Can't create a local datastore

[abedard]

Trying to create a datastore on the localdisk of a standalone host.

Volumje already exists

Storage > Datastores > add
Try to add a 'Directory Pool' and it prompts you to enter a 'cloud' and it's an empty field and won't let you proceed.

What am I missing?

[dccolpitts]

Navigate to Infrastructure (1) --> Clusters (2) --> Select your cluster (3) --> Storage (4) --> Add (5).  And you should then be good to go.

dcc

[abedard]

That works, but my volume is missing

All I see is a 100gb volume, which I believe is localstorage of the VM-Manager appliance? Or maybe the local partition for the Morpheus server?

The host has a 2.4TB local storage volume that I need to mount to store VMs in it.

[PeterTzvetanov]

1. Identify the New Disk

First, identify the new disk device you'll be using. You can use commands like lsblk or sudo fdisk -l to list available disks. For this guide, let's assume the new disk is /dev/sdb. 
       2. Partition the New Disk 

Create a new partition on the disk if it doesn't have one already. You can use a tool like cfdisk for this: 

sudo cfdisk /dev/sdb

Follow the on-screen prompts to create a new partition, typically using the entire disk, and then write the changes to the disk. 

      3. Initialize the Partition as a Physical Volume (PV)

Use the pvcreate command to initialize the new partition as a LVM physical volume: 

sudo pvcreate /dev/sdb1 # Replace sdb1 with your actual partition
      4. Create a New Volume Group (VG)

Now, create a new volume group using the PV you just created: 

sudo vgcreate my_new_vg  /dev/sdb1 # Replace my_new_vg with your desired VG name
      5. Create a Logical Volume (LV)

Create a logical volume within the new volume group. This is the actual "disk" that you'll format and use: 

sudo lvcreate -L 2T -n my_logical_volume my_new_vg # Creates a 2TB logical volume

You can adjust -L 2T to your desired size and -n my_logical_volume to your preferred LV name.
      6. Create a Filesystem on the Logical Volume 

Format the logical volume with a filesystem, such as ext4: 

sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/my_new_vg/my_logical_volume
     7. Mount the Filesystem

Create a directory where you'll mount the filesystem and then mount it: 

sudo mkdir /mnt/my_new_storage
sudo mount /dev/my_new_vg/my_logical_volume /mnt/my_new_storage
     8. Make the Mount Persistent (Optional)

To make the mount persistent across reboots, add an entry to /etc/fstab: 

echo "/dev/my_new_vg/my_logical_volume /mnt/my_new_storage ext4 defaults 0 2" | sudo tee -a /etc/fstab
     9. Verify

You can now check your new storage using df -h: 

df -h

[abedard]

There appears to already be a partition on SBD3 for the OS at 100gb.

What we are trying to do is make the other 2.2TB available for storing Virtual Machines.

administrator@vme01:~$ lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS
sda 8:0 0 279.4G 0 disk
├─sda1 8:1 0 100M 0 part
├─sda2 8:2 0 16M 0 part
├─sda3 8:3 0 278.7G 0 part
└─sda4 8:4 0 523M 0 part
sdb 8:16 0 2.2T 0 disk
├─sdb1 8:17 0 1G 0 part /boot/efi
├─sdb2 8:18 0 2G 0 part /boot
└─sdb3 8:19 0 2.2T 0 part
└─ubuntu--vg-ubuntu--lv 252:0 0 100G 0 lvm /
sdc 8:32 1 0B 0 disk

administrator@vme01:~$ sudo pvcreate /dev/sdb3
[sudo] password for administrator:
Can't initialize physical volume "/dev/sdb3" of volume group "ubuntu-vg" without -ff
/dev/sdb3: physical volume not initialized.

[PeterTzvetanov]

Hi,

it looks like you have installed the ubuntu instead of the 1st drive with 279GB and use the second for your data(Ubuntu installer does that always if there is a second disk, to select automatically the second disk instead of the first).

If the drive is having already a partition like ubuntu volume group, it should be fine with this 3 commands:

pvresize /dev/sdb3

lvextend -l +100%FREE  /dev/ubuntu-vg/ubuntu-lv

resize2fs /dev/ubuntu-vg/ubuntu-lv