Debian Stretch LVM new partiton or volume Now ssl keys fragged gui won't load

Question

I have recently purchased a used Dell T710, I installed Debian Stretch 9.6 and proxmox packages. I intend to run some vms. I installed using LVM and let the installer do its thing. I am running a hardware 10 raid using 4 500GB Satas with a 500GB spare booting via UEFI 2.1. I note when I open the proxmox web page, that there was no free space on the volume for me to use or at least that is how I interpreted the graphic on the main page. So I set about shrinking the home partition which was taking up the remainder of space on the pv.and am not able to shrink the partition to create a new one just for proxmox or create a new volume in the same group that I can configure for proxmox to access. I currently am cut'n pasting from a systemrescuecd session running on the server. Is there an easy way?

I've been reading here:

[how to resize / lvm partition

And here:

[Extending VG > LVM

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And I did follow another link that showed me how to do the filesystem and volume shrink in one command.... I don't recall the link but I think the command was lvresize -r -L lVPath PVPath. I have provided some hopefully relevant system information:

% lvs
      LV     VG           Attr       LSize  Pool Origin Data%  Meta%  Move Log Cpy%Sync Convert
      home   gladiator-vg -wi-a----- 50.00g                                                    
      root   gladiator-vg -wi-a----- 27.94g                                                    
      swap_1 gladiator-vg -wi-a----- 31.98g

home is not the last volume in the VG. I was reading where this might require some more complicated manuevering.

% lvdisplay
  --- Logical volume ---
  LV Path                /dev/gladiator-vg/root
  LV Name                root
  VG Name                gladiator-vg
  LV UUID                txWegy-ROvW-TMSG-0y4i-sCey-JHDQ-YpKRmL
  LV Write Access        read/write
  LV Creation host, time gladiator, 2018-11-21 00:45:44 +0000
  LV Status              available
  # open                 0
  LV Size                27.94 GiB
  Current LE             7152
  Segments               1
  Allocation             inherit
  Read ahead sectors     auto
  - currently set to     256
  Block device           253:0

  --- Logical volume ---
  LV Path                /dev/gladiator-vg/swap_1
  LV Name                swap_1
  VG Name                gladiator-vg
  LV UUID                eifh70-cPbQ-Nh7l-UYUG-OHq2-Swkh-942xCe
  LV Write Access        read/write
  LV Creation host, time gladiator, 2018-11-21 00:45:44 +0000
  LV Status              available
  # open                 0
  LV Size                31.98 GiB
  Current LE             8187
  Segments               1
  Allocation             inherit
  Read ahead sectors     auto
  - currently set to     256
  Block device           253:1

  --- Logical volume ---
  LV Path                /dev/gladiator-vg/home
  LV Name                home
  VG Name                gladiator-vg
  LV UUID                Ze23Gj-OGmr-buUx-SHES-hpP1-9Jjp-cENrqj
  LV Write Access        read/write
  LV Creation host, time gladiator, 2018-11-21 00:45:44 +0000
  LV Status              available
  # open                 0
  LV Size                50.00 GiB
  Current LE             12800
  Segments               1
  Allocation             inherit
  Read ahead sectors     auto
  - currently set to     256
  Block device           253:2

% lvscan 
  ACTIVE            '/dev/gladiator-vg/root' [27.94 GiB] inherit
  ACTIVE            '/dev/gladiator-vg/swap_1' [31.98 GiB] inherit
  ACTIVE            '/dev/gladiator-vg/home' [50.00 GiB] inherit

% pvdisplay
  --- Physical volume ---
  PV Name               /dev/sda3
  VG Name               gladiator-vg
  PV Size               929.76 GiB / not usable 2.00 MiB
  Allocatable           yes 
  PE Size               4.00 MiB
  Total PE              238018
  Free PE               209879
  Allocated PE          28139
  PV UUID               VjY4Hv-BfxI-plZ2-5A17-SCcC-pCYm-g9xGZ5

