big vhdx , small disk

[lilu]

hello,

I made 120gb vhdx image of Windows created by Disk2vhd utility from microsoft

My proxmox machine has 320gb disk and two storages
local 76gb
and local-lvm 200gb

can I send 120gb vhdx file to local-lvm storage and use it with proxmox to run windows VM?

 

[spirit]

Yes you Can, no problem

"Qm importdisk ..."

 

[lilu]

but how can I transfer that vhdx file there first? I have only 76gb accessible for uploading ISOs and such. That 200gb is local-lvm and I don't know how to reserve some of that space for my upload.

I was thinking mounting remote folder with that vhdx file over SSHFS from different computer and then running Qm importdisk command you suggested

 

[spirit]

yes, indeed, the most simple solution could be to mount a remote folder (nfs, smb, sshfs,....).