Hello,
How can I check the recycle bin in Nutanix v5?
I’m facing a space issue with the default container. When I delete a VM, the available space in the container doesn’t seem to change.
Regarding the snapshot files, I have snapshots that I can’t delete located in the path /default-container-/.snapshot.
+8I dont know what you mean with “v5” I hope is it not AOS 5.20 ;)
To purge and/or check the recycle bin in prism element: Home Dashboard → Storage Summary → View Details → Purge Recycle Bin.
Then you also have so wait some curator scan. They will run every hour (partial) and every 6 hours (full).
If you wanna know what is in the recycle bin: recycle_bin -operation view
If you want to delete snapshots: https://www.jeroentielen.nl/cleanup-nutanix-snapshots-after-amount-of-days/
If you want to check for orphaned snapshots: https://www.jeroentielen.nl/delete-vm-and-keep-snapshots/
If nothing helps, involve Nutanix support ;)
Hello
Thank you for your response. Regarding "V5," it refers to the Nutanix AOS version 5.15.2 LTS. I have already checked the option under Home Dashboard → Storage Summary → View Details → Purge Recycle Bin, but it is not available in this version. Is it possible to run the Purge Recycle Bin command via CMD?
Thank you!
For the snapshot, I checked the list, but none of them are present. However, the space in Nutanix is still occupied. I also verified the snapshots in the container using SSH on port 2222.
I found quite a few snapshots with large sizes. Do you have any information about these snapshots? And can I delete them?
+8Recycle bin will purge automatically after 24 hours.
I hope you have prism central running then you can create this view: https://www.jeroentielen.nl/get-snapshot-sizes-in-prism-central/
These snapshot can also be from data protection or files. Check the snapshots over there. Dont delete them straight from the scp browser.
Hello,
No, I don't have Prism Central. I checked the data protection snapshots but couldn't find any.
+8Oke no prism central. Can you share the output of: acli snapshot.list
+8Can it be that you have some backup running which is creating the snapshots?
+8Yes, I have Veeam, and all backups complete successfully.
There you go. Those snapshots are third party snapshots created by Veeam. If you want to remove them, remove the snapshots in Veeam.
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