VM Migration in Proxmox Kept Breaking Until I Fixed This CPU Setting
When you are taking advantage of a Proxmox cluster with Live Migration, there is a chance that you have seen instances of when you are trying to migrate a VM…
Author: Brandon Lee
Brandon Lee is the Senior Writer, Engineer and owner at Virtualizationhowto.com, and a 7-time VMware vExpert, with over two decades of experience in Information Technology. Having worked for numerous Fortune 500 companies as well as in various industries, He has extensive experience in various IT segments and is a strong advocate for open source technologies. Brandon holds many industry certifications, loves the outdoors and spending time with family. Also, he goes through the effort of testing and troubleshooting issues, so you don't have to.
I Tried New Proxmox Tools in May 2026 and Only a Few Made the Cut
If you have been running Proxmox in your home lab for any amount of time, you already know the ecosystem has been growing fast and rightly so. There are more…
I Can Finally See My Entire Home Lab and It Changed How I Troubleshoot
If you saw my earlier post a few weeks back covering Scanopy, you already know there are many different solutions out there that can scan your network and generate diagrams…
Proxmox Backup Server 4.2 Just Changed How I Do Offsite Backups
Backups are arguably one of THE most important aspects of running any type of virtualization stack. If you are running a small home lab or production environment, likely you don’t…
I Tried Traefik Manager in My Home Lab and It Makes Traefik Much Easier
If you have been running Traefik or you have thought about running Traefik, you probably fall into one of two schools of thought. You probably either love Traefik due to…
Is Proxmox SDN Worth It for a Home Lab?
Out of all the really great features that Proxmox offers for home labbers and production environments, one of the most underutilized features is Proxmox SDN. You have probably seen the…
I Use Packer to Automate Ubuntu Server 26.04 on Proxmox and It Saves Me Hours
I am a huge fan of automation in the home lab and have long had pipelines running that automate deployments of virtual machines in my VMware vSphere and now Proxmox…
I Replaced My Monitoring Stack and This Just Works in My Home Lab
I am always on the lookout for new and better tools for monitoring in the home lab environment to keep an eye on self-hosted apps and services. There are a…
I Can Rebuild My Home Lab From Scratch in Hours and These 5 Habits Made It Possible
If you have ever worked at rebuilding your home lab from scratch or even part of it, you know how painful this can be. This could possibly turn into a…
I Tried Tainer for Proxmox and It Feels Like Portainer for VMs
I am constantly surprised by the number of new tools that are getting cranked out for Proxmox. It is hard to keep up sometimes with the growth and expansion of…