Importing Converted Disk to LVM Storage

[parisi]

Recent Proxmox adopter here.

1. I have added a NVME drive to my system for VM storage.
2. I have it named VMStorageOne under the server node, its type is LVM.
3. I am able to create VM's there.
4. I have a VHDX file that I want to convert.
5. I have the VMDK file on a disk named Dir1.
6. How do I take the converted qcow2 file and move it to the LVM (or wherever it should be)?

Thanks,
Paul.

 

[Moayad]

Hello,

Did you check our wiki about Migration of servers to Proxmox VE [0]?

[0] https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Migration_of_servers_to_Proxmox_VE

 

[parisi]

Thank you!

I just went through that documentation in detail.

It looks like

qemu-img convert -f vmdk /mnt/usb/windows-server/windows-server.vmdk -O qcow2 /var/lib/vz/images/100/windows-server.qcow2

will put the disk in /var/lib/vz/images/100/

How do I put that disk image into VMStorage? I think that is the right terminology.

I have attached a screen clip of my config.

 

[bbgeek17]

The disks in PVE must be named to conform to a certain standard: https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Storage:_Directory (File Naming conventions).
Once you have the disk with appropriate name in appropriate place, you can execute "qm rescan" (man qm) to bring the disk as "unattached" to VM config. The final step is to "attach" the disk, which can be done via GUI or CLI.
The next, optional, phase is to move the disk to different storage type. You can use the UI to "move disk" and it will be converted from qcow/raw file format to raw blocks, if the target is LVM.

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[parisi]

This is very helpful. If I may ask a follow up question...

If I had the NVME connected when I first installed the machine,

1. -- what would it have been named
2. -- what type would it (or should it) have been.

This is a simple home lab server for learning. I am mostly interested in what general recommendations are. As I mentioned in the previous post, I want to use the entirety of the NVME to store my various VMs. How do I "extend" the current storage location? I am sure I am still missing something. I appreciate your patience!

Thanks,
Paul.