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Post-Installation

Techno Tim's First 11 Things

  1. Run pveupgrade prior to apt update && apt upgrade -y as it takes care of a few more things than that command.
  2. Install updates
apt update && apt upgrade -y
  1. Set up storage
  2. Check S.M.A.R.T Status
  3. Turn on PCIE passthrough (IOMMU)
nano /etc/default/grub

Add the following to the existing line:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet intel_iommu=on"

Run the following commands:

update-grub

update-initramfs -u

Reboot the server for the changes to take effect

reboot now
  1. Set up an NFS share for backups, isos, etc.
  2. Set up backups
  3. Upload the virtio ISO for Windows guests
  4. Upload Windows and Linux ISO files
  5. Create a Linux VM template and clone for use
  6. Set up alerts