Get VM image in LVM storage

[Quốc Hưởng]

Hi,

I installed the VM in Local-LVM. Now how can i get the VM image from this local-lvm ( like the qcow2 image ).?

Thanks for your help

 

[GarrettB]

There is the "pvesm" command. I have a VM with ID 801, and I can see the raw file is vm-801-disk-1.raw

pvesm path local:801/vm-801-disk-1.raw

returns: /var/lib/vz/images/801/vm-801-disk-1.raw

You can read more about in the help files accessed from the storage display in Proxmox. Of course, raw is not like qcow2 and has limitations.

 

[yarick123]

look here https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/get-raw-from-local-lvm.38744/

 

[Quốc Hưởng]

Seem good.
Can i get the output like "vmdk", not a "raw" ? Does it work ?

dd if=/dev/pve/vm-103-disk-1 of=103.vmdk

Tks for ur help

 

[Stoiko Ivanov]

You do get a raw file from dd (it is just a complete dump of the disk image) - this you can convert to a vmdk using
qemu-img convert ('qemu-img convert -f raw -O vmdk <raw-image> <vmdk-image>')

 

[Quốc Hưởng]

i did it and it didnt work with vmdk in Vmware.
Has anyone done this before?

 

[Stoiko Ivanov]

What did you try to do that didn't succeed? import the image converted with qemu-img convert? import a raw image?
What's the error you're getting from Vmware?