Migration from 1.9 to 2.0 : LVM and local storage messed up ?

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galphanet

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Hello,

I installed some servers from scratch on PVE 2.0 and upgraded some others.

On the new installed 2.0, /var/lib/vz is on a dedicated partition and there is no space left on LVM.
On the upgraded 2.0 /var/lib/vz is a directory on the root partition and VM disks are on LVM.

As I read, LVM is a better storage solution, so why 2.0 new installations doesn't use LVM ?

And I tried to migrate a VM to an upgraded 2.0 with LVM as the primary Images storage but rsync stores the image in /var/lib/vz why ?
As I have a small root partition (10 Gb), I cannot migrate my VMs...

How to store everything on the LVM and keep migration ?

Thanks you !
 
galphanet said:
Hello,

I installed some servers from scratch on PVE 2.0 and upgraded some others.

On the new installed 2.0, /var/lib/vz is on a dedicated partition and there is no space left on LVM.
On the upgraded 2.0 /var/lib/vz is a directory on the root partition and VM disks are on LVM.

As I read, LVM is a better storage solution, so why 2.0 new installations doesn't use LVM ?
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all Proxmox VE uses LVM. the 'data' volume is formated as ext3 or ext4, mounted on /var/lib/vz. Container cannot use LVM, so the default setup needs a filesystem. but you are fully flexible, change all this according to your needs.

galphanet said:
And I tried to migrate a VM to an upgraded 2.0 with LVM as the primary Images storage but rsync stores the image in /var/lib/vz why ?
As I have a small root partition (10 Gb), I cannot migrate my VMs...

How to store everything on the LVM and keep migration ?

Thanks you !
Click to expand...

Pls explain exactly what you want to do here. Do you migrate in a cluster or do you backup/restore?
 
Hi Tom,

Thanks for your fast reply.

Ok now I understand the partition scheme.

My problem with migration in a cluster is that if I migrate a VM to an 2.0 upgraded server, it will try to store disks in /var/lib/vz and not in the LVM.
I unchecked "Images" in the "local" storage and activated it in LVM on the destination server but it doesn't seem to consider it while migrating VMs.

Thanks you for your support !
 
still unclear to me. explain your system in detail and your migration idea.
 
Ok.

I have 2 servers with the same disk configuration :

/ 20 Gb (ISO, Containers, Templates)
VG 900Gb (Images)

When I do an (offline) migration from one to the other, it tries to store the disk image on / and not on the VG.
Why ?

Thanks you
 
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