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The DL380 G9 Chronicles: GPUs, LVM Headaches, and Proxmox Triumphs

Cartoon of a rackmount HP DL380 G9 server looking exasperated as a Nvidia Quadro 4000 GPU tries to force itself into a rack slot.

Upgrading to an HP DL380 G9 seemed like a dream until a GPU install triggered a cascade of issues with Proxmox and LVM. After wrestling with cryptic error messages and system failures, here’s how I got everything back on track—faster and smoother than before. If you’re troubleshooting similar problems, this journey might just save you some time (and sanity)