[SOLVED] Proxmox VE - Cannot Delete VM..

berkaybulut

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I have a cluster with 3 hosts using CEPH and NFS storage.

I have been facing a problem for the last 72 hours.

When I destroy a VM, if I use "--destroy-unreferenced-disks --purge" the VM is not completely deleted.
Only the disks are deleted, the configuration remains.

Example:
Code:
root@cmt5923:~# qm destroy 13775 --destroy-unreferenced-disks --purge
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It gets stuck at this stage and the process is not completed.
When I check with rbd ls, the vm disk is deleted.

I request your help on the subject.

Code:
proxmox-ve: 8.3.0 (running kernel: 6.8.12-4-pve)
pve-manager: 8.3.1 (running version: 8.3.1/fb48e850ef9dde27)
proxmox-kernel-helper: 8.1.0
proxmox-kernel-6.8: 6.8.12-4
proxmox-kernel-6.8.12-4-pve-signed: 6.8.12-4
proxmox-kernel-6.8.4-2-pve-signed: 6.8.4-2
ceph: 18.2.4-pve3
ceph-fuse: 18.2.4-pve3
corosync: 3.1.7-pve3
criu: 3.17.1-2
glusterfs-client: 10.3-5
ifupdown2: 3.2.0-1+pmx11
ksm-control-daemon: 1.5-1
libjs-extjs: 7.0.0-5
libknet1: 1.28-pve1
libproxmox-acme-perl: 1.5.1
libproxmox-backup-qemu0: 1.4.1
libproxmox-rs-perl: 0.3.4
libpve-access-control: 8.2.0
libpve-apiclient-perl: 3.3.2
libpve-cluster-api-perl: 8.0.10
libpve-cluster-perl: 8.0.10
libpve-common-perl: 8.2.9
libpve-guest-common-perl: 5.1.6
libpve-http-server-perl: 5.1.2
libpve-network-perl: 0.10.0
libpve-rs-perl: 0.9.1
libpve-storage-perl: 8.2.9
libspice-server1: 0.15.1-1
lvm2: 2.03.16-2
lxc-pve: 6.0.0-1
lxcfs: 6.0.0-pve2
novnc-pve: 1.5.0-1
proxmox-backup-client: 3.3.0-1
proxmox-backup-file-restore: 3.3.0-1
proxmox-firewall: 0.6.0
proxmox-kernel-helper: 8.1.0
proxmox-mail-forward: 0.3.1
proxmox-mini-journalreader: 1.4.0
proxmox-offline-mirror-helper: 0.6.7
proxmox-widget-toolkit: 4.3.3
pve-cluster: 8.0.10
pve-container: 5.2.2
pve-docs: 8.3.1
pve-edk2-firmware: 4.2023.08-4
pve-esxi-import-tools: 0.7.2
pve-firewall: 5.1.0
pve-firmware: 3.14-1
pve-ha-manager: 4.0.6
pve-i18n: 3.3.2
pve-qemu-kvm: 9.0.2-4
pve-xtermjs: 5.3.0-3
qemu-server: 8.3.0
smartmontools: 7.3-pve1
spiceterm: 3.3.0
swtpm: 0.8.0+pve1
vncterm: 1.8.0
zfsutils-linux: 2.2.6-pve1

Code:
proot@host1:~# pvecm status
pCluster information
-------------------
Name:             CLUSTER
Config Version:   3
Transport:        knet
Secure auth:      on

Quorum information
------------------
Date:             Mon Dec  9 06:18:23 2024
Quorum provider:  corosync_votequorum
Nodes:            3
Node ID:          0x00000002
Ring ID:          1.74ad
Quorate:          Yes

Votequorum information
----------------------
Expected votes:   3
Highest expected: 3
Total votes:      3
Quorum:           2 
Flags:            Quorate

Membership information
----------------------
    Nodeid      Votes Name
0x00000001          1 192.168.1.101
0x00000002          1 192.168.1.102 (local)
0x00000003          1 192.168.1.103

root@cmt5923:~# pvesm status
Name             Type     Status           Total            Used       Available        %
DataStore         rbd     active      3974568461      3427470285       547098176   86.24%
cephfs         cephfs     active       820645888               0       820645888    0.00%
local             dir     active        98497780         5247304        88200928    5.33%
local-lvm     lvmthin     active       354275328               0       354275328    0.00%
nfs               nfs     active       206292992         4057088       191733760    1.97%
storage           nfs     active     30722204672     10367497216     20354707456   33.75%
templates         nfs     active      1047944192       416382976       631561216   39.73%
root@cmt5923:~#
 
Can you check to try to delete the vm again after the first deletion and post the error here? I had something similiar last week and Im in contact with proxmox. Your logs and insights might help fixing this problem.
 
I have a cluster with 3 hosts using CEPH and NFS storage.

I have been facing a problem for the last 72 hours.

