In this tutorial, we will see how to change the location of a virtual disk of a virtual machine or an LXC container. To illustrate this tutorial, we will change the storage location of the virtual disk of VM 103. As we can see, the disk is on local-vm storage. If we look in the …
In this tutorial, we will see how to use ZFS as a storage system on Proxmox. What is ZFS? Before starting this tutorial, we will see what ZFS (Zettabyte File System) is. In reality ZFS is a file system, but as you will see in its presentation, ZFS is much more than that, it is …
In this tutorial, I will explain how to configure multipath on Proxmox. Generally, multipath is necessary when using a two-tier architecture for hypervisors with servers and SAN type storage (FC/iSCSI/… disk array). To ensure high storage availability, servers generally have several connections to the disk bay, what is called multipath in IT. On Proxmox when …
In this tutorial, I will explain how to partition a disk on Proxmox and then assign the partitions to storage. In this tutorial, you can see that I have two “disks” sda and sdb. In fact, these are two virtual disks created on a RAID 5 disk group on the server itself. The sda disk …
World Wide Name (WWN) is a unique identifier on storage controllers that identify devices on the SAN (disk bay). This is the equivalent of MAC addresses. 1. Open a PowerShell command prompt. 2. Enter the following command: 3. Here is the result of the command: On the screenshot above, we see that the server has …
In this tutorial, I will tell you how to delete all partitions from a hard drive with DISKPART. I am using this procedure to remove OEM partitions on computers from manufacturers like HP / DELL. Before performing this operation, make sure you have a backup of the data. Now that I have warned you, we …
MPIO or MultiPath I / O is a Windows feature that allows multiple path support for storage. MPIO addresses two issues: performance and reliability. The majority of storage bays have two controllers for reliability reasons. Whether you are a SAN or a DAS, the servers are “attached” to the array via the two controllers, which …
Presentation On a Windows Server volume where deduplication is enabled, when deleting files, the recovered space is not necessarily available immediately. In this article we will see how to recover the space immediately. Recover disk space Open a PowerShell command prompt as an administrator and enter the following command: Adapt the letter of the Volume …
By default, this feature is not enabled, the paths are checked during a problem. Enable path verification Open a PowerShell command prompt and enter the following command to check the status of PathVerificationState: To enable path checking, enter the following command: Restart the server to take account of the configuration.
In this article, we will see how to change a failed physical disk. When a disk is in error, an icon appears at the pool and virtual disks. Change the disk Open a command prompt and enter the command below to view the physical disks and identify the disk in error. Enter the command below …