migration 4.1 qcow2 to 4.2

[drobicek]

hi can not be transferred qcow2 to new 4.2.
old HDD is qcow2 file with 4.1,and new SSD is 4.2,but I do not know where to put the file qcow2,because in put standart directory /vz does not work.
please help me
thank you

 

[tom]

check the output of:

> cat /etc/pve/storage.cfg

on both installations.

 

[drobicek]

in new 4.2:
dir: local
path /var/lib/vz
content iso,vztmpl,backup
lvmthin: local-lvm
thinpool data
vgname pve
content rootdir,images

 

[tom]

hi can not be transferred qcow2 to new 4.2.
old HDD is qcow2 file with 4.1,and new SSD is 4.2,but I do not know where to put the file qcow2,because in put standart directory /vz does not work.
please help me
thank you

/vz is not the default Proxmox VE path, it is alwas /var/lib/vz

but you can create a symlink to point /vz to /var/lib/vz

(/vz was use as default path on some other openvz platforms)

 

[drobicek]

yes I know, I thought /var/lib/vz.
but it does not work to me......
help me please

 

[tom]

yes I know, I thought /var/lib/vz.
but it does not work to me......
help me please

please tell in detail what is not working and what you try to do.

 

[drobicek]

how to get the original files qcow2 from 4.1 to 4.2 LVM-thin?

 

[tom]

for example, by use the "move disk" button on the GUI

 

[drobicek]

where? I'm just REMOVE

 

[tom]

where? I'm just REMOVE

Go go the hardware tab of your VM, then click on the hard disk and you see the "move disk" button.

 

[drobicek]

in new 4.2 not MOVE DISK, only remove, templates, upload from my old qcow/iso file,but this image load to LVM,but i have load LVM-THIN,because LVM small space,but LVM-THIN big space.
sorry for my English

 

[drobicek]

this is the same problem https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/hdd-image-file-upload-on-v4-2.27295/

 

[tom]

in new 4.2 not MOVE DISK, only remove, templates, upload from my old qcow/iso file,but this image load to LVM,but i have load LVM-THIN,because LVM small space,but LVM-THIN big space.
sorry for my English

I attached a screenshot, showing the move disk button. So if you got the qcow2 disk in a VM, you can move it to another storage.

 

[informant]

Hi tom,

i think, drobicek means, how he can migrate a hdd-file out of version 4.1 in a new server with version 4.2. well the same problem we have, we have only hdd-files and can not backup it and can not move it, we must upload it in a directory. but in version 4.2 we do not have this option to upload or mount the hdd-file(s).

regards

 

[drobicek]

yes yes that's it, we have the same problem
I try
thanks

 

[tom]

Hi tom,

i think, drobicek means, how he can migrate a hdd-file out of version 4.1 in a new server with version 4.2. well the same problem we have, we have only hdd-files and can not backup it and can not move it, we must upload it in a directory. but in version 4.2 we do not have this option to upload or mount the hdd-file(s).

regards

Looks I do not get the point. You can also use scp to copy files from one server to another (CLI).

Why can´t you run a backup?

 

[informant]

hi tom, if we copy the hdd file, in which dir do we copy the hdd file and how do we mount it? if we can copy the file, it was all ok, but how

regards