+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.