migration

  1. gurubert

    Migration from PVE 3 to 5 with GFS2 on shared storage

    Hi, I need to migrate a two node cluster from PVE 3.2 to 5.1. The cluster uses a shared storage device connected via SAS to the nodes running GFS2 on top of the shared block devices. GFS2 uses lock_dlm as locking manager, managed by the cluster manager of PVE. Is it possible to install PVE 5.1...
  2. S

    Migration of template fails on 5.1

    We have a vm-template that was created by choosing "convert to template". However the migration of this template fails with the following error: 2018-01-06 13:08:54 found local disk 'local-lvm:base-111-disk-1' (in current VM config) 2018-01-06 13:08:54 copying disk images illegal name...
  3. A

    Very long HA

    Hello, I have a Dell C6220 server that hosts 3 nodes with configuration: - Bi Xeon E5-2630L - 32 GB RAM - 1x500Gb (Proxmox 5.1-35) and 3x1To (Ceph) - 1G link in private This is just an installation to test the functioning of the CEPH and HA, so I created a cluster with the 3 nodes, I then used...
  4. A

    [SOLVED] Migrate VM from local HDD to SAN storage ?

    Hi all, I'm wondering if it is possible to move/transfert a VM disk from local HDD to a SAN LVM over ISCSI storage without reinstalling VM from scratch.. I'm aware that in the first place i will need to convert my disk image from qcow2 to raw before attempting to import it in SAN storage. Is...
  5. M

    Migration Xenserver iSCSI to Proxmox

    Hello, I have a environment with FreeNAS 11 and Xenserver 7. The FreeNAS with iSCSI and NFS services are recognized with sucess on the Xenserver hypervisor. I want migrate from Xenserver to Proxmox, but my question is about iSCSI disk. What the process to this migration? It's possible this...
  6. TwiX

    Switch Stack replacement - What to do for a 3 nodes Ceph cluster

    Hi, I plan to replace a stack of 2xswitchs. A 3 nodes cluster (with dedicated lacp interfaces for vmbr0 and ceph) is connected to this stack. I guess I have to shutdown the entire cluster for doing this. What are your recommendation for doing this properly ? (Stop all vms, then what just...
  7. H

    ZFS Replication + HA Failover

    I have testing cluster with 3 nodes of PVE 5.0, i've managed to setup ZFS replication and HA. 1.) HA Failover was not working unless i created HA group and put my CT in it (originaly i was thinking that any running node will be used when no group is assigned to resource) 2.) When i manualy...
  8. F

    migration eines bestehenden zfs pools in neue Proxmox Umgebung.

    Hallo zusammen, ich bin im Besitz eines HP MicroServer Gen8 mit 4x 3TB HDD als Z1 ZFS Raid laufend unter Ubuntu 16 auf einem USB Stick. pool: zfspool state: ONLINE scan: scrub repaired 0 in 12h11m with 0 errors on Sun Sep 10 12:35:05 2017 config: NAME...
  9. N

    Offline migration fails to move disk image

    Hello, we've replaced one of the nodes in our cluster and now we can't do offline migration. Migration finishes in 10 seconds, GUI reports task results as successful ("TASK OK"), the VM in question is moved to a different node, but can't be started because the disk image is missing (it...
  10. P

    Node seems to no longer be in quorum

    So, I have a node that dropped off the network last week. Turns out the switch port went bad. I got it plugged into a different 10 gig port, and brought it back up. But, corasync kept restarting, and the node kept joining and leaving the quorum. I am guessing that perhaps the NIC is also...
  11. A

    Moving existing vm from local to lvm

    Hi all, I've copied over an old proxmox server to a new one the backup file. Then I restore it via the gui but instead of storing it under the LVM which I got plenty of space it is under the local disk. How can I transfer the existing VM under the LVM? All I need is to point/move the disk from...
  12. B

    How can I move my simple rpool from a spinning drive to my new SSD?

    This is a simple question, but I haven't been able to figure out a solid solution. I run a simple Proxmox install with a zfs "pool" on 1 disk drive. Now I want to move all of that data onto a new SSD drive. How can I do this? Here is the output of zpool list: rpool/ROOT on /rpool/ROOT type...
  13. grin

    proxmox 5.0 live migration fails

    This doesn't seem to be the already mentioned ssh problem (which is at 1:7.4p1-10 anyway): Jul 11 18:34:38 copying disk images Jul 11 18:34:38 starting VM 103 on remote node 'bowie' Jul 11 18:34:40 start remote tunnel Jul 11 18:34:40 starting online/live migration on...
  14. L

    LVM VM migration path to new installation

    Hi all, Currently my setup is: m.2 SSD with Proxmox install SATA SSD with LVM VMs I want to reinstall Proxmox over ZFS and am wondering how to move over my VMs. Is it as simple as backing up to external media using the built in backup function and then restoring? Is there a better way to go...
  15. S

    CT migration fails

    Hello, I have a Proxmox VE cluster with 3 nodes. When I try to migrate CT, It fails to start CT on target node. but after I got the error, I can start it manually. What is the problem? Jun 28 08:37:37 shutdown CT 112 Jun 28 08:37:37 # lxc-stop -n 112 --timeout 180 Jun 28 08:37:38 # lxc-wait -n...
  16. N

    Portable Proxmox

    What are all of Proxmox's required directories? I'm looking to be able to put in a fresh install of Proxmox, and have Proxmox running by having all of its required settings, configurations, logons, and certificates stored in the ZFS pool I have "images", "templates", "containers", and...
  17. A

    [SOLVED] VM not migrated automatically

    Hello, I have a new cluster with 3 nodes with version 4.4 and trying to get my VM's migrated automatically if the node goes down. I am using ceph as storage. I simulated a kernel panic and my VM's didn't migrate. It there something special I have to do to enable the automatic migration please...
  18. corsinvest

    storage migration failed - zfs error - volume size must be a multiple of volume block size

    Hello, I tried to move a virtual machine from vmware to proxmox. The virtual machine on proxmox is working. Moving hard disk from storage directory to storage zfs I notice this error: Task viewer: VM 117 - Move disk create full clone of drive virtio1 (ZFS_tank:117/vm-117-disk-3.vmdk) TASK...
  19. E

    Live migration with local storage failing

    Is the online live migration with local storage supposed to work or are there still some known bugs to work out? Command to migrate: qm migrate 102 vm1 -online -with-local-disks -migration_type insecure Results in error at end of migration: drive-virtio0: transferred: 34361704448 bytes...
  20. L

    Migrating ISO and BACKUP storage

    Hello, I have searched through the forum for an answer to this question and can only find threads related to moving LXC containers or migrating VM's. Someone must have come across this previously so I am looking for some tips/gotchas to look out for. A brief description of what I am looking...

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