Using NTFS hard drive from Windows Server

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maudy5

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Hi, I changed hypervisors from Windows Server DC to Proxmox and the previous hard drives were all backed up with the ntfs file system.
I formatted the main drive to use proxmox, but I can't access the other hard drives. They show up in the storage, but I don't see where I can add it to a VM or even access the files there. Do I have to format them to a linux file system to access? Because I would need to back them up first. Or maybe switch back to windows DC to back up first.

Does anyone have any ideas?
 
You first need to install the ntfs-3g (apt update && apt install ntfs-3g) package so Linux is able to use NTFS. For backups you could then use the mount command to mount the NTFS partition (for example mount -t ntfs /dev/sdX /mnt/ntfsdisk).
If you want to passthrough the Disk to your Win VM you can do it like described here: https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Passthrough_Physical_Disk_to_Virtual_Machine_(VM)
But keep in mind that this is no physical passthrough and that disk is still virtualized and passing it through while being mounted on the host will corrupt its data.
 
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@Dunuin so to clarify, passing the drives directly without mounting them on the Proxmox host is safe ? Im in the same situation, switchting from Windows drives formatet to NTFS and no space or money available to reformat. Also im planning to pass them to Linux VM.
 
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