Proxmox xfs setup error

[surfaceartist]

Hi everyone hope u guys doing well.
am trying to setup one new ssd as xfs storage
In Node > Disks > Directory i clicked on create directory and selected that unused SSD and selected File system as xfs instead of ext4 after that i got error

# /sbin/sgdisk -n1 -t1:8300 /dev/sdd
The operation has completed successfully.
# /sbin/mkfs -t xfs /dev/sdd1
mkfs.xfs: /dev/sdd1 appears to contain an existing filesystem (ext4).
mkfs.xfs: Use the -f option to force overwrite.
TASK ERROR: command '/sbin/mkfs -t xfs /dev/sdd1' failed: exit code 1

i opened shell and executed the last failed common manually which executed without any error

mkfs -t xfs -f /dev/sdd1

but now when i try to create new VM and try to select storage this new xfs drive not appearing

lsblk

shows

sdd                             8:48   0 232.9G  0 disk
└─sdd1                          8:49   0 232.9G  0 part

so any idea how to fix it or unmount it so that can mount it as ext4 if have issues with xfs

 

[dcsapak]

you have to mount it (e.g. via fstab or systemd mount-unit) and add a new 'directory' storage that points to the mount poin

 

[surfaceartist]

you have to mount it (e.g. via fstab or systemd mount-unit) and add a new 'directory' storage that points to the mount poin

ya i mount it like

# create Vm3 mount point
mkdir /mnt/pve/Vm3
# mounted to Vm3
mount /dev/sdd1 /mnt/pve/Vm3

but still proxmox is not detecting it nor it appear when i go to Node > Disks > Directory and try to add as Directory

lsblk

shows mounted it Vm3

sdd                  8:48   0    232.9G  0 disk
└─sdd1               8:49   0    232.9G  0 part /mnt/pve/Vm3

so any clue what am doing wrong

thanks

 

[surfaceartist]

solution : just delete the drive and re add it

 

[syracus]

I have exactly the same issue.

I already deleted the partition using cfdisk, fdisk and gdisk
I recreated the gpt partition table from scratch using gdisk.
I tried to reinitialize the disk several times (always exiting with Task:OK )

proxmox-backup-manager disk initialize sdb

What I tried is

1. delete xfs partition using fdisk/cfdisk
2. create an ext4 partition using: proxmox-backup-manager disk fs create pve_backup --disk sdb --filesystem ext4 --add-datastore true
3. deleting the datastore: proxmox-backup-manager datastore remove pve_backup --destroy-data true --keep-job-configs false
4. unmounting the partition: umount /dev/sdb1
4. deleting the ext4 partition using fdisk
5. removing the pending mount script: rm /etc/systemd/system/mnt-datastore-pve_backup.mount
6. reinitialize the disk: proxmox-backup-manager disk initialize sdb
7. recreate the datastore with xfs: proxmox-backup-manager disk fs create pve_backup --disk sdb --filesystem xfs --add-datastore true

BUT it still fails

root@pbs:/# proxmox-backup-manager disk fs create pve_backup --disk sdb --filesystem xfs --add-datastore true
create datastore 'pve_backup' on disk sdb
TASK ERROR: command "mkfs" "-t" "xfs" "/dev/sdb1" failed - status code: 1 - mkfs.xfs: /dev/sdb1 appears to contain an existing filesystem (ext4).
mkfs.xfs: Use the -f option to force overwrite

It seems the partition table still contains information about the XFS partition on /dev/sdb.

Is there any chance to get rid of the partition table entry so that PBS can create the partition on the inialized disk without the need for '-f' (force).
Or can I somehow pass the -f switch to mkfs.xfs ?


Thanks in advance
Syracus

 

[fiona]

Hi,

I have exactly the same issue.

I already deleted the partition using cfdisk, fdisk and gdisk
I recreated the gpt partition table from scratch using gdisk.
I tried to reinitialize the disk several times (always exiting with Task:OK )

proxmox-backup-manager disk initialize sdb

What I tried is

1. delete xfs partition using fdisk/cfdisk
2. create an ext4 partition using: proxmox-backup-manager disk fs create pve_backup --disk sdb --filesystem ext4 --add-datastore true
3. deleting the datastore: proxmox-backup-manager datastore remove pve_backup --destroy-data true --keep-job-configs false
4. unmounting the partition: umount /dev/sdb1
4. deleting the ext4 partition using fdisk
5. removing the pending mount script: rm /etc/systemd/system/mnt-datastore-pve_backup.mount
6. reinitialize the disk: proxmox-backup-manager disk initialize sdb
7. recreate the datastore with xfs: proxmox-backup-manager disk fs create pve_backup --disk sdb --filesystem xfs --add-datastore true

BUT it still fails

root@pbs:/# proxmox-backup-manager disk fs create pve_backup --disk sdb --filesystem xfs --add-datastore true
create datastore 'pve_backup' on disk sdb
TASK ERROR: command "mkfs" "-t" "xfs" "/dev/sdb1" failed - status code: 1 - mkfs.xfs: /dev/sdb1 appears to contain an existing filesystem (ext4).
mkfs.xfs: Use the -f option to force overwrite

It seems the partition table still contains information about the XFS partition on /dev/sdb.

Is there any chance to get rid of the partition table entry so that PBS can create the partition on the inialized disk without the need for '-f' (force).
Or can I somehow pass the -f switch to mkfs.xfs ?


Thanks in advance
Syracus

please try using wipefs (see the man page) to erase the file system signatures. Just removing the partition doesn't remove those.