Homelab & Vietnam
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Secure Boot is greyed out because your VM uses SeaBIOS. Switch the machine to q35 and firmware to OVMF, then convert Windows to UEFI boot. Here's the fix.
Moving every VM disk and container mount to new storage in Proxmox is just a few commands. Here's the safe order, the exact syntax, and how to verify it
Best approach for managing Proxmox VPS templates with Cloud-Init: build once, update the template, then roll changes to existing VMs with a few commands.
rpc.mountd v4.2 client detached shows up on Proxmox NFS mounts all the time. It's usually just a reconnect. Here's how to tell if it's a real problem.
Tailscale in an LXC container on Proxmox works, but you need to get the TUN device and capabilities right.
etckeeper on Proxmox works fine if you exclude /etc/pve and hook the right git commands. Here's the setup that doesn't spam cluster commits.
Proxmox backup size vs bootsize: the backup reads allocated blocks on the host, so thin-provisioned disks stay small but a full guest filesystem inflates
Proxmox error (500) adding NFS storage usually means a bad export path, a missing package, or a permissions problem.
New router, PVE host can't connect to network at all? Check the bridge in /etc/network/interfaces, then set a static IP or DHCP.
pve-dbus-vmstate@VMID.service is a generated systemd unit that bridges QEMU VM state changes to D-Bus. Here's when it starts and how to inspect it.
