Reconsidering ProxMox
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@Doyler3000 said in Reconsidering ProxMox:
As regards moving to an appliance - I'm comfortable with KVM but I run our VM infrastructure mostly on my own. On occasions where I'm on holiday or otherwise unavailable, it would be helpful if at least a couple of others could administer the system (particularly backups).
Totally makes sense. I'm the same. We have a much larger pool of people for ProxMox support than we do for non-ProxMox KVM support. It's nice to let the bigger pool handle general tasks. And the web interface is really nice.
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So, looking at Proxmox for a new deployment. I'll be dropping it on a spare laptop tomorrow to kick the tires.
Looking at Proxmox over KVM simply for the GUI backup features.
Anyone have any comments since they have fully released the backup stuff?
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I have not tried the new Backup Server yet.
I do use the built-in PVE backup. -
A comment about the default install. With 6.3 on a system with a single disk, it used ext4 by default.
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and logging in, it looks like LVM-thin is right there.
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Uploading an ISO was simplicity. Not sure how/why the entire dicsussion above happened about using a USB....
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@JaredBusch Oh, I assume because of this option?
Fuck that. No one does that anywhere. The feature exists in every Hypervisor. But seriously, no one uses it.
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So what is the confusion about storage. It is not like you have an option when making a VM.
These were the defaults I saw.
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Not sure why LSI is "default, but VirtIO was selected? I left it alone.
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Going to have to RTFM soon, but WTF with a firewall enabled?
I do not want my hypervisor doing jack shit to my instances.
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Wonder what they could do about Firefox thinking it is a pop up.
When Vultr pops the console, Firefox does not bitch like this.
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I mainly used the built-in backup in PVE excluding a couple of VMs that is being backed up via Proxmox Backup Server.
For backups in PVE, I use the ZSTD for compression and Snapshots mode instead of supsend or stop.For backups in PBS, I have garbage collection schedule set to run once week, prune is scheduled daily and it's set to keep the last 7 snapshots. I haven't tried its sync jobs (I assume its for syncing backups to another backup server. I have read the manual.).
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@JaredBusch said in Reconsidering ProxMox:
Going to have to RTFM soon, but WTF with a firewall enabled?
I do not want my hypervisor doing jack shit to my instances.
Although is selected, it's not active.
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There's a firewall setting at the Datacenter (cluster) level, for each PVE hosts and for each VM/Container.
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@black3dynamite said in Reconsidering ProxMox:
There's a firewall setting at the Datacenter (cluster) level, for each PVE hosts and for each VM/Container.
I get reasons that it could be beneficial. But for the typical SMB, that should never really happen.
I did say I have not RTFM at all yet.
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I haven't played with it for over 5 years. I never got past a brief test, as I relocated to TX for a new position.
It seems others have found it effective however.
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@jclambert said in Reconsidering ProxMox:
I haven't played with it for over 5 years. I never got past a brief test, as I relocated to TX for a new position.
It seems others have found it effective however.
5 years ago I would not ever touch ProxMox. It was a pile of flaming garbage.
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Tried installing last night, but gave up. Don't think it likes my motherboard SATA.
Complained about not finding HDCouldn't be bothered working it out so went back to ESXi :).
May try again if i bring a Dell T server home with me in the new year.
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@hobbit666 said in Reconsidering ProxMox:
Tried installing last night, but gave up. Don't think it likes my motherboard SATA.
Complained about not finding HDCouldn't be bothered working it out so went back to ESXi :).
May try again if i bring a Dell T server home with me in the new year.
I assume this means you were trying on an old desktop? I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't package drivers in for old/consumer equipment as their goal is clearly targeting the business market - for production use.
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@hobbit666 said in Reconsidering ProxMox:
Tried installing last night, but gave up. Don't think it likes my motherboard SATA.
Complained about not finding HDCouldn't be bothered working it out so went back to ESXi :).
May try again if i bring a Dell T server home with me in the new year.
It runs perfectly fine on my Dell Inspiron Laptop from 2017. Just have to use the USB to Ethernet.
