# Installed Linstor per documentation but Proxmox fails to create a Linstor Resource **URL:** \ **Category:** Proxmox VE\ **Tags:** drbd, proxmox\ **Created:** [June 6, 2025, 7:37pm UTC](https://forums.linbit.com/t/installed-linstor-per-documentation-but-proxmox-fails-to-create-a-linstor-resource/845 "2025-06-06T19:37:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tc1210id](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@tc1210id](https://forums.linbit.com/u/tc1210id)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2025, 7:37pm UTC](https://forums.linbit.com/t/installed-linstor-per-documentation-but-proxmox-fails-to-create-a-linstor-resource/845/1 "2025-06-06T19:37:43Z")
Running Proxmox 8.4.1 When I create a VM on linstor\_storage, I get the following error: ```auto NOTICE Trying to create diskful resource (pm-e3770bd4) on (pm-01-20210914). Diskfull assignment on pm-01-20210914 failed, let's autoplace it. TASK ERROR: unable to create VM 100 - API Return-Code: 500. Message: Could not autoplace resource pm-e3770bd4, because: [{"ret_code":-4611686018407201828,"message":"Satellite 'pm-01-20210914' does not support the following layers: [DRBD]","details":"Auto-placing resource: pm-e3770bd4","error_report_ids":["683CD9E7-00000-000004"],"obj_refs":{"RscDfn":"pm-e3770bd4"},"created_at":"2025-06-06T13:22:41.192577296-05:00"}] at /usr/share/perl5/PVE/Storage/Custom/LINSTORPlugin.pm line 434. PVE::Storage::Custom::LINSTORPlugin::alloc_image("PVE::Storage::Custom::LINSTORPlugin", "linstor_storage", HASH(0x6066bb8caaa0), 100, "raw", undef, 33554432) called at /usr/share/perl5/PVE/Storage.pm line 1036 eval {...} called at /usr/share/perl5/PVE/Storage.pm line 1036 PVE::Storage:: __ANON__ () called at /usr/share/perl5/PVE/Cluster.pm line 653 eval {...} called at /usr/share/perl5/PVE/Cluster.pm line 619 PVE::Cluster:: __ANON__ ("storage-linstor_storage", undef, CODE(0x6066bb8cd7e8)) called at /usr/share/perl5/PVE/Cluster.pm line 698 PVE::Cluster::cfs_lock_storage("linstor_storage", undef, CODE(0x6066bb8cd7e8)) called at /usr/share/perl5/PVE/Storage/Plugin.pm line 650 PVE::Storage::Plugin::cluster_lock_storage("PVE::Storage::Custom::LINSTORPlugin", "linstor_storage", 1, undef, CODE(0x6066bb8cd7e8)) called at /usr/share/perl5/PVE/Storage.pm line 1041 PVE::Storage::vdisk_alloc(HASH(0x6066bb8ae760), "linstor_storage", 100, "raw", undef, 33554432) called at /usr/share/perl5/PVE/API2/Qemu.pm line 580 PVE::API2::Qemu:: __ANON__ ("virtio0", HASH(0x6066bb8339c8)) called at /usr/share/perl5/PVE/API2/Qemu.pm line 94 PVE::API2::Qemu:: __ANON__ (HASH(0x6066bb8adc38), CODE(0x6066bb8d8510)) called at /usr/share/perl5/PVE/API2/Qemu.pm line 632 eval {...} called at /usr/share/perl5/PVE/API2/Qemu.pm line 632 create_disks(PVE::RPCEnvironment=HASH(0x6066b56c0a18), "root\@pam", HASH(0x6066bb8adc38), "x86_64", HASH(0x6066bb8ae760), 100, undef, HASH(0x6066bb8adc38), ...) called at /usr/share/perl5/PVE/API2/Qemu.pm line 1306 eval {...} called at /usr/share/perl5/PVE/API2/Qemu.pm line 1305 PVE::API2::Qemu:: __ANON__ () called at /usr/share/perl5/PVE/AbstractConfig.pm line 299 PVE::AbstractConfig:: __ANON__ () called at /usr/share/perl5/PVE/Tools.pm line 259 eval {...