[SOLVED] How to set up a vm using on a RBD storage

[semper22]

Hello guys,
I've been trying to import VMs recently, I got the .vmdk file and I followed the tutorial given on Proxmox Wiki but I still have questions. When I create a VM within Proxmox GUI, I can choose my pve_pool (rbd disk shared by my three nodes) ressource as a storage disk.
But when importing a VM via the shell, when using the command

dd if=win2003-pve.vmdk of=/dev/VG_iscsi/vm-102-disk-1

What path can I give to the "of=" when I know that the pool is not a local disk storage ?
I tried using the following command:

dd if=W10RDP-pve.vmdk of=pve_pool\:vm-102-disk-0

but I keep getting the error

Booting from Hard Disk...
Boot failed: not a bootable disk

Is it because of the path I gave or because of the .vmdk file ?
(I'm currently doing the tutorial solution to the problem of the error at boot using vmware-diskmanager but I was wondering if it couldn't be something else !)

Thank you in advance for your answers !

 

[mira]

Are you using 'dd' directly to import the disk? Take a look at qm importdisk (see 'man qm' for details).

 

[semper22]

I'll try using this command thank you !

 

[semper22]

If I have a .vmdk, I only have to use the qm importdisk command and I can start the VM created earlier ?
Because I keep having :

Nothing to boot: No such file or directory
No bootable device

 

[Jeff Wadsworth]

Boot the new VM with a live media and investigate the restored disk, mainly the boot sector and partition, compare its content with a working VM.

 

[mira]

Is it a Windows or Linux guest? If Linux, which distribution?
Does the original use UEFI?
Please post your VM config ('qm config <vmid>').

 

[semper22]

I tried booting it using UEFI but it says that the Windows needs to be repaired but it can't be done via the Windows GUI
It is a Windows 10 (64 bits) guest.
Here is my VM config:

root@pve01:~# qm config 102
boot: cdn
bootdisk: ide0
cores: 2
ide0: pve_pool:vm-102-disk-0,size=50G
memory: 2048
name: W10RDP
net0: e1000=42:FF:39:9C:DD:37,bridge=vmbr0,firewall=1
numa: 0
ostype: win10
scsihw: virtio-scsi-pci
smbios1: uuid=3be7f339-e250-4748-89b5-74d89f79b94e
sockets: 1
unused1: pve_pool:vm-102-disk-1
vmgenid: accda6b5-786b-4664-9cb4-9491caa9d589

 

[semper22]

Ok I managed to start the VM imported with the OVMF (UEFI) BIOS and it works perfectly while still not working with SeaBios... Is it a problem if I keep it as OVMF ?

 

[Jeff Wadsworth]

No. That should be fine.

 

[alexskysilk]

Since your machine boots when set to IDE, the simple fix is to add a NEW drive to the SCSI bus, install the virtio driver, shutdown and change the disk type for your BOOT disk. instructions available here:
https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Migration_of_servers_to_Proxmox_VE#Windows_systems_specific_P2V_issues

 

[semper22]

Ok thanks, I'll try this !