class: Host bridge
Vendor: Intel Corporation
Device: Xeon 5500/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller Channel 1 Rank Registers
SVendor: Intel Corporation
SDevice: Xeon 5500/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller Channel 1 Rank Registers
Rev: 05

Slot: ff:05.3
Class: Host bridge
Vendor: Intel Corporation
Device: Xeon 5500/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller Channel 1 Thermal Control Registers
SVendor: Intel Corporation
SDevice: Xeon 5500/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller Channel 1 Thermal Control Registers
Rev: 05

Slot: ff:06.0
Class: Host bridge
Vendor: Intel Corporation
Device: Xeon 5500/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller Channel 2 Control Registers
SVendor: Intel Corporation
SDevice: Xeon 5500/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller Channel 2 Control Registers
Rev: 05

Slot: ff:06.1
Class: Host bridge
Vendor: Intel Corporation
Device: Xeon 5500/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller Channel 2 Address Registers
SVendor: Intel Corporation
SDevice: Xeon 5500/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller Channel 2 Address Registers
Rev: 05

Slot: ff:06.2
Class: Host bridge
Vendor: Intel Corporation
Device: Xeon 5500/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller Channel 2 Rank Registers
SVendor: Intel Corporation
SDevice: Xeon 5500/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller Channel 2 Rank Registers
Rev: 05

Slot: ff:06.3
Class: Host bridge
Vendor: Intel Corporation
Device: Xeon 5500/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller Channel 2 Thermal Control Registers
SVendor: Intel Corporation
SDevice: Xeon 5500/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller Channel 2 Thermal Control Registers
Rev: 05

root@Neo:~#

Thanks!

 

[Dunuin]

Do the VMs really reboot or just stop? Check the syslog of your PVE host and guestOS at that time.

 

[leesteken]

I just installed pfSense yesterday but cannot complete configuring it because it constantly reboots after 5 or 6 minutes.

Often this is because people have installed third-party monitoring software that cannot see that the VMs are running and restarts them. It will surprise you how often people forget that they installed that (or followed a guide that told them to install it and they did not know what is was)...

EDIT: Turns out it was third-party scripts that the admin forgot about:

Think I found it! When I setup proxmox few months ago i used a lot of the ttceck scripts. Don't recall using the monitoring one, but looks like I did. I disabled it about 20 mins ago and no more reset of the vm.

https://tteck.github.io/Proxmox/

 

[kojam]

Often this is because people have installed third-party monitoring software that cannot see that the VMs are running and restarts them. It will surprise you how often people forget that they installed that (or followed a guide that told them to install it and they did not know what is was)...

I saw something about that yesterday, but I don't think I have installed such a thing. Thanks though. Appreciate it.

 

[kojam]

Do the VMs really reboot or just stop? Check the syslog of your PVE host and guestOS at that time.

Uhm, how do i do that? LOL. Although, I watch them crash and reboot all over again (at least it's what I know rebooting to be)

 

[BobhWasatch]

I saw something about that yesterday, but I don't think I have installed such a thing. Thanks though. Appreciate it.

When troubleshooting "I don't think" is not dispositive. Be sure. (ETA: Such "helpful" scripts, installed and forgotten, are by far the leading cause of VM's rebooting after a constant interval of five minutes).

To view syslog click Datacenter>Host>System>Syslog in the GUI. How to check in the VM depends on the OS you have installed in there.

 

[kojam]

When troubleshooting "I don't think" is not dispositive. Be sure. (ETA: Such "helpful" scripts, installed and forgotten, are by far the leading cause of VM's rebooting after a constant interval of five minutes).

To view syslog click Datacenter>Host>System>Syslog in the GUI. How to check in the VM depends on the OS you have installed in there.

Totally agree about "I don't think" not being helpful when trying to troubleshoot. I will peek around more. If this means anything...just noticed that the 'summary' page says pf uptime is just over 2 days. This coincides with when I created it. So, it's not actually crashing? I'm more confused than ...
Running proxmox on an MX Linux laptop.
That's right! In the gui doesn't show anthing. I did look through a few times ...i had forgotten to mention.

 

[leesteken]

just noticed that the 'summary' page says pf uptime is just over 2 days. This coincides with when I created it. So, it's not actually crashing?

I could very well be that the virtual machine has been running two days and the operating system inside it has been rebooting continuously. Maybe it's an incompatibility between the VM settings and pfSense (FreeBSD)? Could you share the VM configuration file?

 

[kojam]

The log gui shows all VMs are resetting every few minutes, but then status beside it says "OK". Home Assistant is one of the VM's never experienced any issues when logged into HA web gui though.

 

[BobhWasatch]

Whats in /etc/cron.d and what is the output of crontab -l on the host?

 

[kojam]

I could very well be that the virtual machine has been running two days and the operating system inside it has been rebooting continuously. Maybe it's an incompatibility between the VM settings and pfSense (FreeBSD)? Could you share the VM configuration file?

I feel soooo useless! How don't know how to do that. Complete newb here.

 

[kojam]

root@Neo:/etc/cron.d# ls
e2scrub_all vzdump zfsutils-linux

root@Neo:/etc/cron.d# crontab -l
no crontab for root

Think I found it! When I setup proxmox few months ago i used a lot of the ttceck scripts. Don't recall using the monitoring one, but looks like I did. I disabled it about 20 mins ago and no more reset of the vm.

https://tteck.github.io/Proxmox/

 

[BobhWasatch]

Great! Please edit the title of your post to indicate [solved] so others can benefit.

 

[kojam]

Great! Please edit the title of your post to indicate [solved] so others can benefit.

Oh sure! Most certainly! Thanks all!

 

[leesteken]

Oh sure! Most certainly! Thanks all!

There is a pull-down menu that allows you to select Solved (or Tutorial) but I guess editing the title also sort of works.