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 < [email protected]> 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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