From dd3b3818135ce36aa735f30ec810f5a71a47c8ee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "CanbiZ (MickLesk)" <47820557+MickLesk@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2026 09:17:18 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] core: validate storage availability when loading defaults
 (#12794)

---
 misc/build.func | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/misc/build.func b/misc/build.func
index 33cb367be..4a4c0617f 100644
--- a/misc/build.func
+++ b/misc/build.func
@@ -1185,6 +1185,18 @@ load_vars_file() {
             continue
           fi
           ;;
+        var_container_storage | var_template_storage)
+          # Validate that the storage exists and is active on the current node
+          local _storage_status
+          _storage_status=$(pvesm status 2>/dev/null | awk -v s="$var_val" '$1 == s { print $3 }')
+          if [[ -z "$_storage_status" ]]; then
+            msg_warn "Storage '$var_val' from $file not found on this node, ignoring"
+            continue
+          elif [[ "$_storage_status" == "disabled" ]]; then
+            msg_warn "Storage '$var_val' from $file is disabled on this node, ignoring"
+            continue
+          fi
+          ;;
         esac
       fi