proxmox:disks:add_storage_drives:add_a_new_physical_hard_drive_to_proxmox
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Proxmox - Disks - Add Storage Drives - Add a new physical hard drive to Proxmox
Add a new Physical Hard Drive to your Proxmox Node.
Check that Proxmox is recognizing the new drive
Log into the Proxmox web portal.
- Select the Proxmox Node (pve).
- Click on Disks.
NOTE: This should show the new Physical hard drive such as /dev/sdb.
Create a Partition
Open the Proxmox Node Shell.
fdisk /dev/sdb
returns:
Welcome to fdisk (util-linux 2.29.2). Changes will remain in memory only, until you decide to write them. Be careful before using the write command. Command (m for help):
WARNING: Make sure that the device is the correct one, as all data will be wiped from this device.
Create a new Partition
Type n and hit enter.
Command (m for help): n Partition type p primary (0 primary, 0 extended, 4 free) e extended (container for logical partitions)
Select partition type p for Primary and select default value for Partition Number, First Sector and Last Sector.
Partition number (1-4, default 1): First sector (2048-16777215, default 2048): Last sector, +sectors or +size{K,M,G,T,P} (2048-16777215, default 16777215): Created a new partition 1 of type 'Linux' and of size 8 GiB.
Save partition – type w and hit enter.
Command (m for help): w The partition table has been altered. Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table. Syncing disks.
NOTE: The new drive should be ready.
Create an LVM Volume
Create Physical Volume
pvcreate /dev/sdb1
returns:
Physical volume "/dev/sdb1" successfully created.
Create Volume Group
vgcreate VG01 /dev/sdb1
returns:
Volume group "VG01" successfully created
Add LVM to Proxmox
Navigate to Datacenter –> Storage.
- Click Add.
- Select LVM.
- Populate:
- ID: Enter a name.
- Volume Group: Select the correct volume group from the drop down.
- Click Add.
NOTE: The new drive should be added to Proxmox.
- Confirm by navigating to NODE (pve) → Storage.
proxmox/disks/add_storage_drives/add_a_new_physical_hard_drive_to_proxmox.txt · Last modified: 2021/07/23 10:11 by peter