Proxmox VE setuo and config - hard drive details differ

[zeeb]

Hi all,

I've just reinstalled Proxmox on a NUC, as I'd done something wrong before and was having issues with Proxmox and Home assistant having clashing IP's. No idea how or why but all is working correctly now.

There's something I can't figure out or can't google correctly what I'm after, as I'm clearly not that great with computers as of yet.
Proxmox is running on a NUC with a 128GB SSD. Now when I look under the VM and summery, it states I have a 37GB HDD. Is this due to a partition, or do I have a setting not correctly configured.

Kind regards

 

[Dunuin]

I guess you installed PVE using LVM. Then you got 2 Storages. "local" (this is the 37GB root filesystem you see) for files and the PVE system as well as a second storage "local-lvm" (probably the other ~75GB) which is a LVM-Thin Pool where you can only store virtual disks, as it is a block storge without a filesystem.

 

[zeeb]

I guess you installed PVE using LVM. Then you got 2 Storages. "local" (this is the 37GB root filesystem you see) for files and the PVE system as well as a second storage "local-lvm" (probably the other ~75GB) which is a LVM-Thin Pool where you can only store virtual disks, as it is a block storge without a filesystem.

ah yes, you're correct there. Oddly there seems to be 54GB stored there. Does this mean I can not change the partition? Maybe I won't need to.
When you say I can only store virtual disks there, if I added another node, such as Ubuntu, it would take up local-lvm storage?
It appears I nhave a lot to learn.
Thank you for the reply.

 

[Dunuin]

When you say I can only store virtual disks there, if I added another node, such as Ubuntu, it would take up local-lvm storage?

I guess you mean a VM or LXC and not a node. Yes, virtual disks of LXCs and VMs usually will be stored there, unless you edited the default configuration of the "local" storage.

 

[zeeb]

I guess you mean a VM or LXC and not a node. Yes, virtual disks of LXCs and VMs usually will be stored there, unless you edited the default configuration of the "local" storage.

Okay, thank you. I may need to start again but will see how it goes for now.
I take it I can't retrospectively change those partitions of the HDD?

 

[Dunuin]

I take it I can't retrospectively change those partitions of the HDD?

Those aren't partitions. "local" and "local-lvm" are on the same partition and that partiton got multiple logical volumes (LVs). It can be changed but only using the CLI by manually manipulating your LVM. Without experience with LVM it might be easier just to reinstall PVE and editing the "Advanced Options" in the installer, then restoring the VMs/LXCs.
Seach the forum and you will find a lot of threads about how to resize "local" or remove "local-lvm". That is asked once every few weeks.

 

[zeeb]

Thank you, I’ll have a look into that.