It has now run for about 10 hours, and although it could be unfinished yet, I'm not overly confident that it'll help.
As of yet, there's not a single byte freed. Here's the output of a minute of SMlog: http://pastebin.com/hPH7YuQU -- Erik On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 11:05 PM, Erik Weber <[email protected]> wrote: > You're right Tim, > > auto-scan is false. > I've triggered a sr-scan now. Is there any way to notice if it has > completed or not? > > Here's other-config and sm-config if relevant: > other-config (MRW): trim_last_triggered: 1430856300.47; auto-scan: false > sm-config (MRO): allocation: thick; use_vhd: true; last-coalesce-error: > 1430305998; multipathable: true > > -- > Erik > > > On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 10:57 PM, Tim Mackey <[email protected]> wrote: > >> If the automatic SR scan isn't happening, garbage collection also won't >> happen. This is something I ran into very recently in another project. >> To >> check if the auto-scan is disabled, issue the following command: >> >> xe sr-list uuid=[your uuid] params=all >> >> look at the "other-config" and see if there is an "auto-scan: false" >> entry. If so, then auto-scan isn't going to run. To kick it off >> manually, >> issue the following command: >> >> xe sr-scan uuid=[your uuid] >> >> Depending upon how much stuff is in there, it could take some time (read >> hours). If there are still things left kicking around after this is all >> done, look in the SMlog for exceptions and see what they have to say. >> >> -tim >> >> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 4:23 PM, Erik Weber <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > Cleanup is enabled. >> > >> > No errors in SMlog, >> > this is the output of vhd-util scan: http://pastebin.com/amBdJSSG >> > >> > -- >> > Erik >> > >> > On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 10:10 PM, Somesh Naidu <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> > >> > > No, that is not the expectation unless you have storage cleanup >> disabled >> > > (storage.cleanup.enabled). >> > > >> > > "quite some stale snapshots " - that sounds like leftovers from >> failed CS >> > > snapshot operation and/or failing SR scan on XS due to some corrupt >> VHDs >> > > interrupting XS GC. Can you check for errors in SMlog on XS relating >> to >> > GC >> > > on the particular SR? >> > > >> > > Somesh >> > > CloudPlatform Escalations >> > > Citrix Systems, Inc. >> > > >> > > -----Original Message----- >> > > From: Erik Weber [mailto:[email protected]] >> > > Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2015 3:38 PM >> > > To: [email protected] >> > > Subject: Rogue / stale snapshots with XenServer >> > > >> > > I seem to have quite some stale snapshots on my primary storage, of >> both >> > > deleted vms, volumes and snapshots from ACS. >> > > I'm using FC with PreSetup on XenServer 6.5, with latest RC of ACS >> 4.5.1 >> > > >> > > Is it expected to do manual cleanup on the SR? >> > > >> > > -- >> > > >> > > Erik >> > > >> > >> > >
