Moving existing vm from local to lvm

[asmar]

Hi all,

I've copied over an old proxmox server to a new one the backup file.
Then I restore it via the gui but instead of storing it under the LVM which I got plenty of space it is under the local disk.

How can I transfer the existing VM under the LVM? All I need is to point/move the disk from the local to LVM.

root@proxmox2:~# lvscan
  ACTIVE            '/dev/pve/swap' [8.00 GiB] inherit
  ACTIVE            '/dev/pve/root' [96.00 GiB] inherit
  ACTIVE            '/dev/pve/data' [7.16 TiB] inherit
  ACTIVE            '/dev/pve/vm-100-disk-1' [500.00 GiB] inherit
  ACTIVE            '/dev/pve/vm-101-disk-1' [750.00 GiB] inherit

root@proxmox2:~# df -h
Filesystem                                       Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
udev                                              63G     0   63G   0% /dev
tmpfs                                             13G  9.2M   13G   1% /run
/dev/mapper/pve-root                              94G   14G   76G  16% /
tmpfs                                             63G   43M   63G   1% /dev/shm
tmpfs                                            5.0M     0  5.0M   0% /run/lock
tmpfs                                             63G     0   63G   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
/dev/sda2                                        253M  290K  252M   1% /boot/efi
/dev/fuse                                         30M   16K   30M   1% /etc/pve
tmpfs                                             13G     0   13G   0% /run/user/0

 

[gosha]

Hi!
VM's-disk from local store - on filesystem in file.
LVM use for raw format only. Like partition on HDD.

Best regards,
Gosha

 

[dcsapak]

you can use the 'move disk' function on the gui to move disks between storages

 

[gosha]

you can use the 'move disk' function on the gui to move disks between storages

Yes. But not between different clusters.

 

[asmar]

you can use the 'move disk' function on the gui to move disks between storages

Where is that "move disk", I can't find it anywhere under the VM. It is a LXC container.

 

[gosha]

Where is that "move disk", I can't find it anywhere under the VM. It is a LXC container.

 

[fabian]

there is no move disk for LXC, use backup and restore (restore on the GUI only offers the simple mode, but on the CLI / API you have an advanced mode that allows to use different storages for different mount points and so on).

 

[asmar]

Thanks Fabian. When I backup the LXC during the restore it will ask me where to store it?

 

[tom]

yes, you can select the storage (on restore).

 

[Yamnsllerty]

The best and free way is to use the account , the fast way is to use transfer tool to do that , all i know,