Find Proxmox VM data storage locations across multiple drives

Data location in docker-compose.yml(via .env) is /mnt/immich-storage.

Finding Physical Storage Location of VM Data on Proxmox¶

Step 1: Identify the VM¶

qm list | grep -i immich

Result: VMID 1102

Step 2: View VM configuration¶

qm config 1102

Result: Shows all attached disks and their storage locations

Step 3: Identify the data disk from the config¶

From the Proxmox web UI Hardware tab or the config output, identify which disk contains your data.

Result: scsi1 = nvme2tb-vm:1102/vm-1102-disk-1.qcow2 (400G)

Step 4: Get the physical path¶

pvesm path nvme2tb-vm:1102/vm-1102-disk-1.qcow2

Result: /mnt/nvme2tb/vm-storage/images/1102/vm-1102-disk-1.qcow2

Step 5: Verify the file exists¶

ls -lh /mnt/nvme2tb/vm-storage/images/1102/vm-1102-disk-1.qcow2

Result: Confirms 401G qcow2 file containing your photos

Step 6: Verify backup includes this disk¶

pvesm status | grep backup

Result: Shows backup storage location

cat /etc/pve/storage.cfg | grep -A 5 nvme1tb-backup

Result: Shows backup path is /mnt/nvme1tb/backup

ls -lh /mnt/nvme1tb/backup/dump/ | tail -3

Result: Shows most recent backup

cat /mnt/nvme1tb/backup/dump/vzdump-qemu-1102-2025_11_18-08_02_12.log | grep "include disk"

Result: Confirms both disks backed up.