% pvscan
  PV /dev/sda3   VG gladiator-vg    lvm2 [929.76 GiB / 819.84 GiB free]
  Total: 1 [929.76 GiB] / in use: 1 [929.76 GiB] / in no VG: 0 [0   ]

     % fdisk -l
Disk /dev/loop0: 405.6 MiB, 425336832 bytes, 830736 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes



Disk /dev/sda: 930.5 GiB, 999116767232 bytes, 1951399936 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 056405C6-7818-4837-92CB-E47732521E90

Device       Start        End    Sectors   Size Type
/dev/sda1     2048    1050623    1048576   512M EFI System
/dev/sda2  1050624    1550335     499712   244M Linux filesystem
/dev/sda3  1550336 1951397887 1949847552 929.8G Linux LVM


Disk /dev/sdb: 7.5 GiB, 8053063680 bytes, 15728640 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x00007a66

Device     Boot Start      End  Sectors  Size Id Type
/dev/sdb1  *        1 15728639 15728639  7.5G  c W95 FAT32 (LBA)


Disk /dev/mapper/gladiator--vg-root: 28 GiB, 29997662208 bytes, 58589184 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/mapper/gladiator--vg-swap_1: 32 GiB, 34338766848 bytes, 67067904 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/mapper/gladiator--vg-home: 50 GiB, 53687091200 bytes, 104857600 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Update: I was able to successfully shrink the partition, create a volume group. Proxmox was not seeing those volumes as available. I guess that I need to configure proxmox to either use the pv that I have created or delete the new pv and try to reconfigure/reinstall proxmox to setup the volumes it needs. Any suggestions?

xxxx@xxxxxx:~# pvscan

PV /dev/sda3 VG xxxxxx-vg lvm2 [929.76 GiB / 619.64 GiB free] Total: 1 [929.76 GiB] / in use: 1 [929.76 GiB] / in no VG: 0 [0 ] root@gladiator:~# systemctl status pveproxy ● pveproxy.service - PVE API Proxy Server Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/pveproxy.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (running) since Sat 2018-12-22 19:39:22 EST; 1h 30min ago Process: 2696 ExecStart=/usr/bin/pveproxy start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Main PID: 2754 (pveproxy) Tasks: 3 (limit: 4915) Memory: 122.7M CPU: 1min 50.387s CGroup: /system.slice/pveproxy.service ├─2754 pveproxy ├─8411 pveproxy worker └─8412 pveproxy worker

 lsblk --ascii
   NAME                           MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
    sda                              8:0    0 930.5G  0 disk 
    |-sda1                           8:1    0   512M  0 part /boot/efi
    |-sda2                           8:2    0   244M  0 part /boot
    `-sda3                           8:3    0 929.8G  0 part 
     |-gladiator--vg-root         253:0    0    28G  0 lvm  /
     |-gladiator--vg-swap_1       253:1    0    32G  0 lvm  [SWAP]
     |-gladiator--vg-home         253:2    0    50G  0 lvm  /home
     |-gladiator--vg-thinlv_tmeta 253:3    0   100M  0 lvm  
     | `-gladiator--vg-thinlv     253:5    0   200G  0 lvm  /thinlv
     `-gladiator--vg-thinlv_tdata 253:4    0   200G  0 lvm  
     `-gladiator--vg-thinlv     253:5    0   200G  0 lvm  /thinlv
     sr0                             11:0    1  1024M  0 rom  

# systemctl status pveproxy

● pveproxy.service - PVE API Proxy Server Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/pveproxy.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (running) since Sat 2018-12-22 19:39:22 EST; 1h 54min ago Process: 2696 ExecStart=/usr/bin/pveproxy start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Main PID: 2754 (pveproxy) Tasks: 4 (limit: 4915) Memory: 126.5M CPU: 2min 22.812s CGroup: /system.slice/pveproxy.service ├─2754 pveproxy ├─9922 pveproxy worker ├─9923 pveproxy worker └─9924 pveproxy worker

