# Linstor Drives on Proxmox Vanish after Reboot
**URL:** https://forums.linbit.com/t/linstor-drives-on-proxmox-vanish-after-reboot/657
**Category:** General
**Created:** [March 6, 2025, 8:45pm UTC](https://forums.linbit.com/t/linstor-drives-on-proxmox-vanish-after-reboot/657 "2025-03-06T20:45:28Z")
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### Author:  [@linbit\_dfloo](https://forums.linbit.com/u/linbit_dfloo)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2025, 8:45pm UTC](https://forums.linbit.com/t/linstor-drives-on-proxmox-vanish-after-reboot/657/1 "2025-03-06T20:45:28Z")
I recently setup a linstor 3 node cluster on Proxmox 8.3. I followed these instructions. The linstore drive appeared as expected on all three nodes. However, when I rebooted the 3 nodes the linstor drive disappeared. The controller and satellites are all running. I see the 3 nodes are online. However in the Proxmox GUI I cannot see the linstore drives.
> **[How to Setup LINSTOR on Proxmox VE](https://linbit.com/blog/linstor-setup-proxmox-ve-volumes/)**
>
> LINSTOR provides a plugin for Proxmox VE. The blog entry gives you technical information how to create volumes and setup the plugin.
How can I troubleshoot this?
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### Author:  [@linbit\_dfloo](https://forums.linbit.com/u/linbit_dfloo)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2025, 8:47pm UTC](https://forums.linbit.com/t/linstor-drives-on-proxmox-vanish-after-reboot/657/2 "2025-03-06T20:47:51Z")
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### Author:  [@linbit\_dfloo](https://forums.linbit.com/u/linbit_dfloo)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2025, 8:48pm UTC](https://forums.linbit.com/t/linstor-drives-on-proxmox-vanish-after-reboot/657/3 "2025-03-06T20:48:33Z")
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### Author:  [@kermat](https://forums.linbit.com/u/kermat)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2025, 9:36pm UTC](https://forums.linbit.com/t/linstor-drives-on-proxmox-vanish-after-reboot/657/4 "2025-03-06T21:36:34Z")
Do you see any resources listed in `linstor resource list`?
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### Author:  [@linbit\_dfloo](https://forums.linbit.com/u/linbit_dfloo)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2025, 10:13pm UTC](https://forums.linbit.com/t/linstor-drives-on-proxmox-vanish-after-reboot/657/5 "2025-03-06T22:13:25Z")
> [@kermat](#):
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> linstor resource list
Apparently not. What would cause me to lose the resource and what is the best way to get it back?
Thank you for your help!
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### Author:  [@kermat](https://forums.linbit.com/u/kermat)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2025, 11:40pm UTC](https://forums.linbit.com/t/linstor-drives-on-proxmox-vanish-after-reboot/657/6 "2025-03-06T23:40:13Z")
How is your LINSTOR controller configured and persisted? Are you using DRBD and DRBD Reactor to make it highly available as suggested in the LINSTOR User Guide?
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### Author:  [@linbit\_dfloo](https://forums.linbit.com/u/linbit_dfloo)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2025, 12:52am UTC](https://forums.linbit.com/t/linstor-drives-on-proxmox-vanish-after-reboot/657/7 "2025-03-07T00:52:59Z")
right now I’m in the initial setup and testing phase and have not made it HA yet. DRBD and DRBD Reactor are NOT setup yet. Once I can get it running correctly, I will make it HA next.
I followed the instructions in the guide provided. I have 3 nodes:
- pve4 (controller & satellite)
- pve5 (satellite)
- pve6 (satellite)
All three nodes are identical and connected over 25g NICs. I assume the setting in the single node controller persist when you reboot it. Is that not the case?
Also, I did not setup any VMs before power cycling all nodes so I assume we should not see anything in the resource list.
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### Author:  [@kermat](https://forums.linbit.com/u/kermat)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2025, 2:15am UTC](https://forums.linbit.com/t/linstor-drives-on-proxmox-vanish-after-reboot/657/8 "2025-03-07T02:15:20Z")
> [@linbit\_dfloo](#):
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> All three nodes are identical and connected over 25g NICs. I assume the setting in the single node controller persist when you reboot it. Is that not the case?
It does, LINSTOR stores its database (by default) in `/var/lib/linstor/`.
