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--- proxmox_notes [2025/01/21 13:44] – mike
+++ proxmox_notes [2026/08/12 04:15] (current) – mike
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 ====== ProxMox Notes ======
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-CLI command **qm** is your friend.  List/manipulate VMs and such with this utility.
-=== Package updates fail after ProxMox install ===
+===== Post-Install Tasks =====
-The automatic package update script will fail, because ProxMox “assumes” you will have a subscription (silly ProxMox).  To fix this, the process must run at least once (and fail) and then it can be flipped to the “no-subscription repository” as follows…
+==== Disable/remove the annoying "no subscription" message that pops during login ====
-  Select “Repositories” underneath “Updates”
+Visit https://free-pmx.pages.dev/tools/free-pmx-no-subscription/ and install the package located there.
-  Disable the ceph-quincy and pve repositories
-  Click “Add”
-  In the Repository drop-down box, select “No-Subscription” and click Add.
-=== "No Active Subscription" alert when logging into the GUI ===
+==== Set up notification emails ====
-Unless one has a paid subscription to ProxMox, there will be an alert posted in the GUI at each login, which must be clicked on to dismiss.  To eliminate this annoyance…
+Datacenter > Notifications
-Edit the file **/usr/share/javascript/proxmox-widget-toolkit/proxmoxlb.js** (making a backup is encouraged).
+==== Set up remote syslogging ====
+  apt update && apt -y install rsyslog
+Once installed, edit /etc/rsyslog.conf and add the following section to the bottom; provide the proper IP address where noted:
+  # Remote syslog config
+  *.info;daemon.notice;authpriv.* @<log aggregator IP>:514
-Find the following two lines:
+==== Install lshw ====
-  if (res === null || res === undefined || !res || res
+  apt update && apt -y install lshw
-  .data.status.toLowerCase() !== 'active') {
-Replace them with the following:
+==== Suppress repeated smartd alerts ====
-  if (false) {
+Edit /etc/smartd.conf and add entries such as the following:
+  /dev/sda -C 197+ -C 198+
+This will cause smartd to send emails only if the selected parameters increment; otherwise emails get sent every 24 hours as long as the values remain non-zero (which they always will once they aren't).
+----
-Save the file.  Refresh the browser.
+===== Useful Notes and Tips =====
+CLI command **qm** is your friend.  List/manipulate VMs and such with this utility.
-=== Enable remote VNC login ability to ProxMox guests ===
+==== Enable remote VNC login ability to ProxMox guests ====
 Edit the file - **/etc/pve/local/qemu-server/<VMID>.conf**
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 A VNC connection to the guest is now possible by specifying the **host** IP address and the port chosen ("5977" in the example above).
-=== Syslog not installed by default ===
+==== Location of pertinent directories/files ====
-To install:
+ISOs get stored at **/var/lib/vz/template/iso**
-  apt install -y rsyslog
+===== ZFS Stuff =====
+  zfs get mounted,mountpoint,canmount
+  zfs list
+==== Create a multi-disk zfs pool without RAID ====
+  zpool create -o ashift=12 zpool /dev/sda /dev/sdb
+https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/task-error-timeout-no-zvol-device-link-for-vm-700-disk-0-found-after-300-sec-found.106242/
+https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/after-reboot-one-vm-fails-to-start-due-to-task-error-timeout-no-zvol-device-link-for-vm-125-disk-0-found-after-300-sec-found.134434/
+https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/after-update-and-reboot-vm-will-no-longer-start.165575/
+===== Proxmox 9 Upgrade =====
+Things to back up, in addition to the VMs:
+  - The entire /etc directory (~5MB)
+  - The /usr/local/sbin directory