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FMC Virtual problem.

moskalevas — Fri, 21 Feb 2020 15:45:12 GMT

How long does it take to check the data base tables? Yesterday I installed the FMC KVM, still the system checks the database.("Database tables are still being checked, Proccess Manager will not start"), Respectively, of WEB GUI is not available. Is that okay? what to pay attention to?

Re: FMC Virtual problem.

yogdhanu — Thu, 10 May 2018 10:37:20 GMT

if the system is taking 1 day for the installation and stuck at checking tables, chances are there is resource crunch and due to that FMC is not able to finish the setup.

I would suggest to confirm versions are compatible and increases the resources as per or may be more than whats mentioned in release notes.

Hope it helps,

Yogesh

Re: FMC Virtual problem.

moskalevas — Fri, 18 May 2018 09:22:35 GMT

changed the virtual machine from proxmox to vmvare, now works.

Re: FMC Virtual problem.

trt1 — Mon, 03 Dec 2018 14:40:42 GMT

Hello!

We are facing the exact same issue.

Do you maybe have any ideas/tips other than switching to vmware.

I have already tried various things like more/fixed ram, or switching from scsi to virtio block but with no success.

Re: FMC Virtual problem.

santosdambi@gmail.com — Sat, 25 Jan 2020 05:03:03 GMT

Hi team, I have the some problem install on proxmox, please how can resolve? The only virtualization platform in my company is proxmox.

Re: FMC Virtual problem.

JosefGrassler0398 — Fri, 04 Sep 2020 11:57:23 GMT

Hi, i got rid of the infinite database check by selecting processor type = host (using proxmox kvm).

Was hard to find, since it sounds like an IO issue.

Didn't go into production yet but its running fine since some days and did basic configuration.

Re: FMC Virtual problem.

Mandu — Tue, 09 Feb 2021 09:48:05 GMT

Kind sir Josef. You are my Hero. I had this problem for the day or two and your host comment solved it.

THANKS!!

Re: FMC Virtual problem.

bkastor — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 19:21:40 GMT

Struggled with this as well. I was trying to move an FMC (7.6.2) from KVM to Proxmox (9.1). Over and over, checking everything. Turns out it was as simple as adding a Serial port. After that, I can import from KVM (or VMWare) to Proxmox all day. But this thread was the hint to keep looking! Thanks!!

Re: FMC Virtual problem.

Sami Sharif — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 14:58:19 GMT

I believe this is a bug in various versions of FMC virtual under Proxmox - it happened to us too. If your emulated CPU is too slow, it will get stuck in an infinite reboot loop due to faulty FMC boot sequence logic (it runs a database check that stops the "Process manager" from starting and that trips a reboot 10 secs later - duh!). Allocating a ton of CPU cores doesn't help - Proxmox defaults to a conservative set of CPU flags and the bloatware that is FMC virtual needs very fast CPU cores to boot correctly and get around this boot loop bug. As an earlier post noted, you can get this by setting your CPU type in Proxmox to host ("cpu: host" in <VMID>.conf), which passes through all the host's CPU flags to the VM and you can then avoid the boot loop.