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Using Claude to Upgrade Proxmox 8 to 9 and Rebuild Windows VMs
Linux

Using Claude to Upgrade Proxmox 8 to 9 and Rebuild Windows VMs

A real case using VS Code + Claude to upgrade an entire Proxmox cluster from 8 to 9, then delete and rebuild all Windows VMs for VDI without ever SSHing into a host myself. I have laid out the commands and scripts Claude generated during the actual work as steps that a person or AI can read and run again.

#claude-code#ai#vscode#proxmox
13 min read·20 Jun
Rebuilding DirectAdmin Backups with NFS and POSIX ACL in Production
Backup

Rebuilding DirectAdmin Backups with NFS and POSIX ACL in Production

A record of rebuilding backups on a DirectAdmin server after migrating to a new machine — from FTP push that broke at three layers to an NFSv4 hard mount + POSIX ACL, with kernel-level lessons learned along the way.

#backup#nfs#posix-acl#directadmin
13 min read·28 May
qcow2 or ZFS — Why I Switched After 12 Years on the Same Server
Linux

qcow2 or ZFS — Why I Switched After 12 Years on the Same Server

The reasons behind my storage choices for a Proxmox server that has run for 12 years without a reinstall — why I chose qcow2 in 2014, why I only moved to ZFS in 2026, and what actually changed the calculus.

#zfs#qcow2#proxmox#storage
12 min read·21 May
Moving DA to Debian 12, Part 2 — Switching Storage to a ZFS Mirror
Linux

Moving DA to Debian 12, Part 2 — Switching Storage to a ZFS Mirror

Replace the three storage layers of mdadm RAID1 + ext4 + qcow2 with a single layer of ZFS mirror + raw zvol while the old VM stays online, by degrading RAID to a single disk.

#zfs#raid#storage#snapshot
11 min read·20 May