How to transfer physical storage with data to a new Proxmox VE host?

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OhmtaXs

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Hi there, I've setup a new Proxmox VE on new hardware. Now I try to move the HDD's from the old host with data on it to the new host.
I can see the Disks are listed under Host -> Disks but I dont get them listed under Datacenter -> Storage.

Sorry if i'm doing something absolut basicly wrong but I dont get it.
 
OhmtaXs said:
Disks but I dont get them listed under Datacenter -> Storage.
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Much would depend on what type of "storage pool" these disks constituted previously.
What you are seeing in the above mentioned location is a "Proxmox Storage Pool". It would not be created automatically by just having disks present.
You may want to look at the context of "/etc/pve/storage.cfg" and transfer the corresponding entry to new PVE.
There may be additional steps that would depend on whether your disks were part of LVM, ZFS, etc.

Good luck

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Hi bbgeek, thx for th fast reply. I tried to copy the entrys for the Disk from the old to the new PVE. Know they show up in Datacenter->Storages but I thinks that was not the whole thing.
Heres a screenshot from the two Disks they I've moved into the new Host.
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I hope this will make my situation clearer
 
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Thx for that I'll work that trough and let you know about the result.
But first I need to eat something ;)
 
Hi @bbgeek17 thx a lot for your help. Know it looks right so far.
The Solution was both of your mentioned Steps together and and now I can access and use the transfered Disks.
Know its time to check if everything works fine as soon as i restored the VMs that had used these Storages but thats an other topic :)

Best Regards
 
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