how to access vm files in a faile proxmox ve server

[mili]

Hi.
I have a hp server with 3 disk, disk1,2 and 3.
proxmox pv 8.4.1 was installed on disk 1
all vms are on disk 2 and 3
now disk 1 is completely failed ...
all vms are windows 10, and I have some important files on drive c:
What should I do to access my windows files on VMs?
thanks

 

[BD-Nets]

proxmox pv 8.4.1 was installed on disk 1
all vms are on disk 2 and 3

Easy.

• Add new disk as disk 1
• Install Proxmox PVE on it
• Recreate VMs using the same ID and import their volumes from disk 2 and 3

 

[UdoB]

all vms are windows 10, and I have some important files on drive c:

If they were important you would have multiple backups.

Unfortunately @BD-Nets might be right.

The problem with recovery from the other disks is that it depends heavily on the used filesystem. Which type did you use? LVM? LVM-thin? ZFS? Ext4fs?

It may get messy very quickly, so the very first recommendation is to not try "something" without knowing exactly what will happen. If you want to try some data recovery howto then create an image-backup first, of the whole disks . (It is not too late for this!)

If you used ZFS then you can import that ZFS-pool on any other ZFS capable system. (Depending on the ZFS version number.) This may be a PVE installation disk, booted in recovery mode or an Ubuntu Desktop "Live" .iso on an USB stick.

You'll find ZVOLs for the VMs there. Then you can access these like you could access a dead Windows disk.

Sorry, no easy solution...