Extending local directory

[karlos]

Hi all, I've had a good look around but can't find a definitive method to extend the local partition, for some reason this was the size when it was made.

I have read through some of the guides but its over my head and dosnt seem that specific. Can anyone point me in the right direction, screenshot attached,thanks.

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[tom]

the local storage is: /var/lib/vz

if you do a standard installation, you will get the following:
/dev/mapper/pve-data on /var/lib/vz type ext3 (rw)

as you got only 9 GB it looks like you did something manually, so provide details.

 

[karlos]

I didnt do anything manual as the installer has no manual settings that I am aware of. I am running it in VMWARE and set a 20GB hard disc in 1 single file. The installer has automatically made it 9.35gb

I have tried it again and still the same result on VMWARE

 

[tom]

as you have only a 20 GB harddisk its clear. but as it makes no real sense to install on such a small harddrive and inside vmware I really ask what you want to achieve here?

the installer is designed to work on real hardware and we assumed that the absolute smallest hard drive is 36 GB.

 

[karlos]

It works fine in vmware as far as I am aware, I'm using vmware on a windows PC as my applications are made for proxmox and there's no need for a dedicated pc.

I just set it up in Vmware with a 60GB flexible drive (it only uses what it needs) and it now shows about half that space, thanks for the help.

 

[houwink]

i don't know if this is the right place , but i do understand his question.
i have the same problem.

i bought a server to try proxmox, it has 4 harddrives and if i will use proxmox in production i will replace the disk without installing again.
so far it is possible.

but the disk now is a 36gb and the new disks are 700gb.

how do i get all the new disk space in proxmox.

 

[udo]

Hi,
it's easier to save the content to an external disk and create a new proxmox-server with the new disks and copy (tar) the saved content back.
But you can also use lvm-commands: add a new disk to the pve-vg, and than you have plenty of space and can use lvm-commands to free all other disks. Then you need one disk (the first) with the boot-block and /boot (copy with dd).

But for a production-server it's realy recommended to use a raid (the best for virtualisation is raid-10) with an good raidcontroller on the four disks.

Udo