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8 8  # create a ext4 filesystem
9 9  mkfs.ext4 /dev/nvme0n1p1
10 10  
11 +# create dir to mount drive to
12 +mkdir -p /mnt/vmstorage
13 +
11 11  # add to fstab
12 12  printf "\n/dev/nvme0n1p1 /mnt/vmstorage ext4 defaults 0 0" >> /etc/fstab
13 13  
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14 14  # mount drives defined in fstab
15 15  mount
16 16  ```
20 +
21 +Add the new device in proxmox UI or in `/etc/pve/storage.cfg` to:
22 +
23 +```cfg
24 +dir: nvme
25 + path /mnt/vmstorage
26 + content backup,rootdir,snippets,iso,vztmpl,images
27 + prune-backups keep-all=1
28 + shared 0
29 +```
30 +
31 +## Moving images from LVM storage
32 +
33 +The actual disk is mounted as a mapper device. If is was LXC container with id 401, a disk might look like `/dev/mapper/pve-vm--401--disk--0`
34 +
35 +```bash
36 +$ fdisk -l
37 +...
38 +
39 +Disk /dev/mapper/pve-vm--121--disk--0: 12 GiB, 12884901888 bytes, 25165824 sectors
40 +Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
41 +Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
42 +I/O size (minimum/optimal): 65536 bytes / 65536 bytes
43 +Disklabel type: gpt
44 +Disk identifier: E6B137D0-95DE-4C44-B5D1-1C74DE40F141
45 +
46 +Device Start End Sectors Size Type
47 +/dev/mapper/pve-vm--121--disk--0-part1 227328 25165790 24938463 11.9G Linux filesystem
48 +/dev/mapper/pve-vm--121--disk--0-part14 2048 10239 8192 4M BIOS boot
49 +/dev/mapper/pve-vm--121--disk--0-part15 10240 227327 217088 106M EFI System
50 +
51 +```
52 +
53 +Identify the vm disk path using the command:
54 +
55 +