vault backup: 2026-04-18 19:48:55

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- 19:43 | `aimpress`
- **Asked:** Help with Proxmox installation and server setup on a newly purchased server.
- **Done:** Identified NTFS partitions on sda drive and provided instructions to wipe the disk and create LVM-Thin storage pool for Proxmox.
- 19:46 | `aimpress`
- **Asked:** How to install and configure Proxmox on a new server with bootable USB?
- **Done:** Created LVM-Thin storage pool (data-hdd) with 5.88 TiB and configured it in Proxmox datacenter storage.
- 19:46 | `aimpress`
- **Asked:** Help with Proxmox installation and configuration on a new server.
- **Done:** Created 5.88 TiB LVM storage pool and configured it as Proxmox storage.
- 19:47 | `aimpress`
- **Asked:** Help set up and configure Proxmox on a new server with bootable USB.
- **Done:** Configured three storage types (local, local-lvm, data-hdd) and completed basic Proxmox setup.
- 19:47 | `aimpress`
- **Asked:** Help with Proxmox server installation and initial setup.
- **Done:** Configured Proxmox with three storage pools and updated documentation.
- 19:47 | `aimpress`
- **Asked:** Asked | Helped plan Proxmox server setup and home storage solution options
- **Done:** Done | Discussed server network visibility and presented two storage solutions (Samba vs Nextcloud)

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tags: [proxmox, homelab, hp-elitedesk, setup-log]
created: 2026-04-18
updated: 2026-04-18
status: in-progress
status: configured
---
## Hardware
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Key decisions for this machine:
- Filesystem: **ext4** (no ZFS — avoids extra RAM usage, SSD is the only fast disk)
- Target disk: 256 GB SSD
- Hostname: `pve.local`
- Hostname: `pve`
- IP: `192.168.1.48` (static)
- IOMMU: enable `intel_iommu=on iommu=pt` (VT-d available on i5-7500)
## Setup Log
### 2026-04-18 — Installation started
- Server previously running Windows
- Proxmox USB prepared, booting installer
- _(in progress — updating as session continues)_
### 2026-04-18 — Installation complete
- BIOS switched from RAID → AHCI (NVMe was invisible to installer in RAID mode)
- Proxmox VE **9.1.7** installed on NVMe (ext4), kernel 6.17.2-1-pve
- Post-install configured via community script: `bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/main/tools/pve/post-pve-install.sh)"`
- Switched to no-subscription repo
- Removed subscription nag popup
- System updated
- 6TB HDD wiped (had NTFS Windows partitions) → LVM-Thin pool `data-hdd` created
## Storage Layout
| ID | Type | Content | Disk |
|----|------|---------|------|
| `local` | Directory | ISO, templates, backups | NVMe |
| `local-lvm` | LVM-Thin | VM disks, containers | NVMe (237GB) |
| `data-hdd` | LVM-Thin | VM disks, containers | HDD (5.88TB) |
## Post-Install Checklist
- [ ] Switch to no-subscription repo
- [ ] `apt update && apt upgrade -y`
- [x] Switch to no-subscription repo
- [x] `apt update && apt upgrade -y`
- [x] Add 6 TB HDD as storage pool (`data-hdd`)
- [x] Remove subscription nag popup
- [x] Configure static IP / set hostname
- [ ] Enable IOMMU in GRUB (`intel_iommu=on iommu=pt`)
- [ ] Load vfio modules
- [ ] Add 6 TB HDD as storage pool in Proxmox UI
- [ ] Remove subscription nag popup
- [ ] Configure static IP / set hostname
- [ ] Set up home storage (Nextcloud / Samba / other)
## Related