Oddly, the physical file did not exist. I'm not sure it ever did? (no proof one way or another on that)
On 8/23/2017 11:09 AM, Sakhi Hadebe wrote: > I had the same problem yesterday. I found the solution from this > article > https://kashyapc.fedorapeople.org/virt/lc-2012/snapshots-handout.html. > According to the article it deletes the tracking metadata by libvirt. > > You can physically remove the snapshot now that there is no tracking > stream data by libvirt > > On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 4:56 PM, Doug Hughes > <doug.hug...@keystonenap.com <mailto:doug.hug...@keystonenap.com>> wrote: > > THat did it! Can you esplain what was going on and how that fixed > it? Thanks > > > On 8/23/2017 10:50 AM, Sakhi Hadebe wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Can you try this command: >> virsh snapshot-delete serv1r2 snap --metadata >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 4:41 PM, Doug Hughes >> <doug.hug...@keystonenap.com >> <mailto:doug.hug...@keystonenap.com>> wrote: >> >> I'm not sure how this snapshot got created, but, I cannot >> delete it, and its presence prevents me from creating other >> snapshots. I don't know if it was created by a command gone >> amok or something else. >> >> # virsh snapshot-list serv1r2 >> Name Creation Time State >> ------------------------------------------------------------ >> snap 2017-01-30 17:01:11 -0500 shutoff >> >> # virsh snapshot-delete serv1r2 snap --disk-only >> error: command 'snapshot-delete' doesn't support option >> --disk-only >> >> # virsh snapshot-dumpxml serv1r2 snap >> <domainsnapshot> >> <name>snap</name> >> <state>shutoff</state> >> <creationTime>1485813671</creationTime> >> <memory snapshot='no'/> >> <disks> >> <disk name='vda' snapshot='external' type='file'> >> <driver type='qcow2'/> >> <source >> file='/*var/lib/libvirt/images/serv1r2-savesnap.qcow2'/*> >> </disk> >> <disk name='fda' snapshot='no'/> >> <disk name='hda' snapshot='no'/> >> </disks> >> >> # ls -l /var/lib/libvirt/images/serv1r2-savesnap.qcow2 >> ls: cannot access >> /var/lib/libvirt/images/serv1r2-savesnap.qcow2: No such file >> or directory >> >> # virsh snapshot-create-as --domain serv1r2 snap --diskspec >> vda,file=/var/lib/libvirt/flashimages/serv1r2-snap.qcow2 >> --disk-only --atomic --no-metadata --quiesce >> error: internal error: unexpected domain snapshot snap >> already exists >> >> # virsh snapshot-revert serv1r2 snap >> error: unsupported configuration: revert to external snapshot >> not supported yet >> >> Any idea for breaking out of this box? >> >> >> >> -- >> Doug Hughes >> Keystone NAP >> Fairless Hills, PA >> 1.844.KEYBLOCK (539.2562) >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> libvirt-users mailing list >> libvirt-users@redhat.com <mailto:libvirt-users@redhat.com> >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvirt-users >> <https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvirt-users> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Regards, >> Sakhi Hadebe >> Engineer: South African National Research Network >> (SANReN)Competency Area, Meraka, CSIR Tel: +27 12 841 2308 >> <tel:+27128414213> Fax: +27 12 841 4223 <tel:+27128414223> Cell: >> +27 71 331 9622 <tel:+27823034657> Email: sa...@sanren.ac.za >> <mailto:shad...@csir.co.za> > > -- > Doug Hughes > Keystone NAP > Fairless Hills, PA > 1.844.KEYBLOCK (539.2562) > > > > > -- > Regards, > Sakhi Hadebe > Engineer: South African National Research Network (SANReN)Competency > Area, Meraka, CSIR Tel: +27 12 841 2308 <tel:+27128414213> Fax: +27 12 > 841 4223 <tel:+27128414223> Cell: +27 71 331 9622 <tel:+27823034657> > Email: sa...@sanren.ac.za <mailto:shad...@csir.co.za> -- Doug Hughes Keystone NAP Fairless Hills, PA 1.844.KEYBLOCK (539.2562)
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