I attempted to migrate a Proxmox host installation to a smaller (space-wise) storage device (a USB stick). I did this by first installing Proxmox on the USB stick using the ISO installer. I then mounted[1] the partitions on the stick in the system to be migrated and replaced all directories on the stick with the ones in the running system (using cp -a). After some changes in boot parameters and fstab the system booted with the USB stick in place of the HDD used before. So far so good.
I then noticed that VMs and storage are not displayed in the browser GUI. These resources reside on their own pair of HDDs set up in a ZFS mirror. They were not migrated in the above process and remain in the system. They get mounted automatically on boot, as I had hoped.
What I don't understand is why the VMs and storage (or anything else under the node) are not displayed in the web GUI. Perhaps they are not registered by the PVE. I don't understand why and am in need of some help.
[1] vgrename was used to rename the LVM volume group on the stick as it must be different from an exisiting volume group in order to be visible to the system, and in turn be mountable.
I then noticed that VMs and storage are not displayed in the browser GUI. These resources reside on their own pair of HDDs set up in a ZFS mirror. They were not migrated in the above process and remain in the system. They get mounted automatically on boot, as I had hoped.
What I don't understand is why the VMs and storage (or anything else under the node) are not displayed in the web GUI. Perhaps they are not registered by the PVE. I don't understand why and am in need of some help.
[1] vgrename was used to rename the LVM volume group on the stick as it must be different from an exisiting volume group in order to be visible to the system, and in turn be mountable.
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