VM 123 qmp command ‘block_resize’ failed – iSCSI: failed to send readcapacity10/16 command (500)
Whilst trying to enlarge a Proxmox VE iSCSI TrueNAS attached disk to a PBS server, you might encounter the following problem: VM 123 qmp command
Disk Management
I/O error, dev sda, Remounting filesystem read-only on TrueNAS iSCSI share after enlarging disk using Proxmox
In Proxmox VM you can enlarge you disk quite easily using the user interface. This is typically a fail-safe operation. However, during routine maintenance to
How to make a downloaded ISO bootable on Mac OS
Introduction This article explains how to make a downloaded ISO file bootable on Mac OS. The test was was an Mac Mini M2 but in
How to mount a remote SSH disk locally with fuse
Quick guide: apt install fuse sshfs Be careful when doing this on a Proxmox server because you’ll get an ominous warning. mkdir ~/ssh_mount Mount the
How to determine the iops on a disk
Here is a quick primer and script to determine the iops on a disk. You can use the iostat utility but you have to first
Broadcom / LSI MegaRAID RAID Cheat Sheet
Background When you’re running your own hardware you need to carefully consider disk redundancy. Apart from healthy current backups, disk redundancy is one of the
Proxmox VM suddently not booting with error “attempt to read or write outside of disk ‘hd0′”
This afternoon an important server suddenly stopped booting. Below if a screenshot of the final output, but earlier on the Proxmox boot sequence was this
How to enlarge an EXT4 or LVM disk on an Ubuntu Proxmox VM
Background LVM is normally easy to resize but on a VM you can also easily resize if you have EXT4 and no LVM. This article
How to add a new partition to a Linux server
Quick guide TLDR; First use `fdisk -l` to see what is the new empty partition: fdisk -l Then when you enter fdisk, create new partition
How to shrink and clone a disk using Clonezilla
Here is a brief how to clone disks. The practical example we use in this article is: Windows Server Magnetic hard drive media 1 TB