Hello all,
I am new to proxmox but i really like it so far. I am setting up a 3 node cluster for my home lab. I have 3 dell optiplex micro 7040 I5 6500 cpu
1. 24gb ram, 256gb nvme, 500gb sata ssd, 2tb usb drive ( 2 or 3 win svr vm's)
2. 8gb ram, 256gb nvme, 500gb usb (4 or 5 TK containers)
3. 32gb ram, 256gb nvme, 1tb sata ssd ( 3 or 4 ) win svr vm's )
I had them set up as a three node cluster running Prox 7,1 but I started having errors when attempting to migrate vms between nodes. I also had issues upgrading to version Prox 7.2. I wiped them out and did a fresh install on to the 256gb nvme drives. I am getting ready to setup the other drives but wanted some advice. i would like to be able to use HA for some of my vms and also setup backups and snaps.
Since I have the 2tb drive on node 1 I would like to be able to use that as my backup target for all three nodes. I know since it is usb and over the single 1gb network connection it will be kinda slow but this is just for tinkering and speed isnt super important. When I had the previous cluster set up I could not access the drive from node 2 or three.
So pretty much i would just like to be able to back up my vms on nodes other than that are running on so any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Also I learned about Proxmox on NetworkChuck (youtube) and he recommends removing the LVM thin and expanding the drive running the following commands to get the full space from your installation drive. if anyone has any recommendations regarding this please let me know.
1 - remove Local LVM thin
2 - run these three commands from node shell
- lvremove /dev/pve/data
- lvresize -l +100%FREE /dev/pve/root
- resize2fs /dev/mapper/pve-root
I am new to proxmox but i really like it so far. I am setting up a 3 node cluster for my home lab. I have 3 dell optiplex micro 7040 I5 6500 cpu
1. 24gb ram, 256gb nvme, 500gb sata ssd, 2tb usb drive ( 2 or 3 win svr vm's)
2. 8gb ram, 256gb nvme, 500gb usb (4 or 5 TK containers)
3. 32gb ram, 256gb nvme, 1tb sata ssd ( 3 or 4 ) win svr vm's )
I had them set up as a three node cluster running Prox 7,1 but I started having errors when attempting to migrate vms between nodes. I also had issues upgrading to version Prox 7.2. I wiped them out and did a fresh install on to the 256gb nvme drives. I am getting ready to setup the other drives but wanted some advice. i would like to be able to use HA for some of my vms and also setup backups and snaps.
Since I have the 2tb drive on node 1 I would like to be able to use that as my backup target for all three nodes. I know since it is usb and over the single 1gb network connection it will be kinda slow but this is just for tinkering and speed isnt super important. When I had the previous cluster set up I could not access the drive from node 2 or three.
So pretty much i would just like to be able to back up my vms on nodes other than that are running on so any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Also I learned about Proxmox on NetworkChuck (youtube) and he recommends removing the LVM thin and expanding the drive running the following commands to get the full space from your installation drive. if anyone has any recommendations regarding this please let me know.
1 - remove Local LVM thin
2 - run these three commands from node shell
- lvremove /dev/pve/data
- lvresize -l +100%FREE /dev/pve/root
- resize2fs /dev/mapper/pve-root
