Need some help with storage

[171hostile_pidgeons]

Hello all and apologies in advance (beginner) but I'd require some guidance from you fine lads!

I've successfully installed proxmox on a intel n100 (Beelink S12 Pro) on a 2.5" ssd and added a new Crucial P3 Plus 2TB nvme. (Note: that I already formatted the nvme to ext4 before physically connecting it in the machine and I also enabled IOMMU).

Checked in bios and can confirm that the nvme is visible yet I can't use it in proxmox:

How can I make it usable across LXCs (or VMs for that matter)?
My only goal for this nvme is to use it in Open Media Vault, Jellyfin, qbittorrent (seedbox).
All will be LXCs. I don't use HA, I only use one "node" until I can learn more.
Probably not useful but I'll leave this info here just in case:
I haven't touched/ modified any "LVM", "LVM-Thin" or "Directory" settings in the general "Disks" tab on my "Node" and they are as follows (if it helps as info):

To note that the "Node" is not called by the default "pve" prefix nor did I do anything with the "pve" Vol. Group (kept default from initial proxmox system install)I haven't touched/ modified any "LVM", "LVM-Thin" or "Directory" settings in the general "Disks" tab on my "Node" and they are as follows (if it helps as info):To note that the "Node" is not called by the default "pve" prefix nor did I do anything with the "pve" Vol. Group (kept default from initial proxmox system install)

 

[floh8]

if u wanne use lxc then its best to delete the hole nvme via disk menu. Then go to zfs and create a new filesystem with "single". After that u can create a new pve storage with the menu point storage under cluster tree entry.

 

[171hostile_pidgeons]

if u wanne use lxc then its best to delete the hole nvme via disk menu. Then go to zfs and create a new filesystem with "single". After that u can create a new pve storage with the menu point storage under cluster tree entry.

Thank you for the info!

Someone recommended the following:

You can even leave it formatted as ext4 and mount it through /etc/fstab on the host and then go to Storage (under Datacenter) and manually create a Directory and point it at the mount. A basic fstab entry might look like this:

/dev/sda1 /mnt/vm ext4 defaults 0 0

(not saying to use this exactly, just pointing you in a direction for research. it's important to understand what you're doing if you're going to modify fstab)

However you do it, just make sure "Content" for that drive is set to Container (also select "Disk Image" if you want to be able to store a VM on it). Once you do this, it will be an option in the storage dropdown when you create a container or VM

There are more options/configs, but these are a few basics to get you started.

Which one would you reckon would be best?

 

[floh8]

With zfs u can use the filesystem native and u have snapshots.

 

[171hostile_pidgeons]

With zfs u can use the filesystem native and u have snapshots.

Really appreciate the answer!
I'll get to it and after I set up the nvme as zfs in proxmox, any recommendation on how should I set up open media vault (as a VM) on this new nvme/zfs drive?

 

[floh8]

No, simply do it.