On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 2:11 PM, Ondrej PLANKA (Ignum profile)
<ondrej.planka AT ignum DOT cz> wrote:
>
> Dne 28.3.2011 16:43, Josh Fisher napsal(a):
>> On 3/27/2011 11:31 AM, Ondrej PLANKA (Ignum profile) wrote:
>>>    >>   Ciao!
>>>    >>
>>>    >>   same behavior in 5.0.3 version