Nice idea, +1 for it. --Sanjay
> -----Original Message----- > From: Geoff Higginbottom [mailto:geoff.higginbot...@shapeblue.com] > Sent: Monday, August 26, 2013 7:56 PM > To: users@cloudstack.apache.org > Subject: RE: Remote force expunge? > > +1 from me, why don't you log a feature request > > Regards > > Geoff Higginbottom > > D: +44 20 3603 0542 | S: +44 20 3603 0540 | M: +447968161581 > > geoff.higginbot...@shapeblue.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kirk Jantzer [mailto:kirk.jant...@gmail.com] > Sent: 26 August 2013 10:24 > To: Cloudstack users mailing list > Subject: Re: Remote force expunge? > > I like that idea :-) > > > Regards, > > Kirk Jantzer > http://about.met/kirkjantzer > > > On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 10:21 AM, David Matteson > <dmatte...@a2hosting.com>wrote: > > > Hi Travis, > > > > Wanting to provide a 10 minute (or longer) recovery time is exactly > > why I'm looking for some way to force an expunge remotely on demand. > > > > The problem with providing a long recovery time is that a user cannot > > deploy a new VM with the same hostname (or IP address) until the old > > one is expunged. Thus the desire to be able to say "No I really don't > > want to recover the old one, get rid of it so I can make a new one." > > > > It seems like an expungeDestroyedVirtualMachine API call might be in > order? > > > > > > On 8/26/13 10:06 AM, Travis Graham wrote: > > > >> Hey David, > >> > >> As far as I understand it, there is no way to immediately expunge a > >> deleted VM easily. By design there's a minimum 10 minute window to > >> allow the recovery of a VM once it has been deleted. > >> > >> If you wanted to remove all references from the database and manually > >> remove the associated files on your primary and secondary storage, > >> there's nothing stopping you from doing that, but you'd probably be > >> best to set your expunge.delay and expunge.interval to 600 and let > >> the system do the heavy lifting. > >> > >> Travis > >> > >> On Aug 26, 2013, at 9:35 AM, David Matteson > <dmatte...@a2hosting.com> > >> wrote: > >> > >> Hey everybody, > >>> > >>> Quick question; there is no API call for it, but does anybody know > >>> of a way to force an expunge to run remotely? Ideally on a specific vmid. > >>> > >>> Thanks! > >>> > >> > > > This email and any attachments to it may be confidential and are intended > solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any views or > opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily > represent those of Shape Blue Ltd or related companies. If you are not the > intended recipient of this email, you must neither take any action based > upon its contents, nor copy or show it to anyone. Please contact the sender if > you believe you have received this email in error. Shape Blue Ltd is a > company incorporated in England & Wales. ShapeBlue Services India LLP is > operated under license from Shape Blue Ltd. ShapeBlue is a registered > trademark.