Dec 22 21:33:55 gladiator pveproxy[9920]: worker exit Dec 22 21:33:55 gladiator pveproxy[2754]: worker 9920 finished Dec 22 21:33:55 gladiator pveproxy[2754]: starting 1 worker(s) Dec 22 21:33:55 gladiator pveproxy[2754]: worker 9923 started Dec 22 21:33:55 gladiator pveproxy[9923]: /etc/pve/local/pve-ssl.key: failed to load local private key (key_file or key) at /usr/share/perl5/PVE/APIServer/AnyEvent.pm line 1647. Dec 22 21:33:55 gladiator pveproxy[9921]: worker exit Dec 22 21:33:55 gladiator pveproxy[2754]: worker 9921 finished Dec 22 21:33:55 gladiator pveproxy[2754]: starting 1 worker(s) Dec 22 21:33:55 gladiator pveproxy[2754]: worker 9924 started Dec 22 21:33:55 gladiator pveproxy[9924]: /etc/pve/local/pve-ssl.key: failed to load local private key (key_file or key) at /usr/share/perl5/PVE/APIServer/AnyEvent.pm line 1647.

~# ls -lR /etc/pve

/etc/pve: total 8 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 21 23:34 local -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 192 Dec 20 21:09 storage.cfg

/etc/pve/local: total 0

I re-added storage.cfg after the fact. but all my cert files are gone and I am denied access to try and recreate them.

Additionally, I was trying to add another lv to mount at /var/lib/vz. That I believe was holding me up from booting. I edited fstab from systemrescuecd environment and commented out the offending line. So Please let me know what else I can provide a fix. I"m not in a hurry, I into figuring this out and learning proxmox. I added a thin volume:

# lvdisplay

--- Logical volume --- LV Path /dev/gladiator-vg/root LV Name root VG Name gladiator-vg LV UUID txWegy-ROvW-TMSG-0y4i-sCey-JHDQ-YpKRmL LV Write Access read/write LV Creation host, time gladiator, 559220-11-12 16:29:28 -0500 LV Status available # open 1 LV Size 27.94 GiB Current LE 7152 Segments 1 Allocation inherit Read ahead sectors auto - currently set to 256 Block device 253:0

--- Logical volume --- LV Path /dev/gladiator-vg/swap_1 LV Name swap_1 VG Name gladiator-vg LV UUID eifh70-cPbQ-Nh7l-UYUG-OHq2-Swkh-942xCe LV Write Access read/write LV Creation host, time gladiator, 559220-11-12 16:29:28 -0500 LV Status available # open 2 LV Size 31.98 GiB Current LE 8187 Segments 1 Allocation inherit Read ahead sectors auto - currently set to 256 Block device 253:1

--- Logical volume --- LV Path /dev/gladiator-vg/home LV Name home VG Name gladiator-vg LV UUID Ze23Gj-OGmr-buUx-SHES-hpP1-9Jjp-cENrqj LV Write Access read/write LV Creation host, time gladiator, 559220-11-12 16:29:28 -0500 LV Status available # open 1 LV Size 50.00 GiB Current LE 12800 Segments 1 Allocation inherit Read ahead sectors auto - currently set to 256 Block device 253:2

--- Logical volume --- LV Name thinlv VG Name gladiator-vg LV UUID XzlKYn-xyrk-w8dG-QNrG-kcml-fVpW-BTYJ4s LV Write Access read/write LV Creation host, time sysresccd, 559220-12-12 17:54:03 -0500 LV Pool metadata thinlv_tmeta LV Pool data thinlv_tdata LV Status available # open 1 LV Size 200.00 GiB Allocated pool data 0.00% Allocated metadata 0.43% Current LE 51200 Segments 1 Allocation inherit Read ahead sectors auto - currently set to 256 Block device 253:5

I tried to added another lv to provide more space to /var/lib/vz. That is when I believe the system puked with a dependency error in the logs. So I removed it and forgot to edit fstab. Noted above that I got it to boot after realizing the issue. So system boots, Just no Proxmox :(

