I have a synology NAS, and i'd like to use it as a NFS storage for my ISO files. Because there was some issue with NFS i didn't use it. Now i tried NFS again and fortunately it is working again. When i used NFS on a NFS server this was where the ISO file was stored:
I've created a shared folder on the nas >> proxmox, then created an ISO folder, and finally this was the path to the ISO files:
proxmox/ISOs/template >> and there were the ISO files inside the folder. Now i tried to add this path when i've created the NFS Storage, i've checked only the ISO images during the creation, but if i want to see ISO files in the GUI (server view > PVE (my proxmox name) > iso (ID for the NFS storage) > ISO images) i don't see any ISO files there and i can't start any VM which is just live booted. But if i list the content of /mnt/pve/iso i can see every ISO on the server. Could someone help me how can i use again my NFS's ISOs? i can see every ISO on the server. Could someone help me how can i use again my NFS's ISOs?Thanks any help!
Isofile (string) - Path to the ISO file to boot from, expressed as a proxmox datastore path, for example local:iso/Fedora-Server-dvd-x8664-29-1.2.iso. Proxmox VE can use local directories or locally mounted shares for storage. A directory is a file level storage, so you can store any content type like virtual disk. This is why the install disk images (ISO files) provided by Proxmox. The next page asks for basic configuration options like the location, the time zone. Proxmox iso upload location isn’t hard to find once you know where it is, but it can be tricky initially. Install Proxmox VE server In the Proxmox GUI go to Datacenter.
Moving proxmox virtual machines between different servers became very easy with recent proxmox updates. You can use proxmox web GUI or command line interface to create a proxmox virtual machine backup and than move to a remove server. In this article we will see how to backup and transfer a proxmox vm to another proxmox node, both using GUI and command line.
Step 1: Enable your disk to store backups
Normally your hardisk is enabled to be used for:
- Disk Image
- Iso Image
- Container Template
- Container
That means currently you can not store your virtual machine backup on your hardisk, so you need to make sure that your hard disk can store VZDump Backup File (file that is created after we initiate a virtual machine backup). Please follow the instruction in the image below:
- Click on Data Center
- Click on storage to list your server storage mediums.
- From list select the storage medium on which you need to store backups, we have only one so we selected it from the list.
- Once selected than click on Edit.
- You will than see that pop-up box that is currently displaced on the screen, from ‘Content’ drop down you can see that all other selections are highlighted blue, make sure VZDump Backup file is also highlighted in blue and click OK to save your changes.
Now your storage medium is ready to store backups.
Step 2: Create Backup
Their are two ways you can create backups, from GUI and command line as well, we will first discuss the command line version because its very easy.
Create backup from command line
Login to your server ssh and run the following command:
After that your backup will be in /var/lib/vz/dump folder of the server.
Step 3: Move backup file via scp
Once the backup is completed you can simply scp it to the remote server, please note that your backup file will be named something like this “vzdump-qemu-122-2016_09_13-14_12_32.vma”.
To scp this file to the remote server use the command: