Proxmox USB Storage Tutorial - How to mount USB disks in Proxmox VE

In this comprehensive Proxmox tutorial, learn how to leverage USB disks for additional storage in your Proxmox Virtual Environment (VE). Whether you're setting up a home lab, home server, or virtual machines, expanding your storage options with USB devices can be a game-changer.

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This is step-by-step guide, we cover the entire process, from formatting the USB disk, creating partitions, and mounting them to specific folders using UUID, to seamlessly configuring the USB storage in Proxmox VE as a directory. By the end of this tutorial, you'll have a solid understanding of how to integrate USB storage into your Proxmox setup, making it easier to manage and expand your virtual infrastructure.

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[johna]

Can i use this method to then use the external hard drive as storage on a TrueNAS VM? Or do I need to do something different. I have a Lenovo M900, and it is currently stock, with the addition of my external 2TB SSD.

[the.j]

life saver, ...thank you very very much...

[terrycarr]

Great Video for mounting usb drive, If I wanted to mount a drive with data on it and the file system was exfat, how would that be mounted?

[JulioCa]

Thanks for the information, it would be very nice if this tutorial where in a test environment so you can show all the video without the need to blur it.

[stevefromuk]

Nice video thank you.
I do feel like you skipped over some points though like how did you know which uuid was the one you wanted ? i have about 6 listed and have no idea which is the correct one.
also when i opened up my fstab file it was empty is that normal ?
And how do i then make that new usb drive /storage accessible with the correct user privileges to one of my LXCs

[mynameismerrill]

Will I have to format my drive to be able to do this? I have an existing 8TB USB HDD about 75% full of content I don't want to lose.

[fbarnea]

Hi! I followed your steps and now my external drive is showing. If I have a container on local-lvm with Plex on it, how can I have that container read/write from this external drive?

[sniekerd]

Great video, ... thanks! Just curious, why hide a disks uuid? :)

[MrGarfield]

Why Blurring the UUID ... Thats not even accessabel by anyone ...

[MasterChief.]

and how do I bind it to LXC or Syncthing?

[nihoniumog]

hi, what about i dont want to format the drive. let say its ntfs or exfat disk?

[tuvtpfd]

HI I have a question how to remove the mounted disk and turn it back to partition so that I can use it in other way?