Filespace delete - has anyone seen this before?

[moon-buddy]

I am running filespace delete on a ISP server (version 6.3.5.1 on Redhat 5.4) that is earmarked for decommissioning.

I have never seen this before and wondering if anyone has an explanation. Why a negative number of filespace being deleted?

Process      Process Description      Process Status
  Number
--------     --------------------     -------------------------------------------------
     382     DELETE FILESPACE         Deleting file space * (backup/archive data) for
                                      node NODE21P: -1923590856 objects deleted.

 

[marclant]

I've never seen that. Is it on a deduplicated storage pool by any chance? Not that it would make it normal.

I didn't find any APARs or technotes similar to that either. I would have suggested to check the occupancy, but it's going to be a moot point once the filespace is deleted.

 

[moon-buddy]

Filespace is stored on Data Domain and the deduplication is native Data Domain and not TSM.

The other odd thing is that the count is approaching zero - started at -1,923,590,856 when I first posted and now at -1,763,388,360. Yesterday, the number was positive, and increasing in value.

 

[marclant]

Really weird.

Does the q occ look weird as well for that node? You could use repair occupancy, but I think you'd need to cancel the delete filespace process.

 

[moon-buddy]

Really weird.

Does the q occ look weird as well for that node? You could use repair occupancy, but I think you'd need to cancel the delete filespace process.

Nope - everything is normal:

tsm: TSMP1700>q occ node21p

Node Name      Type     Filespace      FSID     Storage         Number of        Physical         Logical
                        Name                    Pool Name            Files          Space           Space
                                                                                 Occupied        Occupied
                                                                                      (MB)            (MB)
----------     ----     ----------     ----     ----------     -----------     -----------     -----------
NODE21P      Bkup     NODE21P-          1     WINTEL           2,331,533       26,831.92       26,736.65
                         \SystemS-
                         tate\NUL-
                         L\System
                         State\Sy-
                         stemState
NODE21P      Bkup     \\node21p-        2     WINTEL              31,214       36,074.44       35,375.81
                         \c$
NODE21P      Bkup     \\node21p-        4     WINTEL                  16            0.02            0.01
                         \d$
NODE21P      Bkup     \\node21p-        3     WINTEL                   1            0.00            0.00
                         \p$