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--- proxmox_notes [2025/10/30 19:23] – mike
+++ proxmox_notes [2026/08/12 04:15] (current) – mike
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 ====== ProxMox Notes ======
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-==== Post-Install Tasks ====
+===== Post-Install Tasks =====
-=== Disable/remove the annoying "no subscription" message that pops during login ===
+==== Disable/remove the annoying "no subscription" message that pops during login ====
 Visit https://free-pmx.pages.dev/tools/free-pmx-no-subscription/ and install the package located there.
-=== Set up notification emails ===
+==== Set up notification emails ====
 Datacenter > Notifications
-=== Set up remote syslogging ===
+==== 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:
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   *.info;daemon.notice;authpriv.* @<log aggregator IP>:514
-=== Install lshw ===
+==== Install lshw ====
   apt update && apt -y install lshw
+==== Suppress repeated smartd alerts ====
+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).
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-==== Useful Notes and Tips ====
+===== 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).
-==== ZFS Stuff ====
+==== Location of pertinent directories/files ====
+ISOs get stored at **/var/lib/vz/template/iso**
+===== 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