[ovirt-users] Removing VM disk issue

[Koen Vanoppen]

We have this same issue also once in a while. Most of the times it is
solved by just restarting the ovirt engine. If this doesn't work, try to
restart your vdsm service.

Kind regards


2014-05-26 10:07 GMT+02:00 Maor Lipchuk <mlipchuk at redhat.com>:

> On 05/19/2014 05:57 PM, Neil wrote:
> > Hi Maor,
> >
> > Sorry for the late reply.
> >
> > Unfortunately I don't have much in the way of older logs, but can
> > confirm that the VM has been shutdown for about 3 months so there
> > really shouldn't be any tasks running.
> >
> > My version is ovirt-engine-3.3.3-2.el6.noarch
> >
> > I presume running the command won't have any affect on any other VM's
> > so it should be safe to do this?
> hi Neil,
>
> The command should not affect other VMs (Make sure to run the command
> with "vm_names ='proxy02'").
>
> Just to be sure use SELECT before running the command to check that only
> one image is returned:
> SELECT * FROM images where image_guid = (SELECT image_guid from
> all_disks where disk_alias = 'proxy02_Disk0' and vm_names ='proxy02');
> >
> > Thank you!
> >
> > Regards.
> >
> > Neil Wilson.
> >
> >
> > On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 11:52 AM, Maor Lipchuk <mlipchuk at redhat.com>
> wrote:
> >> Hi Neil,
> >>
> >> I have been looking at your logs but it seems that there is no
> >> indication of any operation being done on this specific disk.
> >> I also see that there are no running tasks in VDSM, so the disk should
> >> not be locked.
> >>
> >> If you have any older engine logs please send them so we can investigate
> >> the problem more better.
> >>
> >> What is the engine version you are running?
> >>
> >> If you want to unlock the disk, you can run this query in your postgres:
> >> UPDATE images set imagestatus = 1 where image_guid = (SELECT image_guid
> >> from all_disks where disk_alias = 'proxy02_Disk0' and vm_names
> ='proxy02');
> >>
> >> regards,
> >> Maor
> >>
> >> On 05/14/2014 05:30 PM, Neil wrote:
> >>> Hi Maor,
> >>>
> >>> Attached are the logs, and below is a screenshot of the event log, I
> >>> removed the two disks that were attached to the proxy previously which
> >>> completed.
> >>>
> >>> Thank you!
> >>>
> >>> Regards.
> >>>
> >>> Neil Wilson.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 2:43 PM, Maor Lipchuk <mlipchuk at redhat.com>
> wrote:
> >>>> Hi Neil,
> >>>>
> >>>> Can u please attach the logs of engine and VDSM.
> >>>> What there is in the event log, was there any operation being done on
> >>>> the disk before?
> >>>>
> >>>> regards,
> >>>> Maor
> >>>>
> >>>> On 05/14/2014 03:35 PM, Neil wrote:
> >>>>> Hi guys,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I'm trying to remove a VM and reclaim the space that the VM was
> using.
> >>>>> This particular VM had a thin provisioned disk attached as well as
> >>>>> "fat" provisioned, the "fat" disks I managed to detach, however when
> I
> >>>>> try to remove the VM, it says "The following disks are locked: Please
> >>>>> try again in a few minutes. Attached is a screenshot from the GUI
> >>>>> side, showing the proxy disk being locked, any ideas?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I'm wanting to completely remove the VM and reclaim the space for the
> >>>>> datacenter.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thank you.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Regards.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Neil Wilson
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
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