[PVE-User] Mount ceph storage to replace vm image

[Marc Peiser]

Thank you Lindsay, this makes perfect sense. I'm going to give this a try.

Cheers
Marc

On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 2:00 PM, Lindsay Mathieson <
lindsay.mathieson at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 24 Feb 2015 01:45:06 PM Marc Peiser wrote:
> > Yes my storage is rdp. My qcow2 image that I converted is sitting in
> root's
> > home directory /root/system.qcow2
> >
> > So I'd like to know how I copy this image from /root over to the ceph rbd
> > volume called ceph-store-1 overwriting my empty vm?
>
>
> You need to get your image on to local proxmox storage first. You should
> have
> the default "local" storage for each proxmox node, which is mounted at
> "/var/lib/vz".
>
> What you need to do is create a hard disk of any size for your VM on local
> storage, then copy the imported qcow2 image over it. Then "Move" the disk
> to
> Ceph.
>
> e.g if the ProxMoxVM you created has an ID of "100"
>
> In the Proxmox WebGUI
>
> - Select VM 100
>
> - Open the Hardware Tab
>
> - Create a QCOW2 hard disk (if not already created).
>
> - SSH onto the proxmoxbox
>
> - The VM's hard disk is located at:
>   /var/lib/vz/images/100/vm-100-disk-1.qcow2
>
> - Overwrite it with your imported VM disk.
>   "cp /root/system.qcow2  vm-100-disk-1.qcow2"
>
> - Select the disk (vm-100-disk-1.qcow2) in the hardware tab on the web gui.
>
> - Probably a good idea to start it up at this stage and check it actually
> boots. Maybe snapshot it first.
>
> - Shut the VM down
>
> - Click the "Move Disk" button in the strip under the Proxmox Tabs
>
> - Choose the Ceph storage as the destination.
>
>
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