} called at /usr/share/perl5/PVE/Tools.pm line 259 PVE::Tools::lock_file_full("/var/lock/qemu-server/lock-100.conf", 1, 0, CODE(0x6066bb833d88)) called at /usr/share/perl5/PVE/AbstractConfig.pm line 302 PVE::AbstractConfig:: __ANON__ ("PVE::QemuConfig", 100, 1, 0, CODE(0x6066bb809d88)) called at /usr/share/perl5/PVE/AbstractConfig.pm line 322 PVE::AbstractConfig::lock_config_full("PVE::QemuConfig", 100, 1, CODE(0x6066bb809d88)) called at /usr/share/perl5/PVE/API2/Qemu.pm line 1362 PVE::API2::Qemu:: __ANON__ () called at /usr/share/perl5/PVE/API2/Qemu.pm line 1397 eval {...} called at /usr/share/perl5/PVE/API2/Qemu.pm line 1397 PVE::API2::Qemu:: __ANON__ ("UPID:pm-01-20210914:00186DA5:059904C4:684331F1:qmcreate:100:r"...) called at /usr/share/perl5/PVE/RESTEnvironment.pm line 620 eval {...} called at /usr/share/perl5/PVE/RESTEnvironment.pm line 611 PVE::RESTEnvironment::fork_worker(PVE::RPCEnvironment=HASH(0x6066b56c0a18), "qmcreate", 100, "root\@pam", CODE(0x6066bba19948)) called at /usr/share/perl5/PVE/API2/Qemu.pm line 1424 PVE::API2::Qemu:: __ANON__ (HASH(0x6066bb8adc38)) called at /usr/share/perl5/PVE/RESTHandler.pm line 499 PVE::RESTHandler::handle("PVE::API2::Qemu", HASH(0x6066b90c1678), HASH(0x6066bb8adc38)) called at /usr/share/perl5/PVE/HTTPServer.pm line 180 eval {...} called at /usr/share/perl5/PVE/HTTPServer.pm line 141 PVE::HTTPServer::rest_handler(PVE::HTTPServer=HASH(0x6066bb80e3c0), "::ffff:192.168.50.254", "POST", "/nodes/pm-01-20210914/qemu", HASH(0x6066bb8e57f8), HASH(0x6066bb80e618), "extjs") called at /usr/share/perl5/PVE/APIServer/AnyEvent.pm line 961 eval {...} called at /usr/share/perl5/PVE/APIServer/AnyEvent.pm line 935 PVE::APIServer::AnyEvent::handle_api2_request(PVE::HTTPServer=HASH(0x6066bb80e3c0), HASH(0x6066bb9a9af0), HASH(0x6066bb8e57f8), "POST", "/api2/extjs/nodes/pm-01-20210914/qemu") called at /usr/share/perl5/PVE/APIServer/AnyEvent.pm line 1190 eval {...} called at /usr/share/perl5/PVE/APIServer/AnyEvent.pm line 1182 PVE::APIServer::AnyEvent::handle_request(PVE::HTTPServer=HASH(0x6066bb80e3c0), HASH(0x6066bb9a9af0), HASH(0x6066bb8e57f8), "POST", "/api2/extjs/nodes/pm-01-20210914/qemu") called at /usr/share/perl5/PVE/APIServer/AnyEvent.pm line 1662 PVE::APIServer::AnyEvent:: __ANON__ (AnyEvent::Handle=HASH(0x6066bb8e2620), "sockets=1&ide2=nas-01%3Aiso%2FFedora-Server-dvd-x86_64-42-1.1"...) called at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl5/5.36/AnyEvent/Handle.pm line 1505 AnyEvent::Handle:: __ANON__ (AnyEvent::Handle=HASH(0x6066bb8e2620)) called at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl5/5.36/AnyEvent/Handle.pm line 1315 AnyEvent::Handle::_drain_rbuf(AnyEvent::Handle=HASH(0x6066bb8e2620)) called at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl5/5.36/AnyEvent/Handle.pm line 2015 AnyEvent::Handle:: __ANON__ () called at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl5/5.36/AnyEvent/Loop.pm line 248 AnyEvent::Loop::one_event() called at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl5/5.36/AnyEvent/Impl/Perl.pm line 46 AnyEvent::CondVar::Base::_wait(AnyEvent::CondVar=HASH(0x6066b55d8f08)) called at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl5/5.36/AnyEvent.pm line 2034 AnyEvent::CondVar::Base::recv(AnyEvent::CondVar=HASH(0x6066b55d8f08)) called at /usr/share/perl5/PVE/APIServer/AnyEvent.pm line 1999 PVE::APIServer::AnyEvent::run(PVE::HTTPServer=HASH(0x6066bb80e3c0)) called at /usr/share/perl5/PVE/Service/pvedaemon.pm line 52 PVE::Service::pvedaemon::run(PVE::Service::pvedaemon=HASH(0x6066bb807e30)) called at /usr/share/perl5/PVE/Daemon.pm line 171 eval {...} called at /usr/share/perl5/PVE/Daemon.pm line 171 PVE::Daemon:: __ANON__ (PVE::Service::pvedaemon=HASH(0x6066bb807e30)) called at /usr/share/perl5/PVE/Daemon.pm line 390 eval {...