[SOLVED] Can’t delete orphaned disk from Ceph

herzkerl

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Dear community, I can’t remove a disk image from our Ceph storage despite the image not being used by the VM.

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And yes, it does say the same in the config file.

Code:
scsi0: ceph-nvme:vm-109-disk-0,discard=on,size=50G,ssd=1
scsi1: ceph-ssd-ec:vm-109-disk-0,backup=0,iothread=1,size=5T,ssd=1
scsi2: ceph-hdd-size-2:vm-109-disk-1,backup=0,iothread=1,size=5T

What am I missing?
 
despite the image not being used by the VM.
Select the disk, then click detach and then remove the unused disk.
 
Select the disk, then click detach and then remove the unused disk.
Sorry, there was a screenshot missing. I was referring to the disk image vm-109-disk-0 which still exists on ceph-hdd-size-2. I’m not sure, but it looks life I moved it to ceph-ssd-ec in the past and forgot to delete it.

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Right. Run
Code:
qm rescan --vmid 109
, and the disk should be added to the VM as unused disk, then you can remove it.
 
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There is also pvesm free, which will directly remove a volume. Our docs/man pages describe how to use it.
This will completely and irrecoverably destroy all data, so be careful to give it the correct volume.
 
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There is also pvesm free, which will directly remove a volume. Our docs/man pages describe how to use it.
This will completely and irrecoverably destroy all data, so be careful to give it the correct volume.
Thank you, pvesm free ceph-hdd-size-2:vm-109-disk-0 worked :)
 
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