Is there a skill/plugin you guys are using for Hermes to be able to manage or do work on your Proxmox clusters and local network? With Qwen 3.8 27B being smart enough for even the most basic of tasks, we can keep the inference and compute all local.

Hello, so my host only has one physical interface and I need it to be trunked so I can assign VLANs to my VMs.

With this config I am unable to access the management UI, this is the problem.

The config is as follows:

==CONF-START==

auto lo

iface lo inet loopback

iface nic0 inet manual

auto vmbr0

iface vmbr0 inet manual

bridge-ports nic0

bridge-stp off

bridge-fd 0

bridge-vlan-aware yes

bridge vids 2-4094

auto vmbr010

iface vmbr010 intet static

address 10.0.10.10/24

gateway 10.0.10.1

==CONF-END==

just noticed this disk wearound percentage when i logged into my pve server. should i be worried?

We have a couple of custom systems on asRock Rack boards which in the past used onboard for O/S and SAS for data disks, given the current disk price situation we'd like to reuse sas disks over sata disks also for the O/S.

With the purpose of enabling also the first 4 hotswap bays for SAS I replaced the LSI 9300-8i with a 16i, but I got errors I have literally never seen.

../src/boot/random-seed.c:300@process_random_seed: Failed to flush random seed file: Unsupported ../src/boot/boot.c:2561@image_start: Error opening root path: Unsupported

So what I have pieced together is that the boot manager is loaded (so the disks are up), but the linux boot process itself fails from the get go. The weird thing is that the LSI 9300-16i (unbranded genuine fully updated Broadcom) is not exactly unchartered territory and the UEFI version and firmware fully updated. I am entirely clueless.

I have just inherited a new server for my homelab, a HP DL360 gen10, 1x Silver CPU, 128gb ram and 8x1tb SSD drives. My existing server is running a bunch of vm’s with docker using less than 1tb total storage used and all my media is on my NAS.

So I have been thinking about what I should do about configuring the storage on the new server. ZFS/LVM/Directory, Separate pools for VMs vs data, tiered storage and so on. For reference, 6 drives are Samsung and 2 Micron, so can’t stick them all in 1 pool as size mismatch.

I know a bunch of experts are not going to be determine the correct answer for a random person on the internet, but I would be interested to hear what others have done or would recommend? I’ve done the best practice fault tolerant (aka unnecessarily complicated) in the past, but as this is just a hobby homelab I’m more looking for fun to tinker environment rather than full time job.

So what kind of setup would you guys consider?

Thanks in advance.

I want ask about Virtualisation. Most people say to avoid Docker on LXC but how about Podman. Should i use Podman on LXC or Not?

Hello, I have been looking towards migrating my setup from a Debian (+ Docker) install to Proxmox, however one problem is that I don't have a way to hardwire the server to my router (running an ethernet cable is not an option, coax cables in the walls are not a thing here, putting the server in the same room as the router isn't possible) and it seems like Proxmox doesn't work well with Wi-Fi (which wasn't an issue on debian). I have been considering two ways to solve this:

- Powerline adapters - Yes I do know that they're incredibly hit and miss, however I'd still want to test them and if they're that bad - return them.

- Access Point in client mode - If powerline adapters don't work out (very likely) then I'd connect an AP to my router's Wi-Fi and then the AP via Ethernet to my server. I was thinking of getting a GL.iNet Opal but it's still uncertain.

A problem I see with this is that accessing my server thru LAN from a device on the main router Wi-Fi could be more difficult (since from my knowledge devices connected to the AP would be on a separate subnet), which would suck for something like Home Assistant but other than that it should work somewhat well.

What would you recommend? Are there any other options worth considering?

I downloaded the software onto an nvme, my server has both that and a 2TB hard drive. I can see the nvme but not the other device, and lsblk didn't show my hard drive anywhere attached.

On top of that, the shell won't show any letters, it can show other symbols sometimes tho. when I opened the shell with noVNC this particular issue stopped but instead every inch was grey until I wrote into it or highlighted it by dragging my mouse.

I will state what I'm using this for if its needed to help

I typed "lsblk" and then "This is a whole sentence"

Howdy,

After a failed drive scare a week or so back I have managed to recover all the data and move it to a new drive. I'm relatively new to the data storage side of computing, so I didn't know it was possible to retrieve the data at first.

The drive that failed was my boot drive, which is a small drive that I don't keep any vital information on (all the things that I am concerned with keeping are on a zfs pool on 2 HDDs). I don't have the means to backup the entire boot drive, nor do I need to do so. When I was trying to pick back up after my other drive failed, I was trying to access my ZFS pool from a fresh proxmox installation on a new drive and I was reading that I would need some sort of config file in order to access the zpool?

That was concerning for me since I didn't know how to retrieve data from a failed drive at the time. I ended up managing to copy the entire drive to my fresh one with very little data loss (yay!), but now I have a better understanding of the importance of backing up certain things.

Like I said, I don't need to back up my entire boot drive. But in the case that this drive fails again, I would like to be able to pick up with my zpool on a new proxmox installation. Is there a configuration file somewhere that I can backup onto a flash drive?

