Update VM wizard docs with Proxmox 9 clarifications
- Graphic card: VirtIO-GPU is new name for Default in Proxmox 9 - Disk: 600 GiB, add IO thread, explain SSD emulation not needed - Memory: disable ballooning for VM 100 (NUMA pinning), set min=max - GPU PCI device: add ROM-Bar row, explain why it must stay checked - OS version: 6.x kernel correct for Ubuntu 24.04 Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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@@ -2163,7 +2163,7 @@ Click **Next**.
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| Field | Value |
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| Graphic card | **Default (VirtIO)** ← temporary for install |
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| Graphic card | **VirtIO-GPU** ← temporary for install |
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| Machine | q35 |
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| BIOS | OVMF (UEFI) |
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| Add EFI Disk | checked |
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@@ -2180,11 +2180,12 @@ Click **Next**.
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> **Pre-Enrolled Keys must be unchecked.** Enabling it turns on Secure Boot,
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> which blocks NVIDIA kernel modules from loading in the guest.
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> **Graphic card: use Default (VirtIO) during install.** With `none` selected,
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> noVNC has no virtual display to connect to and shows "Failed to run vncproxy."
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> Leave it as VirtIO for the Ubuntu install. After the GPU is passed through and
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> NVIDIA drivers are installed inside the VM, come back to Hardware → Display
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> and change it to `none`.
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> **Graphic card: in Proxmox 9 "VirtIO-GPU" is the new name for what was
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> previously called "Default".** Use VirtIO-GPU during install — it provides a
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> virtual display so noVNC works. With `none` selected, noVNC shows "Failed to
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> run vncproxy" because there is no virtual display device. After the GPU is
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> passed through and NVIDIA drivers are installed, change it to `none` in
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> Hardware → Display.
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> **Qemu Agent** — check this now, then after Ubuntu is installed run
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> `apt install qemu-guest-agent` inside the VM. It enables clean shutdown from
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@@ -2201,9 +2202,11 @@ Click **Next**.
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| Bus/Device | SCSI / 0 |
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| Storage | local-lvm |
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| Disk size (GiB) | 64 |
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| Disk size (GiB) | 600 |
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| Cache | Write back |
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| Discard | checked (if local-lvm is on SSD) |
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| Discard | checked |
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| IO thread | checked |
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| SSD emulation | unchecked |
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> **Write back** acknowledges writes to the VM as soon as they land in the
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> host's RAM cache, before they hit disk — faster than "No cache" (the
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@@ -2211,6 +2214,10 @@ Click **Next**.
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> For the raw HDD passthrough later, cache mode is irrelevant — those drives
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> manage their own caching.
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> **SSD emulation** is not needed. Discard + IO thread already handles TRIM
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> pass-through correctly with VirtIO SCSI. SSD emulation only matters for
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> older IDE/SATA emulated controllers.
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Click **Next**.
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**Tab: CPU**
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@@ -2248,6 +2255,15 @@ Click **Next**.
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| Field | Value |
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|-------|-------|
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| Memory (MiB) | 49152 |
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| Minimum memory (MiB) | 49152 |
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| Ballooning Device | **unchecked** |
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> **Disable ballooning for VM 100.** Set Minimum = Maximum (both 49152) and
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> uncheck Ballooning Device. Ballooning lets Proxmox dynamically reclaim RAM
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> from the VM, but it fights against NUMA memory pinning and can cause latency
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> spikes during Immich indexing or Jellyfin transcoding. Lock it at 48 GiB.
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> Ballooning is fine for VM 101 (Frigate) where consistent low-latency RAM
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> access is less critical.
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Common MiB values for reference:
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@@ -2292,11 +2308,16 @@ Click **Add** → **PCI Device**.
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| Raw Device | select the GPU from the dropdown |
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| All Functions | **checked** |
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| Primary GPU | **checked** |
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| ROM-Bar | **checked** |
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| PCI-Express | **checked** |
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| Primary GPU | **checked** |
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Click **Add**.
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> **ROM-Bar must stay checked.** NVIDIA drivers read the GPU's VBIOS through
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> the ROM BAR during initialization. Unchecking it causes the driver to fail
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> or the GPU to not be recognized inside the VM.
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> VM 100 gets the GPU for Jellyfin transcoding, Immich ML acceleration,
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> HandBrake encoding, and general desktop GPU acceleration.
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