Proxmox backup onto a sata ssd using a usb adapter

[michaelthompson1991]

So when I set proxmox up to run home assistant I had the ssd off my old pi with the usb adapter so I thought id use this as a backup of proxmox.

I believe i used this guide [https://smarthomescene.com/guides/h...des/how-to-backup-home-assistant-in-proxmox/) and a bit of ChatGPT to get me through bits I didn’t understand.

Now the drive I used for the backup to is 240gb but proxmox thinks is just under 99gb, see screenshots. The drive is setup as a VZDump backup file, see screenshots again.

Im not really sure what’s wrong or how to make the drive the full size, and it wont matter if I have to wipe the drive because I only run home assistant on it currently and I also have backups for this in google drive.

Can anyone help or be of guidance please?

See screenshots [https://imgur.com/a/FcE4AwG](https://imgur.com/a/FcE4AwG)

I can provide more screenshots if needed if you let me know what I need to screenshot.

Thanks everyone!

 

[mariol]

Are you sure that the USB drive is mounted correctly? Please give me the output of:

df -h

and

mount

 

[michaelthompson1991]

Im not sure, but I’m assuming not. Heres the results https://imgur.com/a/tTtmjCU

 

[mariol]

Im not sure, but I’m assuming not. Heres the results https://imgur.com/a/tTtmjCU

Thank you. No usb drive mounted. How did you integrate them, or wanted to integrate them? You can use the FSTAB for mouting drives manually.

Please post your storage.cfg too:

cat /etc/pve/storage.cfg

 

[michaelthompson1991]

Well i just used the blog post i linked in the first post. Heres what happened when I enter the code https://imgur.com/a/4E54ZmB

 

[mariol]

Well i just used the blog post i linked in the first post. Heres what happened when I enter the code https://imgur.com/a/4E54ZmB

This is only the Proxmox Storage cfg. In your case, this now points to an empty directory, i.e. to your mount point. But maybe backup files have already been copied into it. You must delete them before mounting. Your USB drive must then be mounted there.

Yes, they write also that you have to mount your drive. But this is only temporary. After a reboot your mount is gone. So if you like, use the FSTAB for creating fix mounts.

 

[michaelthompson1991]

Yeah backups have been working its just the disk isn’t full size. When you say reboot do you mean delete backups, reboot proxmox then proceed with
Create the directory, change name and location if you want
mkdir / mnt/backups
#Mount
the drive to the created directory, change to your drive label and folde
mount
/dev/sdc /mnt/backups #Change to your drive and folder
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