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SudsMaker

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So I have built 2 new Proxmox servers.
I have setup the networking but had a question about storage.
I have a RAID2 for OS installation
I have another RAID5 for VM/Container storage
I was unable to format the RAID5 via the GUI but found where someone wiped/zero the disk "dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb" and I was able to wipe it via the GUI.
However, should the new drive show up on the left pane?
Should I even worry about that since I can use the storage?
 

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SudsMaker said:
I have a RAID2 for OS installation
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there is no such thing as RAID2, you probably meant that you have a mirror, which is RAID1 (https://www.prepressure.com/library/technology/raid).

SudsMaker said:
However, should the new drive show up on the left pane?
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the raw drive will not show in the left panel that you presented. That is where storage configuration objects show up, ie LVM, etc.
SudsMaker said:
Should I even worry about that since I can use the storage?
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Its unclear what you mean here. Sounds like you wiped (or attempted to) any logical partitioning on the disk. In theory you should not be able to use it now, but perhaps part of your configuration is not shown.

What is the output of:
lsblk
pvesm status
cat /etc/pve/storage.cfg

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bbgeek17 said:
there is no such thing as RAID2, you probably meant that you have a mirror, which is RAID1 (https://www.prepressure.com/library/technology/raid).


the raw drive will not show in the left panel that you presented. That is where storage configuration objects show up, ie LVM, etc.

Its unclear what you mean here. Sounds like you wiped (or attempted to) any logical partitioning on the disk. In theory you should not be able to use it now, but perhaps part of your configuration is not shown.

What is the output of:
lsblk
pvesm status
cat /etc/pve/storage.cfg

Blockbridge: Ultra low latency all-NVME shared storage for Proxmox - https://www.blockbridge.com/proxmox
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My apologies, you are correct RAID1 (a missed typo on my part).

Here is my "/etc/pve/storage.cfg"

dir: local
path /var/lib/vz
content vztmpl,iso,backup

lvmthin: local-lvm
thinpool data
vgname pve
content images,rootdir

lvm: machines
vgname machines
content rootdir,images
nodes server01
shared 0
sparse

I added "sparse" to the volume/disk to enable thin provisioning "IF" that is correct.
Thanks for the help!
 
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