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Subject:    Re: [libvirt-users] domain still running although snapshot-file is deleted !?!
From:       Peter Crowther <peter.crowther () melandra ! com>
Date:       2019-05-15 13:52:27
Message-ID: CALhdq6s78fCQSpcBcmk0MGsbxA+BM9Z9sg5jsFxUYeFNibW7Wg () mail ! gmail ! com
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The file may have been unlinked (name to inode mapping removed from the
filesystem), but the inode and therefore the data will stay until no
process references the inode. I *think* this may be what's happening in
your case?

Peter

On Wed, 15 May 2019, 14:25 Lentes, Bernd, <
bernd.lentes@helmholtz-muenchen.de> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> i have a strange situation:
> A domain is still running where domblklist points to a snapshot file and
> also dumpxml says the current drive is that snapshot file.
> But the file has been deleted hours ago. And the domain is still running.
> I can login via ssh, the database and the webserver are still running,
> domain is performant.
> How can that be ?
> Also lsof shows that the file is deleted:
> qemu-syst 27007             qemu   15ur     REG             254,14
> 335609856     183599 /mnt/snap/sim.sn (deleted)
> qemu-syst 27007             qemu   16ur     REG             254,14
> 335609856     183599 /mnt/snap/sim.sn (deleted)
> qemu-syst 27007 27288       qemu   15ur     REG             254,14
> 335609856     183599 /mnt/snap/sim.sn (deleted)
> qemu-syst 27007 27288       qemu   16ur     REG             254,14
> 335609856     183599 /mnt/snap/sim.sn (deleted)
> CPU\x200/ 27007 27308       qemu   15ur     REG             254,14
> 335609856     183599 /mnt/snap/sim.sn (deleted)
> CPU\x200/ 27007 27308       qemu   16ur     REG             254,14
> 335609856     183599 /mnt/snap/sim.sn (deleted)
> CPU\x201/ 27007 27309       qemu   15ur     REG             254,14
> 335609856     183599 /mnt/snap/sim.sn (deleted)
> CPU\x201/ 27007 27309       qemu   16ur     REG             254,14
> 335609856     183599 /mnt/snap/sim.sn (deleted)
> vnc_worke 27007 27321       qemu   15ur     REG             254,14
> 335609856     183599 /mnt/snap/sim.sn (deleted)
> vnc_worke 27007 27321       qemu   16ur     REG             254,14
> 335609856     183599 /mnt/snap/sim.sn (deleted)
>
> Bernd
>
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>
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>
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<div dir="auto">The file may have been unlinked (name to inode mapping removed from \
the filesystem), but the inode and therefore the data will stay until no process \
references the inode. I *think* this may be what&#39;s happening in your case?<div \
dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Peter  </div></div><br><div \
class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, 15 May 2019, 14:25 \
Lentes, Bernd, &lt;<a \
href="mailto:bernd.lentes@helmholtz-muenchen.de">bernd.lentes@helmholtz-muenchen.de</a>&gt; \
wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 \
.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi,<br> <br>
i have a strange situation:<br>
A domain is still running where domblklist points to a snapshot file and also dumpxml \
says the current drive is that snapshot file.<br> But the file has been deleted hours \
ago. And the domain is still running. I can login via ssh, the database and the \
webserver are still running,<br> domain is performant.<br>
How can that be ?<br>
Also lsof shows that the file is deleted:<br>
qemu-syst 27007                    qemu     15ur        REG                    254,14 \
335609856        183599 /mnt/snap/<a href="http://sim.sn" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" \
target="_blank">sim.sn</a> (deleted)<br> qemu-syst 27007                    qemu     \
16ur        REG                    254,14      335609856        183599 /mnt/snap/<a \
href="http://sim.sn" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">sim.sn</a> \
(deleted)<br> qemu-syst 27007 27288           qemu     15ur        REG                \
254,14      335609856        183599 /mnt/snap/<a href="http://sim.sn" rel="noreferrer \
noreferrer" target="_blank">sim.sn</a> (deleted)<br> qemu-syst 27007 27288           \
qemu     16ur        REG                    254,14      335609856        183599 \
/mnt/snap/<a href="http://sim.sn" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" \
target="_blank">sim.sn</a> (deleted)<br> CPU\x200/ 27007 27308           qemu     \
15ur        REG                    254,14      335609856        183599 /mnt/snap/<a \
href="http://sim.sn" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">sim.sn</a> \
(deleted)<br> CPU\x200/ 27007 27308           qemu     16ur        REG                \
254,14      335609856        183599 /mnt/snap/<a href="http://sim.sn" rel="noreferrer \
noreferrer" target="_blank">sim.sn</a> (deleted)<br> CPU\x201/ 27007 27309           \
qemu     15ur        REG                    254,14      335609856        183599 \
/mnt/snap/<a href="http://sim.sn" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" \
target="_blank">sim.sn</a> (deleted)<br> CPU\x201/ 27007 27309           qemu     \
16ur        REG                    254,14      335609856        183599 /mnt/snap/<a \
href="http://sim.sn" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">sim.sn</a> \
(deleted)<br> vnc_worke 27007 27321           qemu     15ur        REG                \
254,14      335609856        183599 /mnt/snap/<a href="http://sim.sn" rel="noreferrer \
noreferrer" target="_blank">sim.sn</a> (deleted)<br> vnc_worke 27007 27321           \
qemu     16ur        REG                    254,14      335609856        183599 \
/mnt/snap/<a href="http://sim.sn" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" \
target="_blank">sim.sn</a> (deleted)<br> <br>
Bernd<br>
<br>
-- <br>
<br>
Bernd Lentes <br>
Systemadministration <br>
Institut für Entwicklungsgenetik <br>
Gebäude 35.34 - Raum 208 <br>
HelmholtzZentrum münchen <br>
<a href="mailto:bernd.lentes@helmholtz-muenchen.de" target="_blank" \
                rel="noreferrer">bernd.lentes@helmholtz-muenchen.de</a> <br>
phone: +49 89 3187 1241 <br>
phone: +49 89 3187 3827 <br>
fax: +49 89 3187 2294 <br>
<a href="http://www.helmholtz-muenchen.de/idg" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" \
target="_blank">http://www.helmholtz-muenchen.de/idg</a> <br> <br>
wer Fehler macht kann etwas lernen <br>
wer nichts macht kann auch nichts lernen<br>
<br>
<br>
Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen<br>
Deutsches Forschungszentrum fuer Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH)<br>
Ingolstaedter Landstr. 1<br>
85764 Neuherberg<br>
<a href="http://www.helmholtz-muenchen.de" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" \
target="_blank">www.helmholtz-muenchen.de</a><br> Stellv. Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender: \
                MinDirig. Dr. Manfred Wolter<br>
Geschaeftsfuehrung: Prof. Dr. med. Dr. h.c. Matthias Tschoep, Heinrich Bassler, \
                Kerstin Guenther<br>
Registergericht: Amtsgericht Muenchen HRB 6466<br>
USt-IdNr: DE 129521671<br>
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