Recover container from a non-booting server disk

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hmmatos

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Hi all,

I have a small proxmox server at home and for some reason it fails to boot.
I removed the SSD and put it in a PC with Ubuntu via USB

I did this to activate the volume

Code: 
sudo vgscan
sudo vgchange -ay pve

And now I have this


Code: 
sudo lvdisplay

--- Logical volume ---
LV Name                data
VG Name                pve
LV UUID                884sGl-ORLy-pm01-b5qc-0hGP-1YQA-pkiwwa
LV Write Access        read/write (activated read only)
LV Creation host, time proxmox, 2024-06-23 14:19:33 +0100
LV Pool metadata       data_tmeta
LV Pool data           data_tdata
LV Status              available
# open                 0
LV Size                <49.34 GiB
Allocated pool data    12.58%
Allocated metadata     1.79%
Current LE             12631
Segments               1
Allocation             inherit
Read ahead sectors     auto
- currently set to     256
Block device           252:6

--- Logical volume ---
LV Path                /dev/pve/swap
LV Name                swap
VG Name                pve
LV UUID                rZv8ID-6n0a-AYKx-gLJT-C8YW-uqsL-6DculZ
LV Write Access        read/write
LV Creation host, time proxmox, 2024-06-23 14:19:30 +0100
LV Status              available
# open                 0
LV Size                8.00 GiB
Current LE             2048
Segments               1
Allocation             inherit
Read ahead sectors     auto
- currently set to     256
Block device           252:1

--- Logical volume ---
LV Path                /dev/pve/root
LV Name                root
VG Name                pve
LV UUID                eZfxCd-Cwza-e1yG-T36E-aSyY-EU1h-gESMFp
LV Write Access        read/write
LV Creation host, time proxmox, 2024-06-23 14:19:30 +0100
LV Status              available
# open                 0
LV Size                <37.70 GiB
Current LE             9650
Segments               1
Allocation             inherit
Read ahead sectors     auto
- currently set to     256
Block device           252:2

--- Logical volume ---
LV Path                /dev/pve/vm-100-disk-0
LV Name                vm-100-disk-0
VG Name                pve
LV UUID                mNh9Rw-7bc3-UH7N-NzmV-cuBr-vutP-g5z01B
LV Write Access        read/write
LV Creation host, time tortuga, 2024-06-23 14:30:49 +0100
LV Pool name           data
LV Status              available
# open                 0
LV Size                30.00 GiB
Mapped size            8.83%
Current LE             7680
Segments               1
Allocation             inherit
Read ahead sectors     auto
- currently set to     256
Block device           252:7

Code: 
ls -la /dev/pve/
total 0
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  140 Sep 24 09:04 .
drwxr-xr-x 21 root root 4720 Sep 24 09:04 ..
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root    7 Sep 24 09:04 root -> ../dm-2
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root    7 Sep 24 09:04 swap -> ../dm-1
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root    7 Sep 24 09:04 vm-100-disk-0 -> ../dm-7
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root    7 Sep 24 09:04 vm-101-disk-0 -> ../dm-9
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root    7 Sep 24 09:04 vm-102-disk-0 -> ../dm-8

I have installed a new proxmox server in a new ssd and I need to recover the container, vm-100-disk-0, to this new server.
It is possible, how can I do this?

Thank you so much.
 
You need just to recover the conf files here onto your new from your old pve, eg:
l /etc/pve/lxc/
-rw-r----- 1 root www-data 715 Sep 2 14:15 102.conf
-rw-r----- 1 root www-data 345 Sep 2 14:15 105.conf
-rw-r----- 1 root www-data 346 Sep 2 14:15 106.conf
-rw-r----- 1 root www-data 423 Sep 22 13:21 114.conf
-rw-r----- 1 root www-data 373 Sep 6 10:51 115.conf
-rw-r----- 1 root www-data 360 Sep 20 10:24 120.conf
-rw-r----- 1 root www-data 440 Sep 20 10:24 124.conf
-rw-r----- 1 root www-data 424 Sep 20 10:24 127.conf
-rw-r----- 1 root www-data 680 Sep 20 10:24 147.conf

l /etc/pve/qemu-server/
-rw-r----- 1 root www-data 459 Sep 2 14:21 111.conf
-rw-r----- 1 root www-data 2239 Sep 20 10:24 112.conf
-rw-r----- 1 root www-data 560 Sep 20 10:24 130.conf
 
