This post should give beginners a rough overview over the storage concepts in a usual Proxmox installation. It will not go in depth on all possibilities and caveats. Storage By default, Proxmox uses LVM for its storage system. LVM is the Logical Volume Manager, which adds an additional logical abstraction layer between the hardware (theContinue reading “Proxmox Storage Basics”
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Migrating a simple server from VMware ESXi to Proxmox PVE
I just migrated a rather small server from VMware ESXi 7.0 to Proxmox 8.1.3 hypervisor. The server had two virtual Windows 10 machines. I document the steps here, in case it might be helpful to someone in the same situation. Step 1: Install a new, empty drive Insert a fresh SSD in the server andContinue reading “Migrating a simple server from VMware ESXi to Proxmox PVE”