Proxmox HA not working

Hello,

I just started with linstor and installed a proxmox testcluster with three nodes. The first two have storage, the third one is a diskless (except the rootdisk) node.

PVE: 9.1.7

root@pve-test-1:~# dpkg -l | grep linstor
ii  linstor-client                       1.27.1-1                             all          Linstor client command line tool
ii  linstor-common                       1.33.2-1                             all          DRBD distributed resource management utility
ii  linstor-controller                   1.33.2-1                             all          DRBD distributed resource management utility
ii  linstor-gui                          2.4.0-1                              all          Administration GUI for LINSTOR clusters.
ii  linstor-proxmox                      8.2.0-1                              all          DRBD distributed resource management utility
ii  linstor-satellite                    1.33.2-1                             all          DRBD distributed resource management utility
ii  python-linstor                       1.27.1-1                             all          Linstor python api library

Linstor configuration:

root@pve-test-1:~# linstor n l; linstor sp l; linstor rg l; linstor rd l; linstor r l; linstor v l
╭─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
┊ Node       ┊ NodeType  ┊ Addresses                 ┊ State  ┊
╞═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╡
┊ pve-test-1 ┊ COMBINED  ┊ 172.29.40.17:3366 (PLAIN) ┊ Online ┊
┊ pve-test-2 ┊ COMBINED  ┊ 172.29.40.18:3366 (PLAIN) ┊ Online ┊
┊ pve-test-3 ┊ SATELLITE ┊ 172.29.40.19:3366 (PLAIN) ┊ Online ┊
╰─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
╭──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
┊ StoragePool          ┊ Node       ┊ Driver   ┊ PoolName          ┊ FreeCapacity ┊ TotalCapacity ┊ CanSnapshots ┊ State ┊ SharedName                      ┊
╞══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╡
┊ DfltDisklessStorPool ┊ pve-test-1 ┊ DISKLESS ┊                   ┊              ┊               ┊ False        ┊ Ok    ┊ pve-test-1;DfltDisklessStorPool ┊
┊ DfltDisklessStorPool ┊ pve-test-2 ┊ DISKLESS ┊                   ┊              ┊               ┊ False        ┊ Ok    ┊ pve-test-2;DfltDisklessStorPool ┊
┊ DfltDisklessStorPool ┊ pve-test-3 ┊ DISKLESS ┊                   ┊              ┊               ┊ False        ┊ Ok    ┊ pve-test-3;DfltDisklessStorPool ┊
┊ stor_hdd             ┊ pve-test-1 ┊ ZFS      ┊ pool_ssd/stor_hdd ┊   188.75 GiB ┊       199 GiB ┊ True         ┊ Ok    ┊ pve-test-1;stor_hdd             ┊
┊ stor_hdd             ┊ pve-test-2 ┊ ZFS      ┊ pool_ssd/stor_hdd ┊   188.75 GiB ┊       199 GiB ┊ True         ┊ Ok    ┊ pve-test-2;stor_hdd             ┊
┊ stor_ssd             ┊ pve-test-1 ┊ ZFS      ┊ pool_ssd/stor_ssd ┊   192.81 GiB ┊       199 GiB ┊ True         ┊ Ok    ┊ pve-test-1;stor_ssd             ┊
┊ stor_ssd             ┊ pve-test-2 ┊ ZFS      ┊ pool_ssd/stor_ssd ┊   188.75 GiB ┊       199 GiB ┊ True         ┊ Ok    ┊ pve-test-2;stor_ssd             ┊
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
╭─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
┊ ResourceGroup ┊ SelectFilter             ┊ VlmNrs ┊ Description ┊
╞═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╡
┊ DfltRscGrp    ┊ PlaceCount: 2            ┊        ┊             ┊
╞┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄╡
┊ rg-hdd        ┊ PlaceCount: 2            ┊ 0      ┊             ┊
┊               ┊ StoragePool(s): stor_hdd ┊        ┊             ┊
╞┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄╡
┊ rg-ssd        ┊ PlaceCount: 2            ┊ 0      ┊             ┊
┊               ┊ StoragePool(s): stor_ssd ┊        ┊             ┊
╰─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
╭─────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
┊ ResourceName ┊ ResourceGroup ┊ Layers       ┊ State ┊
╞═════════════════════════════════════════════════════╡
┊ pm-99d37964  ┊ rg-hdd        ┊ DRBD,STORAGE ┊ ok    ┊
╰─────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
╭──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
┊ ResourceName ┊ Node       ┊ Layers       ┊ Usage  ┊ Conns ┊      State ┊ CreatedOn           ┊
╞══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╡
┊ pm-99d37964  ┊ pve-test-1 ┊ DRBD,STORAGE ┊ InUse  ┊ Ok    ┊   UpToDate ┊ 2026-04-17 17:36:57 ┊
┊ pm-99d37964  ┊ pve-test-2 ┊ DRBD,STORAGE ┊ Unused ┊ Ok    ┊   UpToDate ┊ 2026-04-17 17:37:09 ┊
┊ pm-99d37964  ┊ pve-test-3 ┊ DRBD,STORAGE ┊ Unused ┊ Ok    ┊ TieBreaker ┊ 2026-04-17 17:36:58 ┊
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
╭──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
┊ Resource    ┊ Node       ┊ StoragePool          ┊ VolNr ┊ MinorNr ┊ DeviceName    ┊ Allocated ┊ InUse  ┊      State ┊ Repl           ┊
╞══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╡
┊ pm-99d37964 ┊ pve-test-1 ┊ stor_hdd             ┊     0 ┊    1000 ┊ /dev/drbd1000 ┊  4.00 GiB ┊ InUse  ┊   UpToDate ┊ Established(2) ┊
┊ pm-99d37964 ┊ pve-test-2 ┊ stor_hdd             ┊     0 ┊    1000 ┊ /dev/drbd1000 ┊  4.00 GiB ┊ Unused ┊   UpToDate ┊ Established(2) ┊
┊ pm-99d37964 ┊ pve-test-3 ┊ DfltDisklessStorPool ┊     0 ┊    1000 ┊ /dev/drbd1000 ┊           ┊ Unused ┊ TieBreaker ┊ Established(2) ┊
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯

PVE storage config:

dir: local
	path /var/lib/vz
	content import,iso,vztmpl,backup

nfs: pve-test-data
	export /data/srv-data/test-pve
	path /mnt/pve/pve-test-data
	server cloud
	content iso,import,vztmpl,snippets,backup
	nodes pve-test-2,pve-test-3,pve-test-1

drbd: stor-ssd
	resourcegroup rg-ssd
	content rootdir,images
	controller 172.29.40.17,172.29.40.18,172.29.40.19

drbd: stor-hdd
	resourcegroup rg-hdd
	content images,rootdir
	controller 172.29.40.17,172.29.40.18,172.29.40.19


I created a lxc on the first node, started it and moved the container around over all three nodes => Everything works.

Then I activated HA for this container. When I move it around, I get the error:

task started by HA resource agent
file /etc/pve/storage.cfg line 12 (skip section 'stor-ssd'): unsupported type 'drbd'
file /etc/pve/storage.cfg line 17 (skip section 'stor-hdd'): unsupported type 'drbd'
TASK ERROR: storage 'stor-hdd' does not exist

As soon as I remove the HA config, its working again.
If I simulate a node failure, HA works in some cases, mostly the same error appears.

Any idea what’s possibly wrong?
Thanks a lot! Thomas

Ok, found it. After installing the packages the service “pve-ha-crm” needs to be restarted as well…