[SOLVED] Newbie mistake, but dunno how to solve without destroying existing VMs

[strikeraj]

Hi
I installed PVE on the dual SD in my Dell R630 solver.
Today when I try to install a tool on the host, I ran into this.

E: You don't have enough free space in /var/cache/apt/archives/.

So when I dig a bit, I noticed this

sdd 8:48 0 14.9G 0 disk ├─sdd1 8:49 0 1007K 0 part ├─sdd2 8:50 0 512M 0 part └─sdd3 8:51 0 14.4G 0 part ├─pve-swap 253:0 0 1G 0 lvm [SWAP] ├─pve-root 253:1 0 6.7G 0 lvm / ├─pve-data_tmeta 253:2 0 1G 0 lvm │ └─pve-data 253:4 0 4.7G 0 lvm └─pve-data_tdata 253:3 0 4.7G 0 lvm └─pve-data 253:4 0 4.7G 0 lvm

and this

Name Type Status Total Used Available % ISO_dir dir active 963496960 115820416 847676544 12.02% OS dir active 963496960 115820416 847676544 12.02% local dir active 6825960 6458260 0 94.61% local-lvm lvmthin active 4931584 0 4931584 0.00%

Now I am thinking since the local-lvm is not really being used, I can take that room and give to the pve-root. But how can I do that?
I found this post, but that doesnt seem to fix my problem as I need room in the /var/cache/apt/archives/, and I cannot really point it to a new volume mnt right?

https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/h...nd-reduce-local-lvm-size-in-same-disk.124172/

 

[bbgeek17]

If you are truly not using local-lvm, you can : delete the storage object in PVE, delete the pve-data LVM slice, expand the pve-root with freed up space, expand the root filesystem.
https://www.reddit.com/r/toordotone/comments/souiub/remove_locallvm_from_proxmox/

note, I only took a quick look at this article - it seems ok, do it at your own risk.

You can also mount a /var/xxxxx to a new slice, search for how to use fstab.

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[strikeraj]

If you are truly not using local-lvm, you can : delete the storage object in PVE, delete the pve-data LVM slice, expand the pve-root with freed up space, expand the root filesystem.
https://www.reddit.com/r/toordotone/comments/souiub/remove_locallvm_from_proxmox/

note, I only took a quick look at this article - it seems ok, do it at your own risk.

You can also mount a /var/xxxxx to a new slice, search for how to use fstab.

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Blockbridge : Ultra low latency all-NVME shared storage for Proxmox - https://www.blockbridge.com/proxmox

Thanks for your reply.
So I don't use it intentionally, but I am not sure if PVE use it in any underlying process?
Cause when I go to my GUI, I see this when i go node->disk->LVM-thin

 

[Dunuin]

In addition...don't use SD cards...PVE writes a lot and will kill (non-industrial grade) SD cards and USB pen drives very fast. Only use internal/external HDDs/SSDs.

 

[strikeraj]

In addition...don't use SD cards...PVE writes a lot and will kill (non-industrial grade) SD cards and USB pen drives very fast. Only use internal/external HDDs/SSDs.

I have considered that but right now I am running out of ports. I am running a mirror image of the SD and the SD card are the ones Dell shipped with the server. I have also pointed the log to the ZFS pool. Is there anything else the PVE would wirte for?