When I destroy a VM, if I use "--destroy-unreferenced-disks --purge" the VM is not completely deleted.
Only the disks are deleted, the configuration remains.

Example:
Code:
root@cmt5923:~# qm destroy 13775 --destroy-unreferenced-disks --purge
Removing image: 100% complete...done.
Removing image: 1% complete...
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It gets stuck at this stage and the process is not completed.
When I check with rbd ls, the vm disk is deleted.

I request your help on the subject.

Code:
proxmox-ve: 8.3.0 (running kernel: 6.8.12-4-pve)
pve-manager: 8.3.1 (running version: 8.3.1/fb48e850ef9dde27)
proxmox-kernel-helper: 8.1.0
proxmox-kernel-6.8: 6.8.12-4
proxmox-kernel-6.8.12-4-pve-signed: 6.8.12-4
proxmox-kernel-6.8.4-2-pve-signed: 6.8.4-2
ceph: 18.2.4-pve3
ceph-fuse: 18.2.4-pve3
corosync: 3.1.7-pve3
criu: 3.17.1-2
glusterfs-client: 10.3-5
ifupdown2: 3.2.0-1+pmx11
ksm-control-daemon: 1.5-1
libjs-extjs: 7.0.0-5
libknet1: 1.28-pve1
libproxmox-acme-perl: 1.5.1
libproxmox-backup-qemu0: 1.4.1
libproxmox-rs-perl: 0.3.4
libpve-access-control: 8.2.0
libpve-apiclient-perl: 3.3.2
libpve-cluster-api-perl: 8.0.10
libpve-cluster-perl: 8.0.10
libpve-common-perl: 8.2.9
libpve-guest-common-perl: 5.1.6
libpve-http-server-perl: 5.1.2
libpve-network-perl: 0.10.0
libpve-rs-perl: 0.9.1
libpve-storage-perl: 8.2.9
libspice-server1: 0.15.1-1
lvm2: 2.03.16-2
lxc-pve: 6.0.0-1
lxcfs: 6.0.0-pve2
novnc-pve: 1.5.0-1
proxmox-backup-client: 3.3.0-1
proxmox-backup-file-restore: 3.3.0-1
proxmox-firewall: 0.6.0
proxmox-kernel-helper: 8.1.0
proxmox-mail-forward: 0.3.1
proxmox-mini-journalreader: 1.4.0
proxmox-offline-mirror-helper: 0.6.7
proxmox-widget-toolkit: 4.3.3
pve-cluster: 8.0.10
pve-container: 5.2.2
pve-docs: 8.3.1
pve-edk2-firmware: 4.2023.08-4
pve-esxi-import-tools: 0.7.2
pve-firewall: 5.1.0
pve-firmware: 3.14-1
pve-ha-manager: 4.0.6
pve-i18n: 3.3.2
pve-qemu-kvm: 9.0.2-4
pve-xtermjs: 5.3.0-3
qemu-server: 8.3.0
smartmontools: 7.3-pve1
spiceterm: 3.3.0
swtpm: 0.8.0+pve1
vncterm: 1.8.0
zfsutils-linux: 2.2.6-pve1

Code:
proot@host1:~# pvecm status
pCluster information
-------------------
Name:             CLUSTER
Config Version:   3
Transport:        knet
Secure auth:      on

Quorum information
------------------
Date:             Mon Dec  9 06:18:23 2024
Quorum provider:  corosync_votequorum
Nodes:            3
Node ID:          0x00000002
Ring ID:          1.74ad
Quorate:          Yes

Votequorum information
----------------------
Expected votes:   3
Highest expected: 3
Total votes:      3
Quorum:           2
Flags:            Quorate

Membership information
----------------------
    Nodeid      Votes Name
0x00000001          1 192.168.1.101
0x00000002          1 192.168.1.102 (local)
0x00000003          1 192.168.1.103

root@cmt5923:~# pvesm status
Name             Type     Status           Total            Used       Available        %
DataStore         rbd     active      3974568461      3427470285       547098176   86.24%
cephfs         cephfs     active       820645888               0       820645888    0.00%
local             dir     active        98497780         5247304        88200928    5.33%
local-lvm     lvmthin     active       354275328               0       354275328    0.00%
nfs               nfs     active       206292992         4057088       191733760    1.97%
storage           nfs     active     30722204672     10367497216     20354707456   33.75%
templates         nfs     active      1047944192       416382976       631561216   39.73%
root@cmt5923:~#
What happens if you attempt to do the same thing from the GUI?
 
What happens if you attempt to do the same thing from the GUI?
What about: rbd -p {pool} ls -l and if theres a image left (at my side there was still a cloud init image for example):
rbd -p {pool} rm {image} do you have krbd = 1 (enabled?)
 
I solved the problem completely randomly.
This problem was related to nfs storage. Even though it was connected to nfs storage, its access was not healthy.
When I restarted the nfs server, the problem was automatically solved.
 

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