    # systemctl list-units --failed

UNIT LOAD ACTIVE SUB DESCRIPTION
● pve-cluster.service loaded failed failed The Proxmox VE cluster filesystem
● pve-daily-update.service loaded failed failed Daily PVE download activities
● pve-firewall.service loaded failed failed Proxmox VE firewall
● pve-guests.service loaded failed failed PVE guests
● pve-ha-crm.service loaded failed failed PVE Cluster Ressource Manager Daemon ● pve-ha-lrm.service loaded failed failed PVE Local HA Ressource Manager Daemon ● pvesr.service loaded failed failed Proxmox VE replication runner
● pvestatd.service loaded failed failed PVE Status Daemon
● virtualbox.service loaded failed failed LSB: VirtualBox Linux kernel module

    # journalctl -xe

Dec 23 16:31:00 gladiator systemd[1]: pvesr.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=111/n/a Dec 23 16:31:00 gladiator systemd[1]: Failed to start Proxmox VE replication runner. -- Subject: Unit pvesr.service has failed -- Defined-By: systemd

-- Support: https://www.debian.org/support

-- Unit pvesr.service has failed.

-- The result is failed. Dec 23 16:31:00 gladiator systemd[1]: pvesr.service: Unit entered failed state. Dec 23 16:31:00 gladiator systemd[1]: pvesr.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Dec 23 16:31:01 gladiator cron[2314]: (systemvzdump) CAN'T OPEN SYMLINK (/etc/cron.d/vzdump) Dec 23 16:31:05 gladiator pveproxy[6281]: worker exit Dec 23 16:31:05 gladiator pveproxy[2735]: worker 6281 finished Dec 23 16:31:05 gladiator pveproxy[2735]: starting 1 worker(s) Dec 23 16:31:05 gladiator pveproxy[2735]: worker 6295 started Dec 23 16:31:05 gladiator pveproxy[6295]: /etc/pve/local/pve-ssl.key: failed to load local private key (key_file or key) at /usr/sh Dec 23 16:31:05 gladiator pveproxy[6283]: worker exit Dec 23 16:31:05 gladiator pveproxy[6282]: worker exit Dec 23 16:31:05 gladiator pveproxy[2735]: worker 6282 finished Dec 23 16:31:05 gladiator pveproxy[2735]: worker 6283 finished Dec 23 16:31:05 gladiator pveproxy[2735]: starting 1 worker(s) Dec 23 16:31:05 gladiator pveproxy[2735]: worker 6297 started Dec 23 16:31:05 gladiator pveproxy[6297]: /etc/pve/local/pve-ssl.key: failed to load local private key (key_file or key) at /usr/sh Dec 23 16:31:10 gladiator pveproxy[6295]: worker exit Dec 23 16:31:10 gladiator pveproxy[2735]: worker 6295 finished Dec 23 16:31:10 gladiator pveproxy[2735]: starting 2 worker(s) Dec 23 16:31:10 gladiator pveproxy[2735]: worker 6300 started Dec 23 16:31:10 gladiator pveproxy[2735]: worker 6301 started Dec 23 16:31:10 gladiator pveproxy[6300]: /etc/pve/local/pve-ssl.key: failed to load local private key (key_file or key) at /usr/sh Dec 23 16:31:10 gladiator pveproxy[6297]: worker exit Dec 23 16:31:10 gladiator pveproxy[6301]: /etc/pve/local/pve-ssl.key: failed to load local private key (key_file or key) at /usr/sh Dec 23 16:31:10 gladiator pveproxy[2735]: worker 6297 finished Dec 23 16:31:10 gladiator pveproxy[2735]: starting 1 worker(s) Dec 23 16:31:10 gladiator pveproxy[2735]: worker 6302 started Dec 23 16:31:10 gladiator pveproxy[6302]: /etc/pve/local/pve-ssl.key: failed to load local private key (key_file or key) at /usr/sh Dec 23 16:31:15 gladiator pveproxy[6300]: