when removing a Directory Storage for a drive the Directory still stays in /mnt/pve/$directory

[Spirog]

Hello,
testing a couple different setups for a new drive I installed. first I created a Directory via the GUI for the drive. named it backups.

then I wiped the drive and created lvm then wiped the drive
then I went back to create Directory and named it backups again, but now it shows as .backups/backups

so it seems when you remove the directory from GUI and then wipe the disk, it does not remove the file structure /mnt/pve/backups

root@proxmox:/mnt/pve# ls
backups  local2_backups  local2-n-backups  newbackup

- so the next Directory you create and name it backups it now gets set to path /backups/backups


should Proxmox not rm the directory ( backups ) when we remove the Directory Storage and Wipe a disk

seems if we have named the Directory Storage backups or backups1 backups2 etc.
- then we remove the Directory Storage and add a new disks or wipe it clean, then we should be able to name that directory Storage backups again and it should be located at /mnt/pve/backups not /mnt/pve/backups/backups

somehow this should be automatic I would think to have these Directories remove when we use the GUI to remove a Directory

Thanks
Spiro

 

[Spirog]

I reworded the content above just incase you did not understand me well since I am a noob to proxmox
my PVE

proxmox-ve: 7.1-1 (running kernel: 5.13.19-6-pve)
pve-manager: 7.1-12 (running version: 7.1-12/b3c09de3)
pve-kernel-helper: 7.1-14
pve-kernel-5.13: 7.1-9
pve-kernel-5.4: 6.4-11
pve-kernel-5.13.19-6-pve: 5.13.19-15
pve-kernel-5.13.19-5-pve: 5.13.19-13
pve-kernel-5.13.19-2-pve: 5.13.19-4
pve-kernel-5.4.157-1-pve: 5.4.157-1
pve-kernel-5.4.73-1-pve: 5.4.73-1
ceph-fuse: 16.2.7
corosync: 3.1.5-pve2
criu: 3.15-1+pve-1
glusterfs-client: 9.2-1
ifupdown: 0.8.36+pve1
ksm-control-daemon: 1.4-1
libjs-extjs: 7.0.0-1
libknet1: 1.22-pve2
libproxmox-acme-perl: 1.4.1
libproxmox-backup-qemu0: 1.2.0-1
libpve-access-control: 7.1-7
libpve-apiclient-perl: 3.2-1
libpve-common-perl: 7.1-5
libpve-guest-common-perl: 4.1-1
libpve-http-server-perl: 4.1-1
libpve-storage-perl: 7.1-2
libqb0: 1.0.5-1
libspice-server1: 0.14.3-2.1
lvm2: 2.03.11-2.1
lxc-pve: 4.0.12-1
lxcfs: 4.0.12-pve1
novnc-pve: 1.3.0-2
proxmox-backup-client: 2.1.5-1
proxmox-backup-file-restore: 2.1.5-1
proxmox-mini-journalreader: 1.3-1
proxmox-widget-toolkit: 3.4-7
pve-cluster: 7.1-3
pve-container: 4.1-4
pve-docs: 7.1-2
pve-edk2-firmware: 3.20210831-2
pve-firewall: 4.2-5
pve-firmware: 3.3-6
pve-ha-manager: 3.3-3
pve-i18n: 2.6-2
pve-qemu-kvm: 6.2.0-2
pve-xtermjs: 4.16.0-1
qemu-server: 7.1-4
smartmontools: 7.2-pve2
spiceterm: 3.2-2
swtpm: 0.7.1~bpo11+1
vncterm: 1.7-1
zfsutils-linux: 2.1.4-pve1

I think I got the wording corrected so you may understand what I was asking.

thanks again for any replies and reason why this does not get removed.

Kind Regards,
Spiro

 

[Spirog]

Anyone have any clue why this happens and the old Directory does not get removed ?

 

[fiona]

Hello,
testing a couple different setups for a new drive I installed. first I created a Directory via the GUI for the drive. named it backups.

then I wiped the drive and created lvm then wiped the drive
then I went back to create Directory and named it backups again, but now it shows as .backups/backups

so it seems when you remove the directory from GUI and then wipe the disk, it does not remove the file structure /mnt/pve/backups

If you remove the storage configuration only the storage configuration is removed. If you wipe the disk, only the disk is wiped.
To do a full cleanup, you can go to Datacenter > [Your Node] > Disks > Directory > More > Destroy instead, and leave both checkboxes checked. In other words: if you created the storage in Datacenter > [Your Node] > Disks > [Type] you should remove it there.

root@proxmox:/mnt/pve# ls
backups  local2_backups  local2-n-backups  newbackup

- so the next Directory you create and name it backups it now gets set to path /backups/backups


should Proxmox not rm the directory ( backups ) when we remove the Directory Storage and Wipe a disk

seems if we have named the Directory Storage backups or backups1 backups2 etc.
- then we remove the Directory Storage and add a new disks or wipe it clean, then we should be able to name that directory Storage backups again and it should be located at /mnt/pve/backups not /mnt/pve/backups/backups

somehow this should be automatic I would think to have these Directories remove when we use the GUI to remove a Directory

Thanks
Spiro

 

[Spirog]

If you remove the storage configuration only the storage configuration is removed. If you wipe the disk, only the disk is wiped.
To do a full cleanup, you can go to Datacenter > [Your Node] > Disks > Directory > More > Destroy instead, and leave both checkboxes checked. In other words: if you created the storage in Datacenter > [Your Node] > Disks > [Type] you should remove it there.

@Fabian_E = Excellent

Thanks so much I will try this and test it..

thanks as always for your assistance.

- hoping that there is much progress on PVE 7.2 and that it is right around the corner for updating

Kind Regards,
Spiro