[SOLVED] how to use "data" logical volume to store backups?

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atman

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I have Proxmox 7.1-10

This is my disk configuration:
Code: 
root@pve-mw:~# pvs
  PV         VG       Fmt  Attr PSize   PFree
  /dev/sdb   data-lvm lvm2 a--   <1.82t  1.51t
  /dev/sdc3  pve      lvm2 a--  446.12g 16.00g


root@pve-mw:~# vgs
  VG       #PV #LV #SN Attr   VSize   VFree
  data-lvm   1   5   0 wz--n-  <1.82t  1.51t
  pve        1   3   0 wz--n- 446.12g 16.00g


root@pve-mw:~# lvs
  LV            VG       Attr       LSize    Pool Origin Data%  Meta%  Move Log Cpy%Sync Convert
  vm-100-disk-0 data-lvm -wi-ao----   80.00g                                                   
  vm-110-disk-1 data-lvm -wi-ao----   32.00g                                                   
  (...)
  data          pve      twi-aotz-- <319.60g             0.00   0.52                           
  root          pve      -wi-ao----   96.00g                                                   
  swap          pve      -wi-ao----    8.00g

All the virtual machines are stored in data-lvm virtual group.
Backups are stored on a mounted disk not shown above.

The logical volume "data" is configured as "local-lvm" storage, but since I don't use it as vm container, I'd like to use it to store daily backups of one critical machine.

How can I do it?
 
I solved the problem this way:

Code: 
root@pve-mw:~# lsblk
NAME                         MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda                            8:0    0   1.8T  0 disk
└─sda1                         8:1    0   1.8T  0 part /mnt/pve/backup
sdb                            8:16   0   1.8T  0 disk
├─data--lvm-vm--100--disk--0 253:4    0    80G  0 lvm
└─data--lvm-vm--130--disk--0 253:11   0   130G  0 lvm
sdc                            8:32   0 446.6G  0 disk
├─sdc1                         8:33   0  1007K  0 part
├─sdc2                         8:34   0   512M  0 part /boot/efi
└─sdc3                         8:35   0 446.1G  0 part
  ├─pve-swap                 253:0    0     8G  0 lvm  [SWAP]
  ├─pve-root                 253:1    0    96G  0 lvm  /
  ├─pve-data_tmeta           253:2    0   3.3G  0 lvm
  │ └─pve-data-tpool         253:6    0 319.6G  0 lvm
  │   └─pve-data             253:7    0 319.6G  1 lvm
  └─pve-data_tdata           253:3    0 319.6G  0 lvm
    └─pve-data-tpool         253:6    0 319.6G  0 lvm
      └─pve-data             253:7    0 319.6G  1 lvm
sr0                           11:0    1  1024M  0 rom

root@pve-mw:~# lvs
  LV            VG       Attr       LSize    Pool Origin Data%  Meta%  Move Log Cpy%Sync Convert
  vm-100-disk-0 data-lvm -wi-ao----   80.00g                                                  
  vm-130-disk-0 data-lvm -wi-ao----  130.00g                                                  
  data          pve      twi-aotz-- <319.60g             0.00   0.52                          
  root          pve      -wi-ao----   96.00g                                                  
  swap          pve      -wi-ao----    8.00g

Code: 
root@pve-mw:~# lvremove /dev/pve/data
Do you really want to remove active logical volume pve/data? [y/n]: y
  Logical volume "data" successfully removed

Code: 
root@pve-mw:~# lvs
  LV            VG       Attr       LSize   Pool Origin Data%  Meta%  Move Log Cpy%Sync Convert
  vm-100-disk-0 data-lvm -wi-ao----  80.00g                                                  
  vm-130-disk-0 data-lvm -wi-ao---- 130.00g                                                  
  root          pve      -wi-ao----  96.00g                                                  
  swap          pve      -wi-ao----   8.00g                                                  

root@pve-mw:~# lsblk
NAME                         MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda                            8:0    0   1.8T  0 disk
└─sda1                         8:1    0   1.8T  0 part /mnt/pve/backup
sdb                            8:16   0   1.8T  0 disk
├─data--lvm-vm--100--disk--0 253:4    0    80G  0 lvm
└─data--lvm-vm--130--disk--0 253:11   0   130G  0 lvm
sdc                            8:32   0 446.6G  0 disk
├─sdc1                         8:33   0  1007K  0 part
├─sdc2                         8:34   0   512M  0 part /boot/efi
└─sdc3                         8:35   0 446.1G  0 part
  ├─pve-swap                 253:0    0     8G  0 lvm  [SWAP]
  └─pve-root                 253:1    0    96G  0 lvm  /
sr0                           11:0    1  1024M  0 rom


Code: 
root@pve-mw:~# lvcreate -L 300GB -n data pve
WARNING: dos signature detected on /dev/pve/data at offset 510. Wipe it? [y/n]: y
  Wiping dos signature on /dev/pve/data.
  Logical volume "data" created.

root@pve-mw:~# lsblk
NAME                         MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda                            8:0    0   1.8T  0 disk
└─sda1                         8:1    0   1.8T  0 part /mnt/pve/backup
sdb                            8:16   0   1.8T  0 disk
├─data--lvm-vm--100--disk--0 253:4    0    80G  0 lvm
└─data--lvm-vm--130--disk--0 253:11   0   130G  0 lvm
sdc                            8:32   0 446.6G  0 disk
├─sdc1                         8:33   0  1007K  0 part
├─sdc2                         8:34   0   512M  0 part /boot/efi
└─sdc3                         8:35   0 446.1G  0 part
  ├─pve-swap                 253:0    0     8G  0 lvm  [SWAP]
  ├─pve-root                 253:1    0    96G  0 lvm  /
  └─pve-data                 253:2    0   300G  0 lvm
sr0                           11:0    1  1024M  0 rom

root@pve-mw:~# lvs
  LV            VG       Attr       LSize   Pool Origin Data%  Meta%  Move Log Cpy%Sync Convert
  vm-100-disk-0 data-lvm -wi-ao----  80.00g                                                  
  vm-130-disk-0 data-lvm -wi-ao---- 130.00g                                                  
  data          pve      -wi-a----- 300.00g                                                  
  root          pve      -wi-ao----  96.00g                                                  
  swap          pve      -wi-ao----   8.00g


Code: 
root@pve-mw:~# mkfs.ext4 /dev/pve/data
mke2fs 1.46.2 (28-Feb-2021)
Found a dos partition table in /dev/pve/data
Proceed anyway? (y,N) y
Creating filesystem with 78643200 4k blocks and 19660800 inodes
Filesystem UUID: 9604b5a0-1b61-4780-80bb-638660837470
Superblock backups stored on blocks:
        32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208,
        4096000, 7962624, 11239424, 20480000, 23887872, 71663616

Allocating group tables: done                          
Writing inode tables: done                          
Creating journal (262144 blocks): done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done

Code: 
root@pve-mw:~# mkdir /mnt/pve/data

Code: 
root@pve-mw:~# nano /etc/systemd/system/mnt-pve-backup2.mount

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

[Mount]
Options=defaults
Type=ext4
What=/dev/disk/by-uuid/9604b5a0-1b61-4780-80bb-638660837470
Where=/mnt/pve/backup2

[Unit]
Description=Mount storage 'backup2' under /mnt/pve

Code: 
root@pve-mw:~# systemctl enable mnt-pve-backup2.mount
 
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