Detach/Attach VM Disks

[ravet_]

Hello,
I have a Proxmox-Server with a much VMs.

Now I wanted to switch the VM disk from one VM to antoher VM.

I have detached the VM disk.
So now I cant attach this disk to any VM.

I dont have access to this VM disk but I can see this disk at my Storage.

How can I attach this disk again to my VM?
Please I need your help!

 

[bbgeek17]

The feature you need, that would have made this process as easy as anything else in UI, is not yet available.

In the meantime you have to manually resolve the naming. The process depends on your backend.
For example, at high level, for LVM - you would unlink/detach the disk from VM1, rename the slice from vm-100-disk-0 to vm-101-disk-0 using LVM tools. Rescan the storage "qm rescan", attach the "unused0" disk that hopefully appeared in VM1 config.

I would advise that you create a dummy VM/disk and test the process there.

https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Moving_disk_image_from_one_KVM_machine_to_another

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[skenterprises]

Create same size disk in VM2 and stop VM2
Detach disk from VM1
From shell, move the disk from mouted directory of VM1 to VM2 image
Rename the other disk of VM2 to something else and rename the disk from VM2 to the VM2 disk.
Restart VM2... Voila !!! you have your VM2 with the disk of VM1

 

[bbgeek17]

Upgrade to latest PVE release and use "move disk" UI, CLI or API function.

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