[SOLVED] Help assigning new drives to Proxmox VE

[pmisner]

Hi, I am a complete newbie with Proxmox. I have a workstation with multiple drives. I installed Proxmox on a 64 GB SSD. I'm lost when it comes to adding the other drives to the system. Can someone help me by telling me how to, or point me in to a resources that documents this process? I don't mind RTFM, but can't find what I'm looking for.
My drives look like this.

root@pve:~# lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda 8:0 0 238.5G 0 disk
sdb 8:16 0 953.9G 0 disk
sdc 8:32 0 59.6G 0 disk
├─sdc1 8:33 0 1007K 0 part
├─sdc2 8:34 0 512M 0 part /boot/efi
└─sdc3 8:35 0 59.1G 0 part
├─pve-swap 253:0 0 7.4G 0 lvm [SWAP]
├─pve-root 253:1 0 14.8G 0 lvm /
├─pve-data_tmeta 253:2 0 1G 0 lvm
│ └─pve-data 253:4 0 27.6G 0 lvm
└─pve-data_tdata 253:3 0 27.6G 0 lvm
└─pve-data 253:4 0 27.6G 0 lvm
sdd 8:48 0 2.7T 0 disk
sde 8:64 0 2.7T 0 disk
nvme0n1 259:0 0 931.5G 0 disk

I tried to follow the instructions here https://nodetwelve.com/add-storage-drive-to-proxmox-7/#:~:text=Add%20Storage%20Drive%20To%20Proxmox%207%201%20Web,Storage%20In%20Proxmox%207.%20...%209%20Summary.%20

I got to this point.

apt install parted and get a message unable to locate partd

I'm using root@pve:~# on the console view


Thank you in advance for any assistance.

 

[oguz]

hi,

i assume you want to add the drives sdd and sde into your configuration as storage.

you can simply create a new storage on those disks using the GUI.
select Server View on the top left, then click the node you want to add the disks to.
then select Disks, where you can see the available drives.
you should then be able to select one of the storage options underneath (like LVM, ZFS etc.) and click Create.
afterwards follow the wizard

for some reference on different storage types (and possibly other questions) you can check out our wiki[0] and documentation[1] [2]

hope this helps

[0]: https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Storage
[1]: https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/pve-admin-guide.html#chapter_storage
[2]: https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/pve-admin-guide.html#chapter_gui

 

[pmisner]

hi,

i assume you want to add the drives sdd and sde into your configuration as storage.

you can simply create a new storage on those disks using the GUI.
select Server View on the top left, then click the node you want to add the disks to.
then select Disks, where you can see the available drives.
you should then be able to select one of the storage options underneath (like LVM, ZFS etc.) and click Create.
afterwards follow the wizard

for some reference on different storage types (and possibly other questions) you can check out our wiki[0] and documentation[1] [2]

hope this helps

[0]: https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Storage
[1]: https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/pve-admin-guide.html#chapter_storage
[2]: https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/pve-admin-guide.html#chapter_gui

Thank you so much for getting me started. Much appreciated.

 

[oguz]

you're welcome. you can mark the thread as [SOLVED] for others

 

[pmisner]

I thought it would be good to add this tutorial as well. It was really helpful.

https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/p...rtual-machine-on-a-secondary-hard-disk.59559/