@scottalanmiller said in Windows 2022 Disk Defrag Freezing System:
@Obsolesce said in Windows 2022 Disk Defrag Freezing System:
You should never Defrag SSDs except for very specific reasons.
Which is why it is surprising that in the SSD era, Windows 2022 has it on by default.
Has Microsoft changed how they handle TRIM yet? I know years ago they only ran TRIM when defrag was run. Why? Because Microsoft is still that bad at managing storage.
This process was simpler than the official instructions make it. I'm using the unlicensed repository.
https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Upgrade_from_7_to_8
When you get to the section about updating repositories, only the first update is necessary.
@gjacobse said in Proxmox and USB support:
Not looked at ProxMox enough to remember or know this answer. And before I dive to deep into this personal project.
Can each VM attach to a specific USB device for use?
Specifics, a raspberry 3D printer replacement
I've only verified this with a USB thumb drive, but it's quite easy if you haven't found it yet.
In VM -> Hardware -> Add -> USB Device
@GUIn00b said in ProxMox Storage Configuration Question (idk how lol):
Quick update: I did this https://help.nodespace.com/knowledgebase.php?article=307 to all 4 drives, then created a 7.0 TB lvm-thin. Is that the right way to go about this? Here's console output:
root@pve:~# wipefs -a /dev/sda /dev/sdb /dev/sdc /dev/sdd /dev/sda: 8 bytes were erased at offset 0x00000200 (gpt): 45 46 49 20 50 41 52 54 /dev/sda: 8 bytes were erased at offset 0x3a3817d5e00 (gpt): 45 46 49 20 50 41 52 54 /dev/sda: 2 bytes were erased at offset 0x000001fe (PMBR): 55 aa /dev/sdb: 8 bytes were erased at offset 0x00000200 (gpt): 45 46 49 20 50 41 52 54 /dev/sdb: 8 bytes were erased at offset 0x3a3817d5e00 (gpt): 45 46 49 20 50 41 52 54 /dev/sdb: 2 bytes were erased at offset 0x000001fe (PMBR): 55 aa /dev/sdc: 8 bytes were erased at offset 0x00000200 (gpt): 45 46 49 20 50 41 52 54 /dev/sdc: 8 bytes were erased at offset 0x3a3817d5e00 (gpt): 45 46 49 20 50 41 52 54 /dev/sdc: 2 bytes were erased at offset 0x000001fe (PMBR): 55 aa /dev/sdd: 8 bytes were erased at offset 0x00000200 (gpt): 45 46 49 20 50 41 52 54 /dev/sdd: 8 bytes were erased at offset 0x3a3817d5e00 (gpt): 45 46 49 20 50 41 52 54 /dev/sdd: 2 bytes were erased at offset 0x000001fe (PMBR): 55 aa /dev/sdd: calling ioctl to re-read partition table: Success /dev/sda: calling ioctl to re-read partition table: Success /dev/sdb: calling ioctl to re-read partition table: Success /dev/sdc: calling ioctl to re-read partition table: Success root@pve:~# pvcreate /dev/sda /dev/sdb /dev/sdc /dev/sdd Physical volume "/dev/sda" successfully created. Physical volume "/dev/sdb" successfully created. Physical volume "/dev/sdc" successfully created. Physical volume "/dev/sdd" successfully created. root@pve:~# vgcreate hdd-thin /dev/sda /dev/sdb /dev/sdc /dev/sdd Volume group "hdd-thin" successfully created root@pve:~# lvcreate -L 7T --thinpool hdd-thin hdd-thin Thin pool volume with chunk size 4.00 MiB can address at most <1016.02 TiB of data. WARNING: Pool zeroing and 4.00 MiB large chunk size slows down thin provisioning. WARNING: Consider disabling zeroing (-Zn) or using smaller chunk size (<512.00 KiB). Logical volume "hdd-thin" created. root@pve:~#
That looks correct to me. Convincing ProxMox to use it as an lvm-thin pool might be a bit tricky as it wants a blank block device in the gui....
ProxMox's aversion to the best RAID system available is mind blowing to me. They've completely bought into the cult of ZFS and the Windows world of "software RAID is bad".
@gjacobse said in TMUX: hype or function:
Scanning through my recent feed, I found mention of using TMUX in Linux. Has anyone been using this, is there benefit to using it?
tmux is a terminal multiplexer for Unix-based operating systems. Simply put, it acts as an add-on to an existing terminal.
Off the top of my head, tmux is like screen. It's a way to manage multiple terminal sessions.
I used to use them often, but today I ask myself why I feel it's necessary? What's failed that I need multiple terminal sessions at one time. Every time it's either "this should be a VM" or "this should be a container".
Obviously look for stored procedures in the database.
SHOW PROCEDURE STATUS;
You also might want to check for a php-cron somewhere in WordPress itself. It's been long enough since I've touched WordPress that I forget where to look for that.
@DustinB3403 If you can access the shell, you should be able to find those in the log files. Been to long since I had to do that myself, I don't remember which logfile to check off the top of my head.
@gjacobse said in Proxmox: UPS:
In all the Proxmox discussions, I can't say that I have heard or seen anything regarding the use of the UPS,.. Tripplite or APC or other.
I have only done a little searching regarding this and having seen much as of yet, but sometimes it's about the keyword order of the search.
Is there any pointed documentation on how to establish UPS support / power down on a Proxmox node. While mine isn't 'production' grade or priority, it would be nice to know that my node will power down properly over just shutting down with the battery is depleted.
