Local-lvm (storage) and VM format

[Harris Marfel]

because lvm-thin is a block type storage which can not hold files by default

you could create a logical volume inside, create a filesystem and use it as directory storage -> there you can store isos and backups

thanks for your info

 

[bizzarrone]

There is a way to export disk of a powered on VM.
- backup the VM (snapshot mode), no compression.
- go under right dir: cd /mnt/pve/backup
- extract the dump: vma extract vzdump-qemu-720-2016_09_14-11_22_20.vma target-dir
then you will get the raw disk and do whatever you want.

 

[Egor]

then you will get the raw disk and do whatever you want

Whatever I want?
How can I do this?