[PVE-User] What effect would changing the motherboard have on Proxmox?

[Robert Fantini]

1- in the 8 installs I have done, there has never been software raid.
I suppose that could happen if you setup software raid in the bios .
But software raid or the semi raid chips on some motherboards are
something I've read should be avoided.

2- to copy containers,  we  make backups , scp them to new system [ or
use a usb disk ] and restore.

 the 1-st time you start a restored container, do so from cli . as
some error messages - like a different iso storage name - will cause a
KVM to not start.  that is simple to fix - just use the same storage
names on the target.

 to start a kvm:
  qm start <VMID>


On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 10:43 AM, Bruce B <bruceb444 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks guys. Great tips.
> 1- I am not sure if FakeRaid was used or not because I think that didn't
> work for me so I had Proxmox to do the Raid - I thought Proxmox did that
> during the first phase of installation - or could I be wrong and Proxmox
> .iso doesn't do a SoftRaid?
> 2- Is there a safer way of doing this as well? Let's say I buy two new hard
> drives and just transfer VMs and KVMs somehow?
> Thanks again,
>
> On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 4:34 AM, Felix Krohn <felix.krohn at ovh.net> wrote:
>>
>> * Bruce B <bruceb444 at gmail.com> [2011-05-17 17:54]:
>> >    So, if I take out the HDDs and attach to the new board, should I
>> > expect
>> >    Proxmox to come up fine and all the KVMs and VMs to run smoothly
>> > after it
>> >    finds the new board?
>>
>> In my experience yes, although udev might rename your network
>> interfaces, thus breaking vmbridge connectivity.
>> Cleaning up /etc/udev/rules.d/*persistent-net.rules (removing the lines
>> with the old MAC address) should be enough to fix or prevent this (be
>> careful, this line will be re-created during boot-up)
>>
>> About the raid thing: don't use fakeraid :)
>>
>> As Martin says, real hardware RAID is the best option, but that doesn't
>> mean that regular Linux SoftRaid (mdadm) won't work - it does work, but
>> isn't supported officially.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Felix
>
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