Add HDD without wiping it

[mra2414]

Is it possible to mount a drive without wiping it first? I have a drive full of movies that I want to mount to a virtualized nas but I don't want to have to wipe it first. it will take forever to restore a backup of it.

 

[0x88e5]

Hello there! Well yes you can do it if you are going to do what I think you are going to do

If you want to attach that drive to specific VM you can do that. Just follow this link click here

 

[mra2414]

It can only be added via usb, I can't install it into a SATA port?

 

[aaron]

You can also pass through the device by setting the volume of the virtual disk to the actual disk.

For example:

qm set <VMID> --scsiX /dev/<path>/<to>/<disk>

I recommend to use a path that won't change in the future, such as /dev/disk/by-id/.... Instead of scsi you can also use another bus type that fits your needs.