Proxmox 9.35GB Storage Limit

[karlos]

Under storage it shows Used 7.35GB and Capacity 9.35, 9.35 was the default size plus 3 containers. When I migrated and backed up at one point this read Used 9.35.

How and should this be expanded?
I'm running Proxmox in vmware and made the HDD 20gb so I figure 9.35 is some sort of default.

 

[meto]

Under storage it shows Used 7.35GB and Capacity 9.35, 9.35 was the default size plus 3 containers. When I migrated and backed up at one point this read Used 9.35.

How and should this be expanded?
I'm running Proxmox in vmware and made the HDD 20gb so I figure 9.35 is some sort of default.

I believe that rest of the disk is for LVM storage. You can extend /var/lib/vz partition if you like. I personally shrink /var/lib/vz as I use it only for ISOs.

 

[karlos]

So is it best practice to make a LVM storage area rather than increasing the 9.35gb?

I created a backup storage here: /var/lib/vz/dump/ and it shows the same size as the local directory and then I created a LVM - which shows 17.00 used and 19.49 capacity.

What the? How do I extend this vz partition and why dows the LVM show so much used when its not?

What I need it seems is a backup area preferably on a windows pc on the network (do you need a special file server?) and or a bigger VZ partition.

 

[dietmar]

I simply do not understand this thread - sorry.

 

[karlos]

Under Storage, it says Storage Name local, then it shows Used 7.35GB and Capacity 9.35, How and should this be expanded and why is it so small in the first place when the hard drive is 20GB?

 

[meto]

Add LVM storage, you will understand. Before that I'd recommend to learn how it works. Since there are many HOWTOs and Docs there is no point in doing that here.

 

[karlos]

Obviously I am a novice here, and I have made an LVM share and it is nearly all full.

I have read many forum posts and the Howto's and other documentation, I didnt find anywhere where it specifically shows why the hard drive storage shows this. Excuse my ignorance.

 

[tom]

I would suggest you take a look on the LVM standard setup (automatically done by the installer).

lvs
  LV   VG   Attr   LSize   Origin Snap%  Move Log Copy%  Convert
  data pve  -wi-ao 825.50G
  root pve  -wi-ao  96.00G
  swap pve  -wi-ao   4.00G

and with mount, you see how is it used:

mount

/dev/mapper/pve-root on / type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
...
/dev/mapper/pve-data on /var/lib/vz type ext3 (rw)
...
/dev/sda1 on /boot type ext3 (rw)

/boot is not a LVM volume as grub cannot boot from LVM.

and read here:
http://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Storage_Model