proxmox/docs/archive/completion/STORAGE_FIX_COMPLETE.md

Storage Fix Complete - pve and pve2

Date: $(date)
Status: ✅ Storage Fixed and Ready

Summary

Storage configuration has been fixed on both pve and pve2 nodes to enable:

• ✅ Starting all stopped VMs
• ✅ Migrating existing VMs

Storage Status After Fix

pve2 (192.168.11.12)

• ✅ thin1: Active (51.98% used) - Ready for stopped VMs
• ✅ thin2: Active (0% used) - Available for new VMs
• ✅ thin3: Active (0% used) - Available for new VMs
• ✅ local: Active (directory storage) - Available for migrations

Stopped VMs on pve2 (all use thin1, now ready to start):

• 100: proxmox-mail-gateway
• 101: proxmox-datacenter-manager
• 102: cloudflared
• 103: omada
• 104: gitea
• 105: nginxproxymanager
• 130: monitoring-1
• 5000: blockscout-1
• 6200: firefly-1

pve (192.168.11.11)

• ✅ local: Active (directory storage) - Ready for migrations
• ⚠️ local-lvm: Disabled (configured for ml110 only)
• ⚠️ thin1-thin6: Disabled (no volume groups available)

Note: pve has no volume groups, so LVM thin storage is not available. Migrations should use local (directory storage) which is active and ready.

What Was Fixed

pve2

1. ✅ Enabled thin1 storage (was disabled, now active)
2. ✅ Enabled thin2 storage (was disabled, now active)
3. ✅ Enabled thin3 storage (was disabled, now active)
4. ✅ Verified all stopped VMs can now start (all use thin1)

pve

1. ✅ Verified local storage is active and ready for migrations
2. ℹ️ No volume groups available, so LVM thin storage cannot be configured

Next Steps

Starting Stopped VMs on pve2

All stopped VMs on pve2 can now be started:

# Start all stopped VMs
ssh root@192.168.11.12
for vmid in 100 101 102 103 104 105 130 5000 6200; do
    pct start $vmid
done

# Or start individually
pct start 100
pct start 101
# ... etc

Migrating VMs to pve

When migrating VMs to pve, use local storage:

# From source node (e.g., ml110)
ssh root@192.168.11.10

# Migrate with local storage
pct migrate <VMID> pve --storage local

# Or using API
pvesh create /nodes/ml110/lxc/<VMID>/migrate --target pve --storage local --online 0

Migrating VMs to pve2

When migrating VMs to pve2, you can use:

• thin1 (if available space)
• thin2 or thin3 (available)
• local (directory storage)

# Migrate to pve2 with thin1
pct migrate <VMID> pve2 --storage thin1

# Or with thin2/thin3
pct migrate <VMID> pve2 --storage thin2

Storage Capacity

pve2

• thin1: 237GB total, 123GB used, 114GB available (51.98% used)
• thin2: 237GB total, 0GB used, 237GB available (0% used)
• thin3: 237GB total, 0GB used, 237GB available (0% used)
• local: 230GB total, 127MB used, 230GB available (0.05% used)

pve

• local: 564GB total, 2.9GB used, 561GB available (0.53% used)

Verification Commands

Check Storage Status

# pve2
ssh root@192.168.11.12 "pvesm status"

# pve
ssh root@192.168.11.11 "pvesm status"

Check Stopped VMs

# pve2
ssh root@192.168.11.12 "pct list | grep stopped"

# pve
ssh root@192.168.11.11 "pct list | grep stopped"

Start a VM

# On the node where VM is located
pct start <VMID>

# Check status
pct status <VMID>

Scripts Available

1. scripts/fix-storage-pve-pve2.sh: Fix storage on both nodes
2. scripts/migrate-containers-to-pve-local.sh: Migrate containers to pve using local storage
3. scripts/diagnose-and-fix-migration-storage.sh: Comprehensive diagnostic tool

Notes

• pve2 has thin storage pools ready for use
• pve uses directory storage (local) which is slower but works without LVM setup
• All stopped VMs on pve2 can now start successfully
• Migrations to pve should use local storage
• Migrations to pve2 can use thin1, thin2, thin3, or local

Related Documentation

• docs/MIGRATION_STORAGE_FIX.md: Complete migration guide
• docs/MIGRATION_QUICK_REFERENCE.md: Quick reference
• docs/STORAGE_MIGRATION_FIX_SUMMARY.md: Implementation summary