worker exit Dec 23 16:31:15 gladiator pveproxy[6301]: worker exit Dec 23 16:31:15 gladiator pveproxy[2735]: worker 6300 finished Dec 23 16:31:15 gladiator pveproxy[2735]: starting 1 worker(s) Dec 23 16:31:15 gladiator pveproxy[2735]: worker 6303 started Dec 23 16:31:15 gladiator pveproxy[2735]: worker 6301 finished Dec 23 16:31:15 gladiator pveproxy[2735]: starting 1 worker(s) Dec 23 16:31:15 gladiator pveproxy[2735]: worker 6304 started Dec 23 16:31:15 gladiator pveproxy[6303]: /etc/pve/local/pve-ssl.key: failed to load local private key (key_file or key) at /usr/sh Dec 23 16:31:15 gladiator pveproxy[6302]: worker exit Dec 23 16:31:15 gladiator pveproxy[6304]: /etc/pve/local/pve-ssl.key: failed to load local private key (key_file or key) at /usr/sh Dec 23 16:31:15 gladiator pveproxy[2735]: worker 6302 finished Dec 23 16:31:15 gladiator pveproxy[2735]: starting 1 worker(s) Dec 23 16:31:15 gladiator pveproxy[2735]: worker 6305 started Dec 23 16:31:15 gladiator pveproxy[6305]: /etc/pve/local/pve-ssl.key: failed to load local private key (key_file or key) at /usr/sh Dec 23 16:31:20 gladiator pveproxy[6303]: worker exit Dec 23 16:31:20 gladiator pveproxy[6304]: worker exit Dec 23 16:31:20 gladiator pveproxy[2735]: worker 6303 finished Dec 23 16:31:20 gladiator pveproxy[2735]: starting 1 worker(s) Dec 23 16:31:20 gladiator pveproxy[2735]: worker 6306 started Dec 23 16:31:20 gladiator pveproxy[2735]: worker 6304 finished Dec 23 16:31:20 gladiator pveproxy[2735]: starting 1 worker(s) Dec 23 16:31:20 gladiator pveproxy[2735]: worker 6307 started Dec 23 16:31:20 gladiator pveproxy[6306]: /etc/pve/local/pve-ssl.key: failed to load local private key (key_file or key) at /usr/sh Dec 23 16:31:20 gladiator pveproxy[6305]: worker exit Dec 23 16:31:20 gladiator pveproxy[6307]: /etc/pve/local/pve-ssl.key: failed to load local private key (key_file or key) at /usr/sh Dec 23 16:31:20 gladiator pveproxy[2735]: worker 6305 finished Dec 23 16:31:20 gladiator pveproxy[2735]: starting 1 worker(s) Dec 23 16:31:20 gladiator pveproxy[2735]: worker 6308 started Dec 23 16:31:20 gladiator pveproxy[6308]: /etc/pve/local/pve-ssl.key: failed to load local private key (key_file or key) at /usr/sh Dec 23 16:31:25 gladiator pveproxy[6306]: worker exit Dec 23 16:31:25 gladiator pveproxy[6307]: worker exit Dec 23 16:31:25 gladiator pveproxy[2735]: worker 6306 finished Dec 23 16:31:25 gladiator pveproxy[2735]: starting 1 worker(s) Dec 23 16:31:25 gladiator pveproxy[2735]: worker 6309 started Dec 23 16:31:25 gladiator pveproxy[2735]: worker 6307 finished Dec 23 16:31:25 gladiator pveproxy[2735]: starting 1 worker(s) Dec 23 16:31:25 gladiator pveproxy[2735]: worker 6310 started Dec 23 16:31:25 gladiator pveproxy[6309]: /etc/pve/local/pve-ssl.key: failed to load local private key (key_file or key) at /usr/sh Dec 23 16:31:25 gladiator pveproxy[6308]: worker exit Dec 23 16:31:25 gladiator pveproxy[6310]: /etc/pve/local/pve-ssl.key: failed to load local private key (key_file or key) at /usr/sh Dec 23 16:31:25 gladiator pveproxy[2735]: worker 6308 finished Dec 23 16:31:25 gladiator pveproxy[2735]: starting 1 worker(s) Dec 23 16:31:25 gladiator pveproxy[2735]: worker 6311 started Dec 23 16:31:25 