July 17, 20241 yr Hi, I am trying to add an unassigned device as a pool device (to function as cache for my existing array). I shut down my Windows VM, stop the array, and add the device as a pool device, then start the array, my Windows VM is no longer listed (and an old Linux VM appears). When I was initially trying to setup my VM I had issues with it crashing etc. so I made multiple attempts (potentially some past VMs used the same name)... I need the Windows VM running, so I shut the array down, unassigned the cache device, started the array back up and the old VM is no longer listed, and my Windows one shows up. I have tried searching for similar issues in past forums, but I still don't understand the issue (or the solution). Past threads talk about /mnt/disk1/system/libvirt/libvirt.img. Help will be appreciated!
July 18, 20241 yr Community Expert I don't see anything wrong with the libvirt image, post the output of: ls -lh /etc/libvirt/qemu
July 18, 20241 yr Community Expert Now post new diags and the same output with the cache device unassigned.
July 20, 20241 yr Author Thank you for your help so far Jorge, I have done as you asked, the list it produced on that commands looks to be a different (old) list of files... pixel-diagnostics-20240720-1306.zip Edited July 20, 20241 yr by Techizare
July 20, 20241 yr Community Expert Solution There are two libvirt images, one on cache and one on disk1, see witch one is the correct/better one and delete the other. Thanks for the beer money!
July 20, 20241 yr Author The one on the cache drive is wrong - would it be best to format the cache disk or delete the file? (I don't even know how to go about deleting that image). I have an m.2 pool device that I had intended to be used for VMs - out of curiosity, in terms of performance, would this be a better place to store the image then the HDD array - or does it not matter too much? I don't really know what function that image serves. Edited July 20, 20241 yr by Techizare
July 20, 20241 yr Author I installed Dynamix File Manager plugin, I deleted the content of the cache drive. That old VM is still showing. Things are looking bleak.
July 20, 20241 yr Author Turned off the array, turned it back on, and my new VM is showing, with the chase drive. Posting this for the benefit of future noobs. Edited July 23, 20241 yr by Techizare
July 20, 20241 yr Community Expert You can move the image to cache, just disable the VM service first.
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.