[SOLVED] Use local-lvm as directory

[Finrod]

Hello,

i just re installed our proxmox cluster with 4.4. Now i have the problem that the node 2 made the whole 1tb hard drive into a local-lvm. Since i prefer using directories to install my Machines, i tried to create a /Machines in /dev/pve/ and then mount it. this creates a 10 MB folder in which i can install vms using the full 1TB of the local-lvm, but whenever the node reboots the machines in qcow format are gone and moved to local-lvm as raw. Is there any way i can replace the local lvm completly with a mountable directory?

 

[dcsapak]

IMHO the easiest way is to create a lv inside the lvm thin pool and mount it at /var/lib/vz
see https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/LVM2#Create_a_extra_LV_for_.2Fvar.2Flib.2Fvz

 

[Finrod]

thanks works fine except for the fstab entry. when i put
"/dev/pve/Machines /var/lib/vz" into the fstab, node2 to boots into emergency mode.

do i need the full example as in "echo '/dev/pve/Machines /var/lib/vz ext4 defaults 0 2' >> /etc/fstab" ? If yes, what exactly is written, the ' and the >> /etc/fstab as well?

 

[dcsapak]

the line

echo '/dev/pve/Machines /var/lib/vz ext4 defaults 0 2' >> /etc/fstab

says to add the line

/dev/pve/Machines /var/lib/vz ext4 defaults 0 2

at the end of the /etc/fstab file

the >> means to append to the file

and yes you need the whole line

for an explanation of the fstab file see

man fstab