Problem installing new SSD storage

[mn124700]

I am having a problem getting PVE to recognize my new SSD storage device. I've installed a Samsung SSD and have formatted it as EXT4 (single partition, GPT). In PVE, I can go to the tab for my server and the new SSD shows up under "Disks" as expected. Now, I want to use the new SSD to store VMs and to migrate a few old VMs from other storage.

How do I get PVE to recognize the new SSD as a local storage device for my VMs? It does not currently show up in the main server view as storage (with the little disk-stack icon).

Thanks for any help,
Eric

 

[ph0x]

You have to add it under Datacenter->Storage.
If you want to store VM images on that disk, yoiu should consider a thin lvm pool over ext4, though.

 

[KipiK]

I am having a problem getting PVE to recognize my new SSD storage device. I've installed a Samsung SSD and have formatted it as EXT4 (single partition, GPT). In PVE, I can go to the tab for my server and the new SSD shows up under "Disks" as expected. Now, I want to use the new SSD to store VMs and to migrate a few old VMs from other storage.

How do I get PVE to recognize the new SSD as a local storage device for my VMs? It does not currently show up in the main server view as storage (with the little disk-stack icon).

Thanks for any help,
Eric

I have followed up that procedure here: https://nubcakes.net/index.php/2019/03/05/how-to-add-storage-to-proxmox/#Step 3.
On my case that was for storing backup files on external drive, but in essence approach is the same if you are happy with using a directory instead of lvmpool over ext 4.

Otherwise, there is a good tutorial on you tube for such lvmpool creation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isV9QeM53J8

STEP 1: mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdb : format to ext4 fdisk /dev/sdb type g to change to GPT Patition Label then press w to save change
STEP 2: cfdisk /dev/sdb to creat partition (in my case 2T HDD) creat 4 partions with large of 400gb (sdb1-sdb4) and 1 partion 200gb (sdb5) to store DATA (choose filesystem is Linux LVM)
STEP 3: format sdb5 mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdb5 (partion 200gb for OS image or files upload via winscp) mkdir /backupvms (creat folder to mount to sdb5) mount -t ext4 /dev/sdb5 /backupvms (execute this command when you reboot server) reboot
STEP 4: (creat partion volume sdb1 - physic volume ) pvcreate --metadatasize 250k -y -ff /dev/sdb1 pvcreate --metadatasize 250k -y -ff /dev/sdb2 same command with sdb3 and sdb4
STEP 5: vgcreate vmg1data /dev/sdb1 ( creat volume group for sdb1) same command with vmg2data /dev/sdb2 .... to vmg4data /dev/sdb4
STEP 6: (replace 960G to value that you want to creat logic volume) lvcreate -L 960G -n g1-data vmg1data ........ lvcreate -L 960G -n g4-data vmg4data
STEP 7: lvconvert --type thin-pool vmg1data/g1-data ( ... vmg4data/g4-data)

or this page: https://www.kenmoini.com/blog/quick-n-dirty-adding-disks-to-proxmox/