Questions about replacing the primary proxmox install drive.

[kilobit]

Hello, I have been experimenting with proxmox for a while and my datacenter computer unexpectedly bit the dust so, I rushed my proxmox box up there and its now in production

However, I need to replace the system drive with a new faster one and bigger. I currently have a wd 250gb drive in the machine but the new drive is 1tb. I was thinking of just cloning drive/drive then expanding the partition. Is this the way I should do this?

Could someone tell me how I should go about doing this? I have searched the wiki and not found anything.. maybe this is common knowledge but I am limited with my linux experience.

Thanks a bunch.

For the record I will be adding a second drive 1.5 tb for backups,etc

 

[SergeantFTC]

I would have to assume that that would work. I can't think of a reason it wouldn't anyways. For cloning, use Clonezilla or Easeus Disk Copy. Good luck!!

 

[udo]

Hello, I have been experimenting with proxmox for a while and my datacenter computer unexpectedly bit the dust so, I rushed my proxmox box up there and its now in production

However, I need to replace the system drive with a new faster one and bigger. I currently have a wd 250gb drive in the machine but the new drive is 1tb. I was thinking of just cloning drive/drive then expanding the partition. Is this the way I should do this?

Could someone tell me how I should go about doing this? I have searched the wiki and not found anything.. maybe this is common knowledge but I am limited with my linux experience.

Thanks a bunch.

For the record I will be adding a second drive 1.5 tb for backups,etc

Hi,
you can do this also "on the fly" - you need only one reboot (if your new disk are already in the system). This can be done with cloning mbr and the /boot-partition and then use lvm-tools to move the logical volumes to the new bigger disk.
But you should only do this way if you have linux experiences (or want lo learn a lot). Of course you should have a valid backup of your important data.

Udo

 

[kilobit]

I can do simple admin tasks and feel comfortable but doing the disk stuff is where I am rusty. I just have not done this enough times to feel comfortable enough. I know I can use dd to copy boot and everything but I think it should be unmounted first. Also, I was concerned about dd copying the bad sectors or any other info I didnt want. Even at that I am just used to the basic disk structures and not lvm stuff.