[SOLVED] Re-install Proxmox on another disk

[jeanmars]

Hi,

in order to solve my cable/controller/disk issue on my SATA disk (https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/ata2-resets.130991/), I want to install Proxmox.
Current setup:
- 2 disks:
- NVMe disk (2TB): all the rest, VMS, backups,...
- SATA disk (480GB): Promoxx 7.4-16 installed + ISO


So I want to remove the SATA disk and have everything on the NVMe disk.
I have only 1 VM to backup/restore.
What would be the best approach?
I'm thinking of:
- Backup this VM using Proxmox GUI Datacenter-->Node-->VM-->backup-->"Backup now" button
- Save backup file (vzdump-qemu-100-2023xxx.vma.zst) to some network share/USB stick
- Install Proxmox 8 on NVMe disk (and erase everything on NVMe disk as install will recreate partitions I guess)
- Copy previous backup file to new backup repository
- Restore VM using Proxmox GUI Datacenter-->Node--><partition where backup has been copied to>-->, select file, "Restore" button

Does that make sense? Is there any easier thing to do?
Thanks,
Jean

 

[Lukas Wagner]

I'm thinking of:
- Backup this VM using Proxmox GUI Datacenter-->Node-->VM-->backup-->"Backup now" button
- Save backup file (vzdump-qemu-100-2023xxx.vma.zst) to some network share/USB stick
- Install Proxmox 8 on NVMe disk (and erase everything on NVMe disk as install will recreate partitions I guess)
- Copy previous backup file to new backup repository
- Restore VM using Proxmox GUI Datacenter-->Node--><partition where backup has been copied to>-->, select file, "Restore" button

That sounds like a good plan! Remember that the backup file has to be stored in the dump directory inside the your storage, e.g. for the default local storage that would be in /var/lib/vz/dump .

 

[jeanmars]

Hi Lukas,
thanks for confirming

 

[Lukas Wagner]

Alright, please consider marking your thread als 'solved' if you have no further questions. You can do so by editing the thread and choosing the 'Solved' prefix for the thread subject.

Thanks!

 

[jeanmars]

Hi Lukas,
thread marked as solved and I can confirm that this is working. ACtually, it was easier than I expected