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Rancher cluster node has disk pressure — fix it in a Proxmox homelab
Disk pressure in Rancher on Proxmox usually isn't about eviction thresholds. It's the LXC storage layer and Rancher's image garbage collection.
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Proxmox noVNC escape key — remap it or just stop it from closing the console
The escape key in Proxmox's noVNC console is a pain — it closes the session when you're just trying to use vim.
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Delete Proxmox Cluster — the full cleanup the old guides skip
Stop the cluster service, delete corosync and pve-cluster configs, then restart — that’s the whole thing.
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What Replaces SRM and vSphere Replication on Proxmox? ZFS replication and a little scripting
What replaces SRM and vSphere Replication on Proxmox? ZFS replication with pvesr, plus a few lines of scripting for the recovery part. It’s not a one-click button, but…
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Proxmox Hypervisor Restarts itself — check logs and watchdog first
Proxmox Hypervisor restarts itself and you have no idea why? Start with the logs and the hardware watchdog — that’s where the answer is hiding 90% of the…
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PBS Backup Host Outage: Evidence Checklist After a Kernel Update
Your Proxmox host keeps dropping dead during PBS backups after a kernel update — damn annoying. Before you start randomly rolling back kernels, grab the right evidence. Here’s…
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Fix LXC TTY Login Prompt Gibberish in Proxmox
Seeing a garbled login prompt in your Proxmox LXC container’s TTY console? It’s a terminal type mismatch—the container doesn’t have the right terminfo entry for the web console.…
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VM processes stall when rebooting adjacent node — fix it in a two-node Proxmox cluster
VM processes stall when rebooting an adjacent node in a two-node Proxmox cluster because of corosync quorum loss and fence delays. Here’s how to fix it without just…
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Proxmox LVM Cache Thin Provisioning — Make It Actually Work
Setting up NVMe LVM cache with thin provisioning in Proxmox is a damn mess if you follow the scattered forum threads. The docs never combine cache and thin…
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Fix ‘Must be connected to a terminal’ with screen -x in a Proxmox LXC container
Getting that stupid “Must be connected to a terminal” error when you run screen -x inside a Proxmox LXC? It’s because the container doesn’t allocate a full pseudo-terminal…