PBS Storage / Disks No Disks unused? I have disks 2T unused

[TheDude2022]

I've tried everything in PBS Storage / Disks, I can't create a Directory or ZFS No Disks unused. I purchased the Samsung Portable T7 USB SSD drive. It would be nice if Samsung or Proxmox provided some kind of info in getting this storage drive up and running since it would benefit both of them. Both products look promising to learn but so far, nothing but a lot of headaches.

 

[fiona]

Hi,
both disks already contain a ZFS, so that's why they are not available to initialize. You can just create a datastore with Add Datastore and provide an absolute path to where it should be created to make use of the disk.

Did you set up a ZFS mirror with these two disks while installing? I'm not sure mixing HDD and SSD is a good idea, ideally mirrored devices are identical.

 

[TheDude2022]

Hi,
both disks already contain a ZFS, so that's why they are not available to initialize. You can just create a datastore with Add Datastore and provide an absolute path to where it should be created to make use of the disk.

Did you set up a ZFS mirror with these two disks while installing? I'm not sure mixing HDD and SSD is a good idea, ideally mirrored devices are identical.

Hi Fiona, thank you so much for your reply. No, I did not mirror the two disks in ZFS. I'm going to experiment using the path directory option. Cheers

 

[TheDude2022]

I've tried everything in PBS Storage / Disks, I can't create a Directory or ZFS No Disks unused. I purchased the Samsung Portable T7 USB SSD drive. It would be nice if Samsung or Proxmox provided some kind of info in getting this storage drive up and running since it would benefit both of them. Both products look promising to learn but so far, nothing but a lot of headaches. View attachment 46405

What happened to the pve-ha-simulator where and how can I download it

 

[fiona]

What happened to the pve-ha-simulator where and how can I download it

It's in Proxmox VE package repositories (but not PBS). With one of them enabled, you can run apt install pve-ha-simulator.

 

[TheDude2022]

It's in Proxmox VE package repositories (but not PBS). With one of them enabled, you can run apt install pve-ha-simulator.

Ok thanks I downloaded and installed the package in shell of pve1 but how do I access it?

 

[TheDude2022]

Also when I start a VM terminal it's not let me copy or paste into the command line I try cntrl+shift C or V but won't work any suggestions?

 

[fiona]

Ok thanks I downloaded and installed the package in shell of pve1 but how do I access it?

See here.

Also when I start a VM terminal it's not let me copy or paste into the command line I try cntrl+shift C or V but won't work any suggestions?

Do you use noVNC? Clipboard support will likely be allowed in a future version of Proxmox VE, but AFAIK, you currently need to use SPICE if you want clipboard support.

 

[jensie]

I have a similar problem. Not able to use the disks. Here is



Any idea how to use the disks correctly ?

 

[fiona]

Hi,

I have a similar problem. Not able to use the disks. Here is

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Any idea how to use the disks correctly ?

that depends on what the partitions on vda are. But if you have a mounted file system (make sure it's automatically mounted during boot), you can just specify a path on that file system when adding a datastore. If you want to use the disk fully for a datastore, you can wipe it clean (via CLI) and then add it as ZFS or Directory in the UI (Administration > Storage/Disks > Directory or ZFS > Create).