vmware shared storage

[tdemetriou]

Hi All,

I have SAN storage I am using that houses our VMs which we are migrating to PROXMOX

How do I add that storage to proxmox?

I already added storage that is dedicated to only proxmox via a volume and it is recognized by the SAN and proxmox already.

it is an IBM 2145 SAN...

 

[tdemetriou]

lsblk does not see the new shared storage - which is a fresh volume I created

 

[bbgeek17]

Are you asking about Proxmox ESXi Import process?

https://www.proxmox.com/en/services...vironment/proxmox-ve-import-wizard-for-vmware


What has changed since this thread? https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/new-installation-connecting-to-existing-fc-san.174046/#post-809514

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Blockbridge : Ultra low latency all-NVME shared storage for Proxmox - https://www.blockbridge.com/proxmox

 

[tdemetriou]

Are you asking about Proxmox ESXi Import process?

https://www.proxmox.com/en/services...vironment/proxmox-ve-import-wizard-for-vmware


What has changed since this thread? https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/new-installation-connecting-to-existing-fc-san.174046/#post-809514

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Blockbridge : Ultra low latency all-NVME shared storage for Proxmox - https://www.blockbridge.com/proxmox

I got the proxmox to recognize the storage as I started from scratch and added it back and zoned everything

Then I did the same for the shared storage and I see that in VMWARE and was able to migrate a vm to the shared storage

 

[tdemetriou]

BTW I am an AS400 admin by default plus I am pretty good with Windows but proxmox/unix/linux are like a new language which I am stumbling with

 

[tdemetriou]

Yes I am trying to import ESXI vms

we have 6 hosts with about 60-80 vms

 

[bbgeek17]

"lsblk" is a Linux tool that shows block level devices recognized by Linux Kernel.

The ESXi Import Wizard is an API driven application built by PVE developers. It uses API to transfer data over the network from ESXi to PVE. There is no new block storage involved here. You did not need to migrate ESXi VMs to shared storage to enable migration to PVE.

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Blockbridge : Ultra low latency all-NVME shared storage for Proxmox - https://www.blockbridge.com/proxmox

 

[tdemetriou]

thanks this helped tremendously... once I found the root passwords I was able to add the vm storage to the data center

 

[bbgeek17]

Excellent. Feel free to mark the thread as Solved by editing the original post and selecting Solved from the drop down near the subject.

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Blockbridge : Ultra low latency all-NVME shared storage for Proxmox - https://www.blockbridge.com/proxmox