} called at /usr/share/perl5/PVE/Daemon.pm line 379 PVE::Daemon:: __ANON__ (PVE::Service::pvedaemon=HASH(0x6066bb807e30), undef) called at /usr/share/perl5/PVE/Daemon.pm line 551 eval {...} called at /usr/share/perl5/PVE/Daemon.pm line 549 PVE::Daemon::start(PVE::Service::pvedaemon=HASH(0x6066bb807e30), undef) called at /usr/share/perl5/PVE/Daemon.pm line 659 PVE::Daemon:: __ANON__ (HASH(0x6066b316b4d0)) called at /usr/share/perl5/PVE/RESTHandler.pm line 499 PVE::RESTHandler::handle("PVE::Service::pvedaemon", HASH(0x6066bb808178), HASH(0x6066b316b4d0), 1) called at /usr/share/perl5/PVE/RESTHandler.pm line 985 eval {...} called at /usr/share/perl5/PVE/RESTHandler.pm line 968 PVE::RESTHandler::cli_handler("PVE::Service::pvedaemon", "pvedaemon start", "start", ARRAY(0x6066b31923a0), ARRAY(0x6066b318b768), undef, undef, undef) called at /usr/share/perl5/PVE/CLIHandler.pm line 594 PVE::CLIHandler:: __ANON__ (ARRAY(0x6066b316b698), CODE(0x6066b357dbe8), undef) called at /usr/share/perl5/PVE/CLIHandler.pm line 673 PVE::CLIHandler::run_cli_handler("PVE::Service::pvedaemon", "prepare", CODE(0x6066b357dbe8)) called at /usr/bin/pvedaemon line 27 ``` ---
**Author:** ![michael](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/forums.linbit.com/michael/32/16_2.png) [@michael](https://forums.linbit.com/u/michael)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2025, 6:48pm UTC](https://forums.linbit.com/t/installed-linstor-per-documentation-but-proxmox-fails-to-create-a-linstor-resource/845/2 "2025-06-10T18:48:06Z")
This part of the error message seems significant: ```auto [...] "Satellite 'pm-01-20210914' does not support the following layers: [DRBD]" [...] ``` What documentation were you following? DRBD 9 kernel module and `drbd-utils` installed on the nodes? This error message seems suspicious of a DRBD 8.x kernel module being loaded. LINSTOR requires DRBD 9 installed on LINSTOR satellite nodes. ---
**Author:** ![tc1210id](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@tc1210id](https://forums.linbit.com/u/tc1210id)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2025, 7:15pm UTC](https://forums.linbit.com/t/installed-linstor-per-documentation-but-proxmox-fails-to-create-a-linstor-resource/845/3 "2025-06-10T19:15:53Z")
Found out that I needed to install pve-headers-$(uname -r) then reinstall the drbd packages so that the drbd module is updated. The one document just says to install pve-headers, but that didn’t work. Thanks for the reply! ---
**Author:** ![michael](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/forums.linbit.com/michael/32/16_2.png) [@michael](https://forums.linbit.com/u/michael)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2025, 7:31pm UTC](https://forums.linbit.com/t/installed-linstor-per-documentation-but-proxmox-fails-to-create-a-linstor-resource/845/4 "2025-06-10T19:31:12Z")
Glad to learn you resolved the issue. > The one document just says to install pve-headers, but that didn’t work. Which document was that? ---
**Author:** ![tc1210id](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@tc1210id](https://forums.linbit.com/u/tc1210id)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2025, 1:54pm UTC](https://forums.linbit.com/t/installed-linstor-per-documentation-but-proxmox-fails-to-create-a-linstor-resource/845/5 "2025-06-11T13:54:51Z")
This one. [How to Setup LINSTOR on Proxmox VE - LINBIT](https://linbit.com/blog/linstor-setup-proxmox-ve-volumes/)