waltar said:
You need just to recover the conf files here onto your new from your old pve, eg:
l /etc/pve/lxc/
-rw-r----- 1 root www-data 715 Sep 2 14:15 102.conf
-rw-r----- 1 root www-data 345 Sep 2 14:15 105.conf
-rw-r----- 1 root www-data 346 Sep 2 14:15 106.conf
-rw-r----- 1 root www-data 423 Sep 22 13:21 114.conf
-rw-r----- 1 root www-data 373 Sep 6 10:51 115.conf
-rw-r----- 1 root www-data 360 Sep 20 10:24 120.conf
-rw-r----- 1 root www-data 440 Sep 20 10:24 124.conf
-rw-r----- 1 root www-data 424 Sep 20 10:24 127.conf
-rw-r----- 1 root www-data 680 Sep 20 10:24 147.conf

l /etc/pve/qemu-server/
-rw-r----- 1 root www-data 459 Sep 2 14:21 111.conf
-rw-r----- 1 root www-data 2239 Sep 20 10:24 112.conf
-rw-r----- 1 root www-data 560 Sep 20 10:24 130.conf
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Hi @waltar,

I have mounted the root volume to try to find does configs but the directories are empty

Code: 
ls -la /mnt/pve/root/
total 84
drwxr-xr-x 18 root root  4096 Jun 23 14:21 .
drwxr-xr-x  4 root root  4096 Sep 24 11:52 ..
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root     7 Apr 24 12:26 bin -> usr/bin
drwxr-xr-x  5 root root  4096 Sep  1 21:47 boot
drwxr-xr-x  4 root root  4096 Apr 24 12:26 dev
drwxr-xr-x 91 root root  4096 Sep  1 21:47 etc
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  4096 Jan 28  2024 home
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root     7 Apr 24 12:26 lib -> usr/lib
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root     9 Apr 24 12:26 lib64 -> usr/lib64
drwx------  2 root root 16384 Jun 23 14:19 lost+found
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  4096 Apr 24 12:26 media
drwxr-xr-x  3 root root  4096 Jun 23 14:35 mnt
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  4096 Apr 24 12:26 opt
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  4096 Jan 28  2024 proc
drwx------  3 root root  4096 Sep  1 22:02 root
drwxr-xr-x  4 root root  4096 Apr 24 12:26 run
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root     8 Apr 24 12:26 sbin -> usr/sbin
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  4096 Apr 24 12:26 srv
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  4096 Jan 28  2024 sys
drwxrwxrwt  9 root root  4096 Sep 23 05:15 tmp
drwxr-xr-x 12 root root  4096 Apr 24 12:26 usr
drwxr-xr-x 11 root root  4096 Apr 24 12:26 var

Code: 
ls -la /mnt/pve/root/etc/pve/
total 8
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 4096 Jun 23 14:21 .
drwxr-xr-x 91 root root 4096 Sep  1 21:47 ..

Could it be in this logical volume called data?

Code: 
--- Logical volume ---
  LV Name                data
  VG Name                pve
  LV UUID                884sGl-ORLy-pm01-b5qc-0hGP-1YQA-pkiwwa
  LV Write Access        read/write (activated read only)
  LV Creation host, time proxmox, 2024-06-23 14:19:33 +0100
  LV Pool metadata       data_tmeta
  LV Pool data           data_tdata
  LV Status              available
  # open                 0
  LV Size                <49.34 GiB
  Allocated pool data    12.58%
  Allocated metadata     1.79%
  Current LE             12631
  Segments               1
  Allocation             inherit
  Read ahead sectors     auto
  - currently set to     256
  Block device           252:6

Is it possible to mount this volume?
 
/etc/pve is a fuse mount of the pve sqlite database /var/lib/pve-cluster/config.db which could be read directly with sqlite3 cmd's ... but it's just easier to use it in /etc/pve while pve is bootet.
 
waltar said:
/etc/pve is a fuse mount of the pve sqlite database /var/lib/pve-cluster/config.db which could be read directly with sqlite3 cmd's ... but it's just easier to use it in /etc/pve while pve is bootet.
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Hi @waltar,
thanks I manage to get the 100.conf from the config.db file.

Now what, can I do a container in the new server and replace the config file and the disk file?

Code: 
ls
100.conf 
config.db 
vm-100-disk-0

It will work or is there a better solution?
 
Most of all could and so should be done in the pve web-gui. The recovery from a vm/lxc .conf file "in shell" bring back your vm/lxc disk-file into the web-gui and is just in case for broken os disk or any mistakes.
 
Hello @waltar,

after all, it was simpler than I thought.
I had a backup in the disk and put it in the dump directory (/var/lib/vz/dump/ ) on the new server, and just restored the container.

I have the container running right now :)

Thank you so much for your help
 
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