Unable to Clear Snapshot Using Nodetool. Snapshot Is Never Deleted
When I Run Nodetool Clearsnapshot I Get the Normal "Requested Clearing Snapshot(S)" Message, but the Snapshot Is Never Removed. What Can I Do to Troubleshoot...
When I run nodetool clearsnapshot I get the normal "Requested clearing snapshot(s)" message, but the snapshot is never removed. What can I do to troubleshoot why this is occurring? Is it acceptable for me to just manually remove the snapshot directories from the tablespace directories as a workaround for this?
nodetool clearsnapshot 1472489985541
Requested clearing snapshot(s) for [1472489985541]
nodetool listsnapshots | awk '{print $1}' | grep ^1 | sort -u
1472489985541
1473165734236
1473690660090
1474296554367
2 Answers
Is it acceptable for me to just manually remove the snapshot directories from the tablespace directories as a workaround for this?
Yes, you can always safely remove the snapshots directories manually. They are just hard links to actual SSTables
In order to delete a snapshot from all keyspaces using the snapshot name, you must specify the -t flag in your clearsnapshot command.
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