Several disk-files per VM

Sansibarius

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Dec 20, 2024
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Hello
Why and under what circumstances ProxMox creates more than one file per VM or CT, p.ex:
vm-202-disk-0
vm-202-disk-1
vm-202-disk-2

On my system, disk-1 seems to be the main disk with the largest size (p.ex. 274.88 GB) and disk-0 and disk-2 are typically only a few MB.
What are the functions and contence of these disks?

When I move the VM to a different storage, only disk-1 is moved to the new location and disks 0 and 2 remain on the old location.
This is particularly bad when I want to clean a drive.

The only way I found so far to move all files to a new location is delete the full VM and restore it from the backup to the new location.

Thanks for your thoughts.
 
Disk images to store UEFI and TPM state most likely. They show up as EFI Disk or TPM disk in the hardware panel of the VM.
 
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