I have an APC for my home lab server that's running Proxmox currently. This is the 1 thing I've found that XCP-NG does better than Proxmox, a UPS "just works".
For my Proxmox server, I have the UPS assigned to a VM. However, I haven't found a solution to shutdown the server from the VM that I like yet. All the online documentation I've seen says to use apcupsd or nut, and I'd rather not have to have anything non-standard running on it.
That's my long, whiny way of saying I just need to write a 1 liner script to do it. Come on man, it's not that hard! 
@gjacobse said in ReadyNAS314: likely failing:
This is to document for myself and should anyone else need.
Unable to access my storage shares the last bit, rebooting does not resolve. Rebooting takes upwards of four hours to complete.
While had been able to access, now cannot. GUI does respond, but none of the user accounts seem to work. Am able to sign in local as root.
While no errors were on the status page when I was able to access, suspect the system is reaching end of life. End of product life happened some time ago.
Am able to interact with SYSLINUX from the unit directly, it has HDMI and USB ports.
However I ‘lose’ response when I plug in any USB drive.Am able to ssh, so the system isn’t totaled just yet. I can view the shares, and can ping.
While not ready to build a Nextcloud instance on the Proxmox system yet, I am thinking I should be able to recover the data.
Next step:
Create share
Mount share to NAS
Cli copy data from NAS to another computer as backup
That would be the preferred way to move things off.
If ALL ELSE FAILS, you can likely mount the bare drives in another system and restore the array using md (mdadm). It's been a long time, but I have successfully recovered arrays removed from NAS devices by doing this in the past. Still, very very risky, last resort only deal for sure.
@Obsolesce said in Remove Windows 10 & Windows 11 "No Internet" Message:
Doesn't that prevent Windows from probing a Microsoft server to check if the network connection has internet access? I imagine that would only not work as designed on user devices if they are on some kind of highly secure network that blocks that connection.
That would be the logical behavior, but I see this reported as offline while actively using streaming services and such. It's just flat out broken, so disabling it makes sense for many end users.
@Grey said in Windows/vmware server licensing:
@travisdh1 Does that imply that each guest needs a minimum number of cores assigned?
No, you just need to cover the cores on the host.
@CCWTech said in Proxmox 8.2 is out:
@IThomeboy80 You are welcome. I keep falling more and more in love with Proxmox every day. It's just a great product!
I feel the same way.
Looking forward to the possibility of doing some migrations off of ESXi.
@gjacobse said in Dell r720 and Hitachi Drive:
iDRAC -
Ended up being short lived excitement when I came in last night to see that I could access the LifeCycle controller and was able to get the iDRAC connected.
Used the reboot option and that was it I suppose... Back to LifeCycle controller being disabled and the iDRAC being inaccessible.
Odd also is that it seems to only allow one of the four main NICs over the iDRAC NIC - Has it been so long since I worked on something at this level that I've misconstrued some information on how the iDRAC NIC is suppose to work/
iDRAC normally has a NIC separate from all the others. Some utilize the same NIC as the main system, but those are the jank version. My R620 iDRAC is a physically separate network port, and all the servers at work are as well.
@dbeato said in Anyone hosting your own S3 bucket?:
@travisdh1 Are you using a Scale Cluster or just a straight made up cluster of your own?
We'll be using a cluster of our own. Doubt it will make sense to use Scale in this scenario as it will be purely storage, no compute.
I had another look at updating my Cloudflare domains using dynamic DNS, and found that it is very easy now compared to a few years back.... I think 2018 was the last thread I found on it.
Anyhow, super simple.
Start by creating a new API key with DNS update permission.
Using a current Ubuntu.
apt install ddclient
Follow the instructions.
@gjacobse said in Getting Domain Information / Owner:
@travisdh1 said in Getting Domain Information / Owner:
@gjacobse Try the source, ICANN.
Site seems to use Domains By Proxy, part of GoDaddy,.... maybe,..
ICANN is literally the source of truth so far as internet domains are concerned.
https://www.icann.org/
The domains I'm responsible for always reflect the correct information there.
Hopefully the one you're looking at isn't behind a privacy screen, most are these days.
While I was attempting to look up how to backup a Proxmox host to a remote Proxmox Backup Server over Zerotier, all the instructions I found were very complex. While those instructions are true if you want to route an entire network, it is very easy to get a single Proxmox host and single PBS server connected over Zerotier.
As an example, this is my Managed Routes section of Zerotier with a working backup job.
@gjacobse said in Recommendation for home WiFi router:
@JaredBusch
the UniFi Express 7 looks pretty decent in capacity and features - and likely a contendor replacement for the UniFi Lite Router I have since my NTG days. Has that really been ten years ago now?I will say I sort of feel that they seriously missed the mark in the design. Seems that USB-C has to be shoved into everything - but seriously - why!!??
They could have easily put the PSU into the unit and only had the AC power cable. True, the unit shouldn't need to be moved once in place. But,.. really? Get real - Just because USB--C can do so much, doesn't mean that you need to use it everywhere - especially when all you are suppling is 5v. Incorporate the whole thing and it'll be a better format.
That said,.. I'm still likely to move to something like it or this in the future.
I had a location with a UniFi Lite router that died around a year ago. Upgrading to the UniFi Express doubled their throughput with QOS enabled. Went from 300MB download to 600MB. Upload is limited because of the cable connection.
