Cluster Management

Your Cloud-PVE cluster is pre-configured and operational. This guide covers day-to-day cluster management tasks.

Cluster overview

The Datacenter view in the Proxmox web interface shows all nodes, their status, and resource usage. A healthy cluster displays all nodes as online with a green status indicator.

Node status and resources

Click any node to see:

• Summary: CPU, RAM, and storage usage
• System: network, DNS, time configuration
• Disks: physical disk health and ZFS pools
• Shell: direct terminal access

Managing resources across nodes

Live migration

Move running VMs between nodes without interruption. Right-click any VM → Migrate. Select the target node and click Migrate.

Resource limits

Set per-VM CPU and memory limits in VM → Hardware. Use CPU pinning for latency-sensitive workloads.

Cluster-wide configuration

Navigate to Datacenter → Options for:

• Console Viewer: set to xterm.js for best compatibility
• HA Settings: heartbeat interval and watchdog timeout
• Bandwidth Limit: throttle migration and backup traffic

Adding a node

Contact Cloud-PVE support to add a new node. Our engineers handle the physical provisioning, cluster join, and network bonding. The process is zero-downtime: existing VMs continue running.

Removing a node

Before removing a node:

1. Migrate all VMs off the node
2. Remove the node from HA groups in Datacenter → HA → Groups
3. Contact Cloud-PVE support to decommission the hardware

Cluster logs

Check Datacenter → Cluster log for a timeline of all cluster events: VM starts/stops, migrations, HA failovers, and user actions.