service qemu-guest-agent start timeout in Proxmox environment
TL;DR You don’t have Qemu Guest Agent enabled on the VM. The default is to have it disabled. Longer explanation At times on a new
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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 add another Proxmox clustered server to your WHMCS installation
Adding another Proxmox clustered server to WHMCS requires a few steps: WHMCS Work Navigate to the System Settings => Servers menu Click “Add New Server”
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 export a Proxmox VM to a KVM installation
Quick commands: qm list qm config 109 pvs vgs lvdisplay | grep 109 lvdisplay /dev/raid1/vm-109-disk-0 df -h pwd qemu-img convert -O qcow2 /dev/raid1/vm-109-disk-0 host.x.y.z.qcow scp
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
Proxmox Cheat Sheet / Primer
This is the start of the Proxmox Cheat Sheet. We already have a few articles on Proxmox, as can be seen here. To start our
How unlock a VM in Proxmox
Background When you can’t shutdown or reboot or even stop a VM in Proxmox it’s quite distressing. Surely it should just reboot when you press
How to convert a qemu file to QCOW2 for export on a Proxmox host
Brief If you have a Proxmox host and you want to export a VM, you have the option of converting to a QCOW2 file. This