# - bof - # :1 # - - # # - Read the agreement & agree - # Next :2 # - - # # - Country, Time zone & Keyboard Layout - # Next :3 # - - # # - Password & email - # Next :4 # - - # # - Network configuration - # Hostname: HPLaptopProxmoxVE.IS IP Address: 192.168.1.15/24 Gateway: 192.168.1.1 DNS Server: 192.168.1.1 Next :5 # - - # # - Summary - # Install :6 # - - # # - Access the server from another computer - # https://10.0.0.5:8006 Advanced Proceed to 10.0.0.5(unsafe) User name: root Password: Administrator2 :a # - - # # - Computer with one disk only - # # - Delete local-lvm partition & Resize local - # :a.1 # - - # # - Increase Storage - # # - Delete local-lvm partition - # Click Datacenter Storage local-lvm Remove :a.2 # - - # # - Resize local - # Click is-proxmox Click Shell lvremove /dev/pve/data; lvresize -l +100%FREE /dev/pve/root; resize2fs /dev/mapper/pve-root; :b # - - # # - Update & upgrade - # https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Package_Repositories :b.1 # - - # # - Add no-subscription repositories - # # - ssh into ProxmoxVE - # ssh root@192.168.1.56; vi /etc/apt/sources.list; nano /etc/apt/sources.list; deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib # Proxmox VE pve-no-subscription repository provided by proxmox.com, # NOT recommended for production use deb http://download.proxmox.com/debian/pve bookworm pve-no-subscription deb http://download.proxmox.com/debian/ceph-quincy bookworm no-subscription # security updates deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib :b.2 # - - # # - Delete enterprise repositories - # cd /etc/apt/sources.list.d/; ls -lah; rm -rf /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pve-enterprise.list; rm -rf /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ceph.list; :b.3 # - - # # - Update & upgrade - # apt update && apt upgrade -y && apt autoremove -y; :c # - - # # - Install sorfware - # #apt dist-upgrade -y; apt update && apt upgrade -y && apt autoremove -y; apt remove vi -y; apt remove vim -y; apt install curl git ifupdown2 inxi net-tools ntp screenfetch neovim -y; :d # - - # # - Modify .bashrc - # :e # - - # # - Laptop configuration - # Click is-proxmox Click Shell sudo vim /etc/systemd/logind.conf; /HandleLidSwitch=suspend HandleLidSwitch=ignore HandleLidSwitchDocked=ignore :wq sudo systemctl restart systemd-logind.service; :f # - - # # - Laptop screen go to sleep after 300 seconds - # vim /etc/default/grub; # GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet" # GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet consoleblank=60" # GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="" GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="consoleblank=300" :wq sudo update-grub; :g # - - # # - Create administrator group & user - # Datacenter Groups Create Name: admin Comment: Administrator Permissions Group Permission Path: / User: admin Role: Administrator Users Add User name: is_derayo Realm: Proxmox PAM standard authentication Group: admin Expire: never Firs name: Djalmar Enrique Last name: Rayo-Rivas email: is_derayo@hotmail.com Datacenter HPLaptopProxmoxVE Shell # - - # # - Create administrator group & user - # adduser is_derayo; usermod -aG sudo is_derayo; :h # - - # # - Create ZFS Pool - DataPool - # sudo zpool create -f DataPool sdb nvme0n1; zpool list; zpool status DataPool :h.1 # - - # # - Create directory - # Datacenter Storage Add Directory ID: ISOs Directory: /DataPool/ISOs Content: VZDump backup file, Disk image, Import, Container, Snippets Nodes: ProxmoxMini Enable: Yes (Checked) Preallocation: Default ID: OSs Directory: /DataPool/OSs Content: ISO image, Container template Nodes: ProxmoxMini Enable: Yes (Checked) Preallocation: Default :7 # - - # # - Migrating ProxmoxVE VM to another ProxmoxVE Server - # :7.1 # - - # # - Documentation - # https://computingforgeeks.com/how-to-migrate-proxmox-vm-to-another-proxmox-node/ :7.2 # - - # # - Procedure - # :7.2.1 # - - # # - ssh into ProxmoxVE Server source as ROOT user - # # - VMs or Containers have to be runnig - # # - Disconnect any ISO from VMs or Container - # ssh root@192.168.1.16; :7.2.2 # - - # # - List VMs or Containers - # qm list; pct list; ╭── # root@ProxmoxMini /DataPool/OSs/images/103 : ╰─▷ $ qm list; VMID NAME STATUS MEM(MB) BOOTDISK(GB) PID 103 uServer-KasmWorspaces stopped 16384 1024.00 0 :7.3 # - - # # - Compress VMs or Containers - # md -p ~/Backup; md -p /$USER/Backup; md -p /root/Backup; vzdump --compress gzip --dumpdir /$USER/Backup; vzdump --compress gzip --dumpdir /$USER/Backup; vzdump --compress gzip 103 --dumpdir /$USER/Backup; vzdump --compress gzip 103 --dumpdir /root/Backup; INFO: starting new backup job: vzdump 103 --dumpdir /root/Backup --compress gzip INFO: Starting Backup of VM 103 (qemu) INFO: Backup started at 2025-04-12 18:57:10 INFO: status = running INFO: VM Name: uServer-KasmWorspaces INFO: include disk 'scsi0' 'OSs:103/vm-103-disk-1.qcow2' 1T INFO: include disk 'efidisk0' 'OSs:103/vm-103-disk-0.qcow2' 528K INFO: include disk 'tpmstate0' 'OSs:103/vm-103-disk-2.raw' 4M INFO: backup mode: snapshot INFO: ionice priority: 7 INFO: creating vzdump archive '/root/Backup/vzdump-qemu-103-2025_04_12-18_57_10.vma.gz' INFO: attaching TPM drive to QEMU for backup INFO: skipping guest-agent 'fs-freeze', agent configured but not running? INFO: started backup task '564486e1-e072-47dc-9329-2bfd89af8715' INFO: resuming VM again INFO: 0% (1.2 GiB of 1.0 TiB) in 3s, read: 397.5 MiB/s, write: 33.6 MiB/s INFO: 1% (10.2 GiB of 1.0 TiB) in 2m 40s, read: 59.2 MiB/s, write: 32.2 MiB/s INFO: 96% (987.6 GiB of 1.0 TiB) in 40m 34s, read: 12.8 GiB/s, write: 0 B/s INFO: 100% (1.0 TiB of 1.0 TiB) in 40m 37s, read: 12.1 GiB/s, write: 162.7 KiB/s INFO: backup is sparse: 963.09 GiB (94%) total zero data INFO: transferred 1.00 TiB in 2437 seconds (430.3 MiB/s) INFO: archive file size: 25.69GB INFO: Finished Backup of VM 103 (00:40:40) INFO: Backup finished at 2025-04-12 19:37:50 INFO: Backup job finished successfully INFO: notified via target `mail-to-root` :7.4 # - - # # - Copy generated Backup to a new ProxmoxVE - # :7.4.1 # - - # # - List backups - # la /$USER/Backup; total 26G drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4 Apr 12 19:37 ./ drwx------ 6 root root 11 Apr 12 18:46 ../ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4.2K Apr 12 19:37 vzdump-qemu-103-2025_04_12-18_57_10.log -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 26G Apr 12 19:37 vzdump-qemu-103-2025_04_12-18_57_10.vma.gz :7.4.2 # - - # # - Check backups size - # :7.4.2.1 # - - # # - VMs - # #du -sh /$USER/Backup/vzdump-qemu-103-2025_04_12-18_57_10.vma.gz; :7.4.2.2 # - - # # - Containers - # #du -sh /$USER/Backup/vzdump-lxc-101-2024_01_17-00_29_42.tar; :7.5 # - - # # - Copy backup to ProxmoxVE destination - # scp /$USER/Backup/vzdump-qemu-103-2025_04_12-18_57_10.vma.gz $USER@192.168.1.15:/$USER/Backup/ :7.6 # - - # # - Restoring VMs from Backup archive on ProxmoxVE Server - # :7.6.1 # - - # # - Stop the Virtual Machine on first ProxmoxVE server - # VMs qm stop qm stop 103; Containers pct stop :7.6.2 # - - # # - Restore ProxmoxVE server - # ssh root@192.168.1.15; cd ~/Backup; ls -lah; VMs cd /DataPool/OSs/images; qmrestore --storage OSs /$USER/Backup/vzdump-qemu-103-2025_04_12-18_57_10.vma.gz 103; cd /DataPool/OSs/images; qmrestore --storage OSs /$USER/Backup/vzdump-qemu-103-2025_04_12-18_57_10.vma.gz 103; # - Specifying storage pool - # qmrestore --storage OSs /$USER/Backup/vzdump-qemu-103-2025_04_12-18_57_10.vma.gz 103; Containers pct restore /$USER/Backup/vzdump-qemu-103-2025_04_12-18_57_10.vma.gz; pct restore 103 /$USER/Backup/vzdump-qemu-103-2025_04_12-18_57_10.vma.gz; # - Specifying storage pool - # pct restore --storage OSs /$USER/Backup/vzdump-qemu-103-2025_04_12-18_57_10.vma.gz; pct restore --storage OSs 103 /$USER/Backup/vzdump-qemu-103-2025_04_12-18_57_10.vma.gz; :7.7 # - - # # - List & start VMs / Containers on new ProxmoxVE Server - # :7.7.1 # - - # # - List VMs / Containers - # qm list; :7.7.2 # - - # # - Start VMs / Containers - # qm start qm start 103; :100 # - - # # - Disable dir to umount - # # - If testdir exist - # systemctl disable mnt-pve-testdir.mount umount /mnt/pve/testdir :101 # - - # # - See storage configuration - # cat /etc/pve/storage.cfg :102 # - - # # - Edit mounting file (fstab) - # cat /etc/systemd/system/mnt-pve-testxfs.mount [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target [Mount] Options=defaults Type=xfs What=/dev/disk/by-uuid/5a0a6149-ce8f-4e36-94c4-348d0d133e72 Where=/mnt/pve/testxfs [Unit] Description=Mount storage 'testxfs' under /mnt/pve :200 # - - # # - ProxmoxVE showing ? on VMachines names - # ssh root@192.168.15; sshP; sudo systemctl restart pvestatd; sudo systemctl start pvestatd; sudo systemctl status pvestatd; # - eof - #