X-Git-Url: https://git.proxmox.com/?p=pve-docs.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=pvesm.adoc;h=5f8020e895a4ebdd5aee5a35cfaee4004d4f421d;hp=bbdec4730f23f6f6a110c1362b643ed736552f16;hb=9c41b54dc509727c2c8d77129a9b8dbbdf03e7fd;hpb=2afe468c96cbea8bf3ae19a71c8ba30adf17d6b4 diff --git a/pvesm.adoc b/pvesm.adoc index bbdec47..5f8020e 100644 --- a/pvesm.adoc +++ b/pvesm.adoc @@ -102,6 +102,11 @@ resizing the VMs filesystems. All storage types which have the 'Snapshots' feature also support thin provisioning. +CAUTION: If a storage runs full, all guests using volumes on that +storage receives IO error. This can cause file system inconsistencies +and may corrupt your data. So it is advisable to avoid +over-provisioning of your storage resources, or carefully observe +free space to avoid such conditions. Storage Configuration --------------------- @@ -129,24 +134,33 @@ Each storage pool has a ``, and is uniquely identified by its `: ` line starts the pool definition, which is then followed by a list of properties. Most properties have values, but some of them come with reasonable default. In that case you can omit the value. +To be more specific, take a look at the default storage configuration +after installation. It contains one special local storage pool named +`local`, which refers to the directory '/var/lib/vz' and is always +available. The {pve} installer creates additional storage entries +depending on the storage type chosen at installation time. + .Default storage configuration ('/etc/pve/storage.cfg') ---- dir: local path /var/lib/vz content iso,vztmpl,backup +# default image store on LVM based installation lvmthin: local-lvm thinpool data vgname pve content rootdir,images + +# default image store on ZFS based installation +zfspool: local-zfs + pool rpool/data + sparse + content images,rootdir ---- Common Storage Properties