drbd and lvm
Hello We're going to have a 3 node cluster, with 2 nodes using drbd. I'm following http://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/DRBD and also getting info from http://www.drbd.org/users-guide/s-nested-lvm.html . We are...
View ArticleUnable to access a NFS share
Hello, I've installed Proxmox on a fresh Wheezy. I can create a NFS share ( another fresh Wheezy server ) but Proxmox can not access it, error 500. I can mount the share directly in Wheezy so I believe...
View ArticlePCI passthrough problem
Hello I am trying to pass through a pci card through but get this for an error [CODE][kvm: -device pci-assign,host=06:00.0,id=hostpci1,bus=pci.0,addr=0x1 1: Failed to assign irq for "hostpci1":...
View ArticleSlow nfs upload - how to speed ?
When I directly copy a file over SSH, I get 11Mb/s speed. But NFS backup is not that fast. Actually too slower. I changed nfs mount in storage.cfg options vers=3,rw,rsize=8096,wsize=8096 but does not...
View ArticleNew to Proxmox, considering it for business venture, have some questions...
Hi, I’ve searched around the forums and gained some knowledge but I'm also interested in community comments to my particular business model. I'm in the market for a cloud based virtualization software...
View ArticleRecommended Backup Type for Exchange Server
Hi all, I am running proxmox v3.0. The majority of my VMs are linux based but I do have two windows server vm's and one of them is an exchange server. All VMs are LVM based and I'm backing up to a...
View Articleunable to install the bootloader - Dell R720
Hello, I have a Dell R720, dual Xeon E5-2620, 64GB Rdimm, 300Gb sas raid1, 500Gb sas raid1, PERC H310 Mini Raid Controller. I try to install 5 times, an both raid array, everything is ok until...
View ArticleProblem proxmox change vmbr to VM in hotplug
HI, I have installed the proxmox 2.3. I have installed ubuntu in VM kvm with network virtual vmbr0 to net0 for VM. Ii's works very well. But I like change the vmbr0 to vmbr4 in hotplug... I saw this...
View ArticleGlusterFS for backups doesn't work.
Hi, I'm trying to make a CTs backup to a glusterfs storage (Proxmox 3.1) and it fails with this error: Code: can't use storage type 'glusterfs' for backup (500) Why is that? Storage is normally...
View ArticleUpgrade from 2.1 to 2.3
Hello, what must I do that I can update Proxmox from Version 2.1 to Version 2.3 ? Actually I have a cluster with 3 Servers (Version 2.1) and a new which have Version 2.3 Now I want to update the 3...
View ArticleRestore on different machine
Hi, I'm new to proxmox and I'm wandering... what if my proxmox machine is completely destroyed then I make proxmox installation on the new machine, whether it will be possible to restore vms from...
View ArticleNetwork configuration with two NICs
Hi, I just wondered if someone could give me some general networking advice. Currently have 3.1 installed on a HP server with 2 network cards. On this machine I intend to run 2 VMs. I would like the...
View ArticleZero-shared-storage Cluster: Possible?
It looks like it ought to be possible to build a PVE cluster without using shared storage, but I'm seeing conflicting information here and in the wiki. Is it possible to build a cluster without some...
View ArticleManagement interface on tagged VLAN, on bond0
Half question, half how-to... I want a simple network configuration: 2 x 1Gbps Ethernet, bonded using 802.3AD (LACP), management interface on a VLAN. As long as the management interface is NOT on a...
View ArticleShared storage options for small HA cluster?
I see that PVE 3.1 now has support for many types of shared storage. As of this moment, I count: iSCSI (both mounted and direct LUN)NFSSheepdogGlusterFS (somehow different from NFS?)Ceph/RBD I also see...
View ArticleLooking for faster network backup?
I tried nfs backup but different switches but it is slow compared to uual backup. For example when I scp a backup to a different node, it is fast enough but not nfs. So looking for alternative way to...
View ArticleProxmox3 API is not working
I've a code which works fine with Proxmox2 but any request to Proxmox3 API shows blank response, How can I find out what is the issue? Regards
View ArticleProxmox password keeps changing?
Hi, I try to login to my Proxmox with the username root and the password, however the password fails. The password seems to change itself. This has happened over 5 times now, so I'm trying to fix this...
View ArticleChanging the WebGUI port
Hello you nice people! I have a lot of luck beeing able to have a hardware server in a very fast network. The server is located behind a firewall. The problem: I can not access the server GUI, because...
View ArticleError restoring vzdump from PVE-2.3 on PVE-3.1
I have an vzdump from an openvz container made on PVE 2.3, and trying to restore it on 3.1 but it throws this error: Code: Starting container ... mount: special device /www/101 does not exist Error...
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