VM conf file

[pxmxadm]

Hi,

I notice when a VM is created, the VMID.conf file is created on the Proxmox's /etc/pve/qemu-server/ directory even if the VM disks are on an NFS datastore. If the Proxmox has a local disk corruption or is unrecoverable, the VMID.conf is lost. Am I understand correctly it's the expected behavior? Unlike the VMware environment, it's common to keep .vmx and all VM's files in one location. Is it possible to do the same in Proxmox?

Thanks.

 

[fiona]

Hi,
Proxmox VE is mainly intended for clusters, where /etc/pve will then be shared across all nodes. You should of course also take regular backups of important configuration files in /etc/ like is standard practice for Linux administration (note that /etc/pve is a separate mount point). See also: https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/chapter-pmxcfs.html

 

[pxmxadm]

Thanks, @fiona ! I forgot about the cluster sync among nodes. Thank you.