10 tips to get the most out of your Proxmox server

Here are some of the little tips and tweaks I have learned while using Proxmox VE.

0:00 Intro
00:05 Turning off atime in ZFS
00:26 Turning Proxmox into a network switch
01:05 Using VM templates
01:27 Creating a ISO to copy files to a VM
02:24 Changing default storage device
02:44 Some of my preferred VM settings
03:25 Scripting and setting KVM parameters
04:20 Finding space used by VMs and snapshots with ZFS
04:46 Using Hibernation to keep VM state during a host reboot
05:15 Outro

[chrisdash]

10 tips in 5 minutes, not a single word was wasted in this video, you're like a machinegun of useful information! Loving the channel, keep doing what you're doing!

[snppls]

Thanks man. Your videos are both incredibly informative and interesting. I've learnt heaps about Proxmox because of you!

[heckyes]

Totally enjoying this channel. Super glad Youtube recommended it to me.

[Oliver-Arnold]

Thanks for these tips! I've not long found your channel and I'm really enjoying your content, well explained and easy to follow.

I have quite a few Linux VM's with no GUI for various services and the tip for disabling "Use tablet for pointer" is brilliant. The idle CPU usage of my host has now dropped from 16% to around 5%, just from unticking a box! That's actually quite significant when running 24/7, especially with power being so expensive at the moment.

[chromerims]

Helpful ProxMox tips 👍
Thank you Brendan!

[ryanpoker]

Grateful for all ur vids so well explained and to the point!!

[lukastram]

amazing trick with the iso :) thanks man. and nice you zoom in the video for commands and settings

[mikemorris]

I haven't really started using my newly installed ProxMox. Trying to get acquainted with everything first. After watching you vids I'm going to reinstall using the zFS option. I purchased a new laptop with allot ram 65 meg and 2T drive and installed it easily but that was after a week of pulling out what hair I have left trying to get an old HP windows 7 to boot the same USB iso but just hung at Grub line. I'd like to add it to the network. Thanks again great vid you are one of the best on the subject in my opinion detail is king.

[briceperdue]

The CPU host selection makes so much sense but i've never done it. Cool video

[irawhitejr]

This was super helpful thank you very much and keep it up man!

[davincicode]

Your my inspiration in Proxmox, I will keep learning on you.

[frankindude]

Thanks for all the great tips. They are very helpful.

[IFlipRizla]

I am yet to install proxmox as I'm just researching into it but found your insights very helpful!

[apentecost]

Keep up the good work. I really enjoy watching all your video's

[Tolknaz]

Great tips. In addition to these, one thing i usually do for all guests no matter the OS, is installing Qemu guest agent. Aso, I would add, that for windows guests virtio windows drivers are mandatory, if you use any virtio devices (you should, the performance increase is noticeable). Most Linux distros support them out of the box. Oh and for multi CPU servers, enabling NUMA is also probably a good idea.

[JohnMayfield-NS]

Good tips in here, thanks :)

Maybe it's something people do a lot and I just figured out, but I put the IP of each vm/lxc in the notes section (Summery view) as well as any commands I might use often, but not often enough to remember off the top of my head. For example upgrading a specific program a specific way, or backing up a database for a program that has to be done a specific way.

[AlexanderGarzon]

The hibernate before reboot its quite useful. 👍

[agglad]

Thank you for this video! Very interesting! I'd like to request video tutorial on Proxmox with CA SSL, how to make it work with a purchased SSL.

[kullal]

Love your videos. Can you expand a bit and demo every tip ?

[GeoffSeeley]

Modify the rrdcached configuration and start script to increase the WRITE_TIMEOUT and add FLUSH_TIMEOUT so it writes less to your boot volume to prevent wear of SSD/NVme.