#proxmox-ve
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Speeding Up Metadata-Heavy Workloads on Proxmox VE with ZFS Special Allocation Class Vdevs
Directory listings and PBS garbage collection crawling on an otherwise fast ZFS pool? A special allocation class vdev moves metadata off spinning disks and onto SSD without rebuilding the pool.
How to Create Your First LXC Container in Proxmox VE
Virtual machines feel heavy for small Linux services. Here is how to create, start, and manage your first LXC container in Proxmox VE using the web interface and the pct command line tool.
How to Add a Second Hard Drive to a Proxmox VM
A step-by-step guide to adding a second virtual disk to a Proxmox VE virtual machine, from the Proxmox GUI through partitioning, formatting, and mounting it inside Linux.
How to Resize a Virtual Disk in Proxmox VE (Linux and Windows Guests)
Learn how to grow a VM's virtual disk in Proxmox VE and extend the partition and filesystem inside Linux and Windows guests so the extra space is actually usable.
How to Reset a Forgotten Root Password in Proxmox VE
Locked out of your Proxmox VE host? Learn how to reset a forgotten root password using GRUB recovery mode, a live-CD fallback, and the separate process for LXC containers.
Diagnosing GPU Passthrough Failures on Proxmox VE 9.x: IOMMU Groups, VFIO Binding, and Reset Quirks
GPU passthrough breaks in a handful of predictable ways: driver race conditions at boot, messy IOMMU groups, GPUs that won't reset cleanly, and firmware unity-map restrictions on newer hardware. Here's how to diagnose and fix each one on Proxmox VE 9.x.
How to Enable the QEMU Guest Agent in Proxmox VE (And Why You Should)
A blank IP field and a VM that won't shut down cleanly both trace back to one missing service. Here's how to enable the QEMU Guest Agent in Proxmox VE, step by step, on Linux and Windows guests.
How to Configure a Static IP Address on Your Proxmox VE Host
Learn why a Proxmox VE host needs a fixed IP address, then follow a step-by-step guide to setting one up safely through the web interface or the network configuration file.
How to Create an LXC Container in Proxmox VE (Step-by-Step Guide)
Learn what an LXC container is, how it differs from a virtual machine, and how to create your first Linux container in Proxmox VE using both the web interface and the command line.