Proxmox

Remove Enterprise Repos

Source: https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Package_Repositories

Edit the repo list

nano /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pve-enterprise.list and make sure it looks like this

#deb https://enterprise.proxmox.com/debian/pve stretch pve-enterprise

Save and Exit.

Create Secondary Storage Point

Fill in your particular drive name/identifier/size where necessary.

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sd<letter>
sgdisk -N 1 /dev/sd<letter>
pvcreate --metadatasize 250k -y -ff /dev/sd<letter><partition>
vgcreate <name> /dev/sd<letter><partition>
lvcreate -n <name> -V <size (M/G/T)> pve/<name>
mkfs.ext4 /dev/pve/<name> -m 1
echo '/dev/pve/<name> /var/lib/<folder> ext4 defaults 0 0' >> /etc/fstab
mkdir /var/lib/<folder>
mount -a

Pre-filled

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb
sgdisk -N 1 /dev/sdb
pvcreate --metadatasize 250k -y -ff /dev/sdb1
vgcreate vmdata /dev/sdb1
lvcreate -n data2 -L <size> vmdata
mkfs.ext4 /dev/vmdata/data2 -m 1
echo '/dev/vmdata/data2 /var/lib/vz2 ext4 defaults 0 0' >> /etc/fstab
mkdir /var/lib/vz2
mount -a

From the WebUI add the new mount point's path to the storage and select the proper content type(s) of data that will be stored on the system.

Use this as an example.

Create Backup Storage Point

Fill in your particular drive name/identifier/size where necessary.

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sd<letter>
sgdisk -Z /dev/sd<letter>
sgdisk -N 1 /dev/sd<letter>
mkfs.ext4 -L <personal label> /dev/sd<letter><partition> -m 1
echo '/dev/disk/by-label/<personal label> /mnt/<personal label> ext4 defaults 0 2' >> /etc/fstab
mkdir /mnt/<personal label>
mount -a

Pre-filled

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdc
sgdisk -Z /dev/sdc
sgdisk -N 1 /dev/sdc
mkfs.ext4 -L 4tb-ext-bu0 /dev/sdc1 -m 1
echo '/dev/disk/by-label/4tb-ext-bu0 /mnt/4tb-ext-bu0 ext4 defaults 0 2' >> /etc/fstab
mkdir /mnt/4tb-ext-bu0
mount -a

From the WebUI add the new mount point's path to the storage and select the proper content type(s) of data that will be stored on the system.

Use this as an example.

Create Config Backup

Use the instructions above but do not add the mount point via the WebUI since it is not necessary. This is done to the internal USB drive.

Enter the following in your crontab entry using:

crontab -e

Crontab Entry

1 0 * * * /usr/bin/rsync -a --progress /etc/pve /mnt/8gb-int-bu0/

Pre-filled

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdd
sgdisk -Z /dev/sdd
sgdisk -N 1 /dev/sdd
mkfs.ext4 -L 8gb-int-bu0 /dev/sdd1 -m 1
echo '/dev/disk/by-label/8gb-int-bu0 /mnt/8gb-int-bu0 ext4 defaults 0 2' >> /etc/fstab
mkdir /mnt/8gb-int-bu0
mount -a

Manual iSCSI Initiator Setup to Synology

Source: https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/serverguide/iscsi-initiator.html.en

edit /etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf add or uncomment

node.startup = automatic

Run the following command

iscsiadm -m discovery -t st -p <target server IP>
iscsiadm -m node --login
fdisk -l

Use find the proper device and partition it. Example of the iSCSI LUN shows as a "sda" and "mapper" device.

Disk /dev/sdd: 17.5 TiB, 19178102718464 bytes, 37457231872 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/36001405e1a17391d2e68d418cd8e26d9: 17.5 TiB, 19178102718464 bytes, 37457231872 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

Partition disk and apply a filesystem

sgdisk -Z /dev/sd<letter>
sgdisk -N 1 /dev/sd<letter>

Mount qcow2 image as drive/device for partitioning: https://xliska.wordpress.com/2012/09/13/partitioning-qemukvm-disk-images-using-qcow2-format/