Change disk type

[awoldman]

Good morning,
I have a somewhat fresh install of proxmox 8.2.2 installed from image.
I have about 10 active VMs running on it, all configured with raw disk type.

The central backup software I am trying to use is proxmox friendly, but does not like the raw disk format.
Its expecting qcow2. For reference the software is BDRsuite from vembu.

I did not see anything recent online on a way to convert file types.

Thank you for any help.

Aaron

 

[thefu21]

If your VM disks are stored on LVM, you can only use the raw image format. If you prefer to use qcow2, you'll need to use a File level storage. You can find more information about this here [1]. However, if you have a File level storage, you can simply use the "Move Storage" option in the GUI under Disk Action and select the desired disk format there.

[1] https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/pve-admin-guide.html#chapter_storage