Problem Statement#
In Proxmox Backup Server, adding a new storage location is typically done through the WebUI. However, the WebUI does not allow you to add an existing filesystem or a pre-mounted directory as a datastore. This limitation can be inconvenient, especially when you already have a filesystem set up and want to use it directly, without reformatting or remounting it through the interface. To overcome this, it’s necessary to configure the storage manually via the command line.
Requirements
- fs already mounted ( in this example it’s /storage/mounted )
vde 253:16 0 15T 0 disk /storage/backupI think it’s easy, no need to cover it
Implementation#
proxmox-backup-manager datastore create storage_name /storage/mounted
TASK ERROR: datastore path is not empty
Error: task failed (status datastore path is not empty)the issue could be in lost+found
ls -lha /storage/mounted
total 16
drwx------ 2 root root 16384 Nov 22 15:29 lost+foundsimple wayout to create empty dir and then create storage:
mkdir /storage/mounted/pbsthen repeat
proxmox-backup-manager datastore create storage_name /storage/mounted
Chunkstore create: 1%
blah-blah-blah
Chunkstore create: 99%
TASK OKCheck storage#
proxmox-backup-manager datastore list
┌──────────────────┬───────────────────────────────┬─────────┐
│ name │ path │ comment │
╞══════════════════╪═══════════════════════════════╪═════════╡
│ storage_name │ /storage/mounted │ │
└──────────────────┴───────────────────────────────┴─────────┘fixed.