gladiator pveproxy[6311]: /etc/pve/local/pve-ssl.key: failed to load local private key (key_file or key) at /usr/sh Dec 23 16:31:30 gladiator pveproxy[6309]: worker exit Dec 23 16:31:30 gladiator pveproxy[6310]: worker exit Dec 23 16:31:30 gladiator pveproxy[2735]: worker 6309 finished Dec 23 16:31:30 gladiator pveproxy[2735]: starting 1 worker(s) Dec 23 16:31:30 gladiator pveproxy[2735]: worker 6312 started Dec 23 16:31:30 gladiator pveproxy[2735]: worker 6310 finished Dec 23 16:31:30 gladiator pveproxy[2735]: starting 1 worker(s) Dec 23 16:31:30 gladiator pveproxy[2735]: worker 6313 started Dec 23 16:31:30 gladiator pveproxy[6312]: /etc/pve/local/pve-ssl.key: failed to load local private key (key_file or key) at /usr/sh Dec 23 16:31:30 gladiator pveproxy[6311]: worker exit Dec 23 16:31:30 gladiator pveproxy[6313]: /etc/pve/local/pve-ssl.key: failed to load local private key (key_file or key) at /usr/sh Dec 23 16:31:30 gladiator pveproxy[2735]: worker 6311 finished Dec 23 16:31:30 gladiator pveproxy[2735]: starting 1 worker(s) Dec 23 16:31:30 gladiator pveproxy[2735]: worker 6314 started Dec 23 16:31:30 gladiator pveproxy[6314]: /etc/pve/local/pve-ssl.key: failed to load local private key (key_file or key) at /usr/sh lines 1167-1189/1189 (END) Dec 23 16:31:25 gladiator pveproxy[2735]: worker 6310 started Dec 23 16:31:25 gladiator pveproxy[6309]: /etc/pve/local/pve-ssl.key: failed to load local private key (key_file or key) at /usr/share/perl5/PVE/APISe Dec 23 16:31:25 gladiator pveproxy[6308]: worker exit Dec 23 16:31:25 gladiator pveproxy[6310]: /etc/pve/local/pve-ssl.key: failed to load local private key (key_file or key) at /usr/share/perl5/PVE/APISe Dec 23 16:31:25 gladiator pveproxy[2735]: worker 6308 finished Dec 23 16:31:25 gladiator pveproxy[2735]: starting 1 worker(s) Dec 23 16:31:25 gladiator pveproxy[2735]: worker 6311 started Dec 23 16:31:25 gladiator pveproxy[6311]: /etc/pve/local/pve-ssl.key: failed to load local private key (key_file or key) at /usr/share/perl5/PVE/APISe Dec 23 16:31:30 gladiator pveproxy[6309]: worker exit Dec 23 16:31:30 gladiator pveproxy[6310]: worker exit Dec 23 16:31:30 gladiator pveproxy[2735]: worker 6309 finished Dec 23 16:31:30 gladiator pveproxy[2735]: starting 1 worker(s) Dec 23 16:31:30 gladiator pveproxy[2735]: worker 6312 started Dec 23 16:31:30 gladiator pveproxy[2735]: worker 6310 finished Dec 23 16:31:30 gladiator pveproxy[2735]: starting 1 worker(s) Dec 23 16:31:30 gladiator pveproxy[2735]: worker 6313 started Dec 23 16:31:30 gladiator pveproxy[6312]: /etc/pve/local/pve-ssl.key: failed to load local private key (key_file or key) at /usr/share/perl5/PVE/APISe Dec 23 16:31:30 gladiator pveproxy[6311]: worker exit Dec 23 16:31:30 gladiator pveproxy[6313]: /etc/pve/local/pve-ssl.key: failed to load local private key (key_file or key) at /usr/share/perl5/PVE/APISe Dec 23 16:31:30 gladiator pveproxy[2735]: worker 6311 finished Dec 23 16:31:30 gladiator pveproxy[2735]: starting 1 worker(s) Dec 23 16:31:30 gladiator pveproxy[2735]: worker 6314 started Dec 23 16:31:30 gladiator pveproxy[6314]: /etc/pve/local/pve-ssl.key: failed to load local private key (key_file or key) at /usr/share/perl5/PVE/APISe

