10:11 a.m.
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.hughes(a)keystonenap.com <mailto:doug.hughes@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.hughes(a)keystonenap.com
> <mailto:doug.hughes@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?
>
>
>
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> Keystone NAP
> Fairless Hills, PA
> 1.844.KEYBLOCK (539.2562)
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Doug Hughes
Keystone NAP
Fairless Hills, PA
1.844.KEYBLOCK (539.2562)
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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: sakhi(a)sanren.ac.za <mailto:shadebe@csir.co.za>
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Doug Hughes
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Fairless Hills, PA
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