Export VMs from Proxmox

[Bilal]

Please need help , i have set Proxmox-Ceph HCI cluster and my VMs are saved on CEPH Storage Pool.


I want to export VM from my Proxmox how can i do that ?
I could not find path that where my VM Images are saved ? No file in /var/lib/vz/images
Exported VM image will be in which format ? either QCOW or OVA

Please help me

 

[tom]

I want to export VM from my Proxmox how can i do that ?

Just for backup purpose or do you want to move to another platform?

 

[Bilal]

Dear Tom,

First - I want to move my VMs from Proxmox Test Cluster to Proxmox Production Cluster
Second- I want to keep backups of my VM.

 

[LnxBil]

First - I want to move my VMs from Proxmox Test Cluster to Proxmox Production Cluster

Then use the built in backup & restore facility.

Second- I want to keep backups of my VM.

Also, use the built in backup & restore facility.

PVE backup is very good and works out of the box. If you want to have the "raw" VM harddisk, you can manually unpack the VMA files that will be created on a backup (via vzdump), but normally you do not need this.

 

[Bilal]

Bundle of thanks , Just 1 last things actually i want to know that by default VMs store in which directory and VMs file is in which format .qcow/vmdk

I am finding it but do not found any file /var/lib/vz/images

 

[tom]

which directory and VMs file is in which format .qcow/vmdk

We use Ceph RBD, see https://docs.ceph.com/docs/master/rbd/

 

[Bilal]

rbd ls vmspool

base-100-disk-0
vm-102-disk-0
vm-102-state-fresh
vm-103-disk-0
vm-104-disk-0
vm-104-state-test

Dear Tom i can list these disks of my VMs by the above command . But please help where these disks are located . I have searched with find command but nit found.

 

[dharmendra]

rbd ls vmspool

base-100-disk-0
vm-102-disk-0
vm-102-state-fresh
vm-103-disk-0
vm-104-disk-0
vm-104-state-test

Dear Tom i can list these disks of my VMs by the above command . But please help where these disks are located . I have searched with find command but nit found.

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