It's not really clear what is the issue here. Are you lacking space ? Can you paste the output of vgdisplay command ? There should be some space available in it to create a new lv if needed or to allocate to one of the current one. — Pierre-Alain TORET, Dec 11 '18 at 9:21
Yes. Unfortunately I don't have time to power up right now. There is about 900GB available. — Mr_____T, Dec 11 '18 at 13:20
I understand but where should Proxmox take its space from ? So I could help you create a new lv for that usage. — Pierre-Alain TORET, Dec 11 '18 at 13:36
Yes I believe that is what I want just not sure that is what I need. Depending on how proxmox can access it. — Mr_____T, Dec 11 '18 at 16:04
Ideally, I would like a separate physical partition. However, creating a new logical volume might work out if I can figure out how to get proxmox to recognize it as available storage space — Mr_____T, Dec 11 '18 at 21:40

roaima · Accepted Answer · 2018-12-17 19:31:08Z

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Proxmox should be able to see your Volume Group (VG) called gladiator-vg. (I found that Proxmox automatically detected the VG and asked me to name it.) If not, add this block to /etc/pve/storage.cfg to declare that your VG should be known internally to Proxmox by the arbitrary label datastore.

lvm: datastore
        vgname gladiator-vg
        content images,rootdir
        shared 0

You cannot create arbitrary Logical Volumes (LVs) on this VG from within Proxmox, but there's nothing stopping you doing so from the host command line. What you can do though is to create VMs with virtual disk taken from this VG.

Now, assuming you also want to use Thin LVs you'll find you need some more behind-the-scenes adjustments. Create a 500 GB block of storage for use as a thin allocation pool

    lvcreate --size 500G --thin gladiator-vg/thinlv

and add this next block to the storage.cfg file. It declares a thin pool called thin using the LV called thinlv.

lvmthin: thin
        thinpool thinlv
        vgname gladiator-vg
        content rootdir,images

Proxmox is pretty good at picking up changes to storage.cfg quickly. You certainly do not need to restart the server.

answered Dec 17 '18 at 19:31

roaima

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I'm in the middle of following your steps. tx – Mr_____T Dec 18 '18 at 23:37
Well, I managed to frag my system it won't boot now and I know exactly how I did it. You mentioned to add a block to /etc/pve/storage.cfg for the thnlv and I believe that I only added a section to the original lvm: datastore and wahla magic it boots to emergency mode. I was able to get in using my root password once the upon another reboot, it won't take my password. I'm sitting at a root terminal in systemrescuecd and have mounted the folders. I'll still on it tx for your assistance. – Mr_____T Dec 20 '18 at 3:42
Well I have looked for storage.cfg under the mounted folder and it does not exist. I tried searching the mounted folders w/o success. Is that a created file or maybe it got fragged there are no other files /etc/pve. I recall seeing other files in this folder, but Its empty. tx again – Mr_____T Dec 20 '18 at 4:10
My last two comments arn't showing up. I have followed the directions you gave @roaima and I now get dropped to an emergency prompt after seeing a dependency error for the thinlv volume. I removed the thinlv volume and rebooted got the same error. I recreated the storage.cfg file and recreated the thinlv no change. I am in the middle of setting up chroot and resetting my password. and try again. tx – Mr_____T Dec 21 '18 at 2:35
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Okay Sorry for the delay, I have flattened the box installed debian w/o logical volumes added a phisical volume, volume group and a thin volume all on a separate partition. – Mr_____T Jan 8 at 18:03

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