create a cluster on nodes already active in production.

[Andrea Carnevali]

Hi everyone.
I should migrate an infrastructure where there is a Dell T440 server with Vmware ESXi and some VMs into a reality with 2 Proxmox nodes and a PBS server that will act as a quorum.
I ask you if it is possible to insert the second cluster node in a system where I already have a proxmox node in production with its own active VMs.
And then also insert the proxmox backup server which will act as a quorum for the two nodes.

I have to do it this way because the second server where the second node will reside will be the one where vmware is currently installed and therefore I will use it at a later time.

Thanks Andrea.

 

[Leonardo Mercadante]

Hi everyone.
I should migrate an infrastructure where there is a Dell T440 server with Vmware ESXi and some VMs into a reality with 2 Proxmox nodes and a PBS server that will act as a quorum.
I ask you if it is possible to insert the second cluster node in a system where I already have a proxmox node in production with its own active VMs.
And then also insert the proxmox backup server which will act as a quorum for the two nodes.

I have to do it this way because the second server where the second node will reside will be the one where vmware is currently installed and therefore I will use it at a later time.

Thanks Andrea.

Hello,
you can do it simple, yes you can do the cluster with other node already running....
and i recommend convert your vhds using this example

qm importdisk 100 vmdisk.example vmnewnamedisk --format (qcow2,raw,vmdk,etc)

and it will restore the older vm from vmware to proxmox