new storage added, how to select it for new openvz vpses?

[ataomega]

Hello


new storage added to proxmox. how to create new openvz vpses on that? in creating of kvm vpses i can select the storage but in openvz no.


please help

thanks in advance

 

[udo]

Hello


new storage added to proxmox. how to create new openvz vpses on that? in creating of kvm vpses i can select the storage but in openvz no.


please help

thanks in advance

Hi,
openvz need local storage (below /var/lib/vz). If you want to use your storage for openvz you need to expand the logical volume pve-data.
If you haven an additional partition, you can expand the pve-volume group with the partition and then expand the lv amd than the filesystem (on the fly).

Udo

 

[ataomega]

thanks for your reply

but i cannt understand what you say, you told extend pve-volume group

proxmox configures LVM itselfs? is there LVM created for openvz? i run commands lvdisplay and vgdisplay but nothing

 

[udo]

thanks for your reply

but i cannt understand what you say, you told extend pve-volume group

proxmox configures LVM itselfs? is there LVM created for openvz? i run commands lvdisplay and vgdisplay but nothing

Hi,
do you have a standard pve-installation? Or an own installation ontop of debian 5 (for proxmox beginners i'm suggest the standard installation)?

With the standard-installation vgdisplay should show the volumegroup pve and lvdisplay the lvs swap,root and data inside this vg.

Udo

 

[ataomega]

unfortunately i installed it on debian 5

not installed from iso file.

what to do now?

if there isnt any solution, may i convert that openvz vps to kvm?

 

[udo]

unfortunately i installed it on debian 5

not installed from iso file.

what to do now?

if there isnt any solution, may i convert that openvz vps to kvm?

Hi,
without lvm during debian installation it's not so easy to expand... Converting from openvz to kvm is perhaps also not so easy - an openvz-vm has not a full linux inside, because it's use the kernel from the host. You must migrate your services by hand - if the vm run's an mysql-server only it's easy. With more services it's more complexed.

And your io-performance is with openvz better (much better - depends on io- and cpu-power).

What's about backup the VM (on a safe place) and do an reinstallation of the proxmox-node with original iso - it's take only few minutes for the ground installation. After that, you can restore your backup. (Perhaps you try first with an empty disk?).

Udo