> [@](#):
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> Also, I did not setup any VMs before power cycling all nodes so I assume we should not see anything in the resource list.
I apologize, I was reading this post as though, “Linstor Drives […] Vanish after Reboot”, was referring to virtual disks for VMs, _which would be_ LINSTOR resources.
You’re saying Proxmox UI isn’t listing the LINSTOR storage, correct?
In that case, I would look to see if `/etc/pve/storage.cfg` was copied (by Proxmox) to each of the PVE nodes, and looks like this:
```txt
drbd: linstor_storage
content images, rootdir
controller 192.168.200.4
resourcegroup pve-rg
```
Maybe check that the `pvesm` is running.
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### Author:  [@linbit\_dfloo](https://forums.linbit.com/u/linbit_dfloo)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2025, 9:59am UTC](https://forums.linbit.com/t/linstor-drives-on-proxmox-vanish-after-reboot/657/9 "2025-03-07T09:59:36Z")
> [@kermat](#):
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> You’re saying Proxmox UI isn’t listing the LINSTOR storage, correct?
Correct.
Looks like pvesm is running `pvesm status`
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### Author:  [@linbit\_dfloo](https://forums.linbit.com/u/linbit_dfloo)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2025, 10:00am UTC](https://forums.linbit.com/t/linstor-drives-on-proxmox-vanish-after-reboot/657/10 "2025-03-07T10:00:19Z")
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### Author:  [@linbit\_dfloo](https://forums.linbit.com/u/linbit_dfloo)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2025, 10:01am UTC](https://forums.linbit.com/t/linstor-drives-on-proxmox-vanish-after-reboot/657/11 "2025-03-07T10:01:05Z")
I cannot add more than one image to a single post so I need to make 3 posts to upload these images.
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### Author:  [@kermat](https://forums.linbit.com/u/kermat)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2025, 1:48pm UTC](https://forums.linbit.com/t/linstor-drives-on-proxmox-vanish-after-reboot/657/12 "2025-03-07T13:48:54Z")
> [@kermat](#):
>
> In that case, I would look to see if `/etc/pve/storage.cfg` was copied (by Proxmox) to each of the PVE nodes, and looks like this:
>
> ```txt
> drbd: linstor_storage
> content images, rootdir
> controller 192.168.200.4
> resourcegroup pve-rg
>
> ```
Seems like it would be, but can you confirm that the configuration is as you would expect? Does restarting the PVE services change anything?
```txt
systemctl restart pve-cluster pvedaemon pvestatd pveproxy pve-ha-lrm
```
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### Author:  [@linbit\_dfloo](https://forums.linbit.com/u/linbit_dfloo)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2025, 3:33pm UTC](https://forums.linbit.com/t/linstor-drives-on-proxmox-vanish-after-reboot/657/13 "2025-03-07T15:33:33Z")
Yes I have run that a few times on all nodes. I think I’m going to put this project on hold. It’s becoming clear to me the overhead required to setup and administer a linstor cluster will require more time than I can dedicate to it.
I can see that setting up the next step of this (enabling the HA cluster and managing it in the future) without dedicated support will not be feasible.
Thank you for trying to help me out.
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### Author:  [@vik-t](https://forums.linbit.com/u/vik-t)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2025, 11:49am UTC](https://forums.linbit.com/t/linstor-drives-on-proxmox-vanish-after-reboot/657/14 "2025-04-10T11:49:26Z")
> [@linbit\_dfloo](#):
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> I cannot add more than one image to a single post so I need to make 3 posts to upload these images.
Rather than posting screenshots, please post console output into a _preformatted text_ element. This comes with several advantages:
- Takes less space on the server
- Can be indexed and searched for
- Better legibility and general accessibility
- Fewer limitations
Here’s an example of copy pasted console output without using a screenshot:
```auto
root@proxtest1:~# linstor n l
╭──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
┊ Node ┊ NodeType ┊ Addresses ┊ State ┊
╞══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╡
┊ proxtest1 ┊ SATELLITE ┊ 10.10.10.2:3366 (PLAIN) ┊ Online ┊
┊ proxtest2 ┊ SATELLITE ┊ 10.10.10.3:3366 (PLAIN) ┊ Online ┊
┊ proxtest3 ┊ SATELLITE ┊ 10.10.10.4:3366 (PLAIN) ┊ Online ┊
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
```