[Question] Resizing Proxmox local / local-lvm?

krolden, 1 month ago

Create a new storage pool with bigger disk(s) and migrate your stuff

Much less of a headache.

You could also add a directory to your local-lvm storage and set that to be your iso store in datacenter-> storage

brownmustardminion, 1 month ago

It’s really that much of a hassle to fiddle with the volume sizes?

krolden, 1 month ago

Its definitely more of a hassle than adding another storage pool or creating a directory in local-lvm.

brownmustardminion, 1 month ago

You suggested just adding the ISOs to local-lvm. Do you think it would be feasible to simply delete the local storage completely and then extend the local-lvm after, storing the ISOs there? I know extending volumes is much simpler than shrinking. And I imagine deleting completely is also easier than shrinking?

krolden, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago)

Search engines are your friend

old.reddit.com/comments/vj6u54/comment/idhfltv?co…

From the comment:

This is how I do it:

boot into gparted (make bootable usb https://gparted.org/liveusb.php)

open terminal

run lvdisplay to check the proxmox root and data lv name and path
sudo lvdisplay

resize the root lv (choose size, no curly brackets)
sudo lvreduce --resizefs -L {size}G /dev/pve/root

resize the data lv to use all available space
sudo lvresize -l +100%FREE /dev/pve/data

reboot into proxmox
pray

I do not suggest doing this. Just add another disk.

also: …proxmox.com/…/can-i-remove-local-and-local-lvm.1…