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How to find out information about a LXC VPS CPU

Find CPU information

cat /proc/cpuinfo

or

[root@server ~]# lscpu
Architecture: x86_64
CPU op-mode(s): 32-bit, 64-bit
Byte Order: Little Endian
CPU(s): 24
On-line CPU(s) list: 0-23
Thread(s) per core: 2
Core(s) per socket: 6
Socket(s): 2
NUMA node(s): 2
Vendor ID: GenuineIntel
CPU family: 6
Model: 44
Model name: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU L5640 @ 2.27GHz
Stepping: 2
CPU MHz: 2266.000
BogoMIPS: 4533.49
Virtualization: VT-x
L1d cache: 32K
L1i cache: 32K
L2 cache: 256K
L3 cache: 12288K
NUMA node0 CPU(s): 0,2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16,18,20,22
NUMA node1 CPU(s): 1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17,19,21,23

Find out number of Virtual CPU Cores

cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep processor | wc -l
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How to create a Linux LXC Container in Proxmox VE

Open Proxmox web.

Select Server View then select your Node then click on Create CT

Step: 1 

Enter hostname and Password

Step: 2 

Select Template Storage and then Select OS from Dropdown List and click on Next

Step: 3

Enter Disk Size

Step: 4

Enter Number of CPU Cores

Step: 5

Enter RAM size in MB

Step: 6

Enter Network Details

Step: 7

Enter Name Servers Details

Step: 8

Click on Finish 

Wait for the task to complete.

You Proxmox Container is ready.

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VM is Locked (backup) (500)

Proxmox. ERROR: VM is locked (backup) (500)

Sometime when automated OR Manual Proxmox backup process gets stuck, it impossible to many any changes to VM. You will get following error “VM is locked (backup) (500)”

To unlock KVM VM

qm unlock <VM ID>

To unlock LXC VM

pct unlock <VM ID>