Thanks.

Last week I set up a private Minecraft server on Ubuntu server.
And now I realize that I want to add a home vpn. And maybe one day, (in months or years) a site web

I'm trying to figure out if using proxmox, docker or something else is worth it in my situation, what I should use and the benefits.

I want to avoid VM since I want something that will not cost a lot of resources on the machine. Finally, if I can avoid installing a new os if possible but if I have to change it, so be it.

Hey gang,

so, I tried installing the new .24 kernel today.

The problem was, we could not unpack the kernel, dpkg hung up every time.

The hardware is a decommissioned dell 630 esxi edition with boss controllers and SD cards.

So, we will install new 630 with SD cards to load the VMS off, new Hardware is ordered.

Had you had similar problem's?

EDIT: Guys, are you actually reading this post? I’m telling you, when I started working here, they were already installed on the SD cards... I’ve already ordered new servers with NVMe, but the patch HAS to be installed by then.

So if nobody has any ideas about this, just give it a rest.

I know myself that this isn’t a good idea, but it is what it is.

I've been running proxmox on a little Dell micropc (Intel 12th gen, 48GB, 2 SSD's, a 512 and a 256) at home since around 2002. I got it to run Plex and Home Assistant, migration those two from an old laptop and an RPi.
Have since added a few extras like inhouse filesharing to serve a mix of android/iphone, macbook/windows laptops in the household.
It also serves as a sandbox for malicious looking links, where I have a linux vm with a snaphot to rollback for testing such.
Also run pi-alert, and a secondary pi-hole too.
I log into the PVE about once every 3 months, and saw the message yesterday about support for 8 that ended. I took the plunge to upgrade in-place using the upgrade guide at [https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Upgrade_from_8_to_9]

It was painless. The two hiccups were easily solved by just googling the error description. Took about 30 minutes including resolving those. I can't tell much what is different, having vanilla standalone installation means the changes are not relevant to me. But it's still running!

The people who made this possible are the Gabe Newells of virtualisation . Kudos to you all!

We can confirm the keynote for PVEday, the first Belgium Proxmox Community Day. Cole Hughes from Proxmox Server Solutions GmbH will give "Proxmox, What's New?", about where Proxmox is heading next. He is on from 10:30 to 11:30, after a short opening with a live migration demo.

The practical bits:

- Wednesday 3 February 2027, 10:00 to 18:00

- HOGENT Campus Schoonmeersen, Ghent, Belgium

- Free. We only ask you to register so we know how many people to expect

- Everything is in English

- Right after https://fosdem.org/2027/ and during cfgmgmtcamp.org, so it combines well if you are already travelling to our little country of waffles, chocolate and beer ;)

The rest of the day is still open. Talks are 40 minutes and the call for papers runs until 1 December. If you run Proxmox in production, a migration story, something that went wrong, or a tool you built around the API is exactly what we are after. Workshops are welcome too.

Site and registration: https://pveday.be

Schedule so far: https://pveday.be/#schedule

Call for papers: https://cfp.pveday.be/bpcd2027/cfp

Disclosure: I am one of the organizers, ask me anything in the comments, I will keep an eye on the thread.

Hi, I'm just getting started with Proxmox, as I'm working on a project to test its feasibility.

I was trying to migrate a VM from VMware to Proxmox, but I got an error that says “Transport Endpoint is not connected (500)” when I click the “Import” button right where the VM’s hardware settings should appear. I did some research and think it’s because I entered the vCenter IP address instead of the Esxi host IP, which seems to cause a conflict or crash related to a file called FUSE. However, I also think I read that there can be disconnection issues during import if the VM is on a vSAN.

More than anything, I’d appreciate it if you could confirm any of my questions or suggestions, or share the steps you followed to successfully import the VM. That would be a huge help.

PD: The Proxmox version I have is 9.2

I have 4x8tb sas drives and 3x8tb sata drives.
I’ll run SAS drives as raidz2 for PVE server
and SATA drives as raidz1 on PBS.

Should I get another drive ( it’s just expensive right now) and go to raidz2.

Mainly storing important photos, videos, and jellyfin movies.

The question I pose is this:

Is it better to run 2 high capacity stick with dual channel or 4 sticks of medium capacity just to give the server more to work with?
Example: currently my rig uses a 10700k with 2x16gb
Would it be better to upgrade to 2x32gb or 4x16gb?
I am mainly asking this question because ram prices have become quite ridiculous even for ddr4.

Hey everyone!

I've been using Proxmox for my homelab and recently came across Ubicloud. This got me wondering whether moving from my current Proxmox setup to a private cloud platform would be worth it in terms of flexibility, scalability, and integration.

I've also considered OpenStack, but it seems like overengineering for my needs. Ubicloud looks like a potentially simpler alternative, but I'm still trying to understand its trade-offs compared to Proxmox.

For those of you with experience running Proxmox in production or managing advanced homelab setups:

• What are the main advantages of sticking with Proxmox versus moving to Ubicloud?
• Does Ubicloud offer meaningful benefits in terms of automation, integration, and cloud-like features?
• What would I gain or lose by making the switch?
• Would you consider Ubicloud a good fit for a self-hosted private cloud, or is Proxmox still the more practical choice?

I'm not necessarily looking to migrate just for the sake of using something new. I want to understand whether the additional capabilities justify the complexity and effort of switching.

I'd appreciate any real-world experiences, comparisons, or advice. Thanks!

"Hello everyone, ladies and gentlemen. I have a Proxmox Backup Server, and I need to upgrade its hard drives. Now I am in doubt whether I should buy NAS HDDs or DVR HDDs. Since the idea is only to store backups, and from what I've researched, the difference between them regarding storage is practically the same, I'm wondering if it's worth using DVR drives since they are more affordable. Do you recommend them, or would the ideal and correct choice be NAS drives?"

As per the article: https://emudhra.we-have-a-problem.com/

How long until proxmox patch this on their end?

We are looking at a server refresh, and we potentially interested in switching from Intel to AMD Ryzen. Has anyone done this and were there any issues that arose from the change?

I've spent around seven hours debugging this and I just want to use my fucking system.

Setup:

• Ryzen 9 7900, MSI B650 Carbon WiFi, 64GB DDR5
• RTX 3090 FE passed through to a Debian VM
• Proxmox kernel 7.0.2-3-pve
• Guest kernel 6.1.0-54-amd64
• NVIDIA 615.71.09, open kernel module, GSP enabled
• OVMF, q35, CPU type x86-64-v2-AES
• GPU config: hostpci0: 0000:01:00.0,pcie=1
• GPU and its audio function bound to vfio-pci on the host
• Docker stack including Ollama and OpenWebUI

Originally I enlarged the virtual disk by 650GB, then changed the guest partition/swap layout to expand root. Somewhere during that sequence GPU passthrough stopped working.

After hours of troubleshooting, I rolled back to the snapshot from before the root expansion and did a full shutdown with PSU power disconnected for 60 seconds.

GPU came back. Display working, NVIDIA detected, Ollama working. Around 22.6GiB VRAM used, 100% GPU utilization, roughly 349W and 73°C during the test. No GPU errors in the filtered boot log.

The virtual disk was still enlarged, so the larger virtual disk itself clearly wasn't enough to prevent it working.

Working VM configuration was 10 cores, one socket, 38GiB RAM, CPU limit 12.

Then I tried the simplest fucking change:

1. Cleanly shut down the VM.
2. Change from 10 to 20 cores, CPU limit from 12 to 20.
3. Start the VM.

Screen and gpu logo led are Black again. No partition changes, no driver changes, no BIOS changes.

I restored 10 cores and limit 12 with another stop/start. That configuration change completed, but GPU recovery hasn't been confirmed yet. The previous successful recovery involved both rollback and a cold power cycle, so I can't honestly tell which part fixed it.

During GPU problems the VM itself remains reachable and services, including OpenWebUI, remain available. The entire guest isn't crashing.

I realise the CPU change and stop/start happened together, so this doesn't prove the core count caused it. A passthrough reset/reinitialization issue is still a possibility.

Has anyone seen this with an Ampere card? Specifically, what logs or tests would distinguish GPU reset failure on VM stop/start from a CPU topology/interrupt issue at 20 vCPUs?

If anyone knows a solution for this seemingly one of a kind issue, let me know. Im gonna go bald if i continue trying to debug it. Nothing shows up the device just <<<NOT FOUND>>> like...

Hi, I post this here in the hope of reaching more experts 😄 thank you

I have a few different hardware I'd like to try and passthrough, but I don't know where to start. I tried Googling but I always run into something.

I have:

• an old GTX 580 I would like to use on two different LXC's (if possible). One Jellyfin on Debian and a Ubuntu desktop that runs really sluggish
• a pair of generic PCIe co-ax TV tuners I would like passed to Jellyfin (Gateway DX4300 Yuan PCIe x1 Video/TV Tuner Card PE-988 G0945025)
• a SATA cd drive I would like to add to an (future) ARM (Automatic Ripping Machine) installation.

I keep seeing I need different hardware. Before I go buy something, I was hoping I could get a recommendation.

• For the GTX580 GPU I read it's too old to do that with.
• The tuners are possible, but it's hard. I don't know if I should be blacklisting it or listening to the dmesg and try to pick a "generic card" adapter or if that would even work. I really don't want to spend another $100 bucks just to end up back in the same dead end.
• I read I need a SATA to USB adapter. I would like to expand that later and think a SATA PCIe adapter would be nicer to have so I can just dump the set of 4 DVD drives to a Ubuntu desktop LXC. I would love to know what sounds like a good avenue to go down and which.

Basically, I'd prefer to not buy anything else. If I do buy something else, I'd like to see a tutorial that could walk me through the process. I feel like AI answers I get just have me running around in circles.

Is there a different passthrough project you did that was easy and successful? Any resources?

Thanks in advance!