Re: [libvirt-users] snapshot anomaly

2017-08-30 Thread Kashyap Chamarthy
On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 11:11:15AM -0400, Doug Hughes wrote: > Oddly, the physical file did not exist. I'm not sure it ever did? (no > proof one way or another on that) >From your example, the physical snapshot file ('overlay' file is the correct term) -- var/lib/libvirt/images/serv1r2-savesnap.qc

Re: [libvirt-users] snapshot anomaly

2017-08-23 Thread Doug Hughes
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.

Re: [libvirt-users] snapshot anomaly

2017-08-23 Thread Sakhi Hadebe
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

Re: [libvirt-users] snapshot anomaly

2017-08-23 Thread Doug Hughes
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-deleteĀ serv1r2 snapĀ --metadata > > > > > On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 4:41 PM, Doug Hughes > mailto:doug.hug...@keystonenap.com>>

Re: [libvirt-users] snapshot anomaly

2017-08-23 Thread Sakhi Hadebe
Hi, Can you try this command: virsh snapshot-delete serv1r2 snap --metadata On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 4:41 PM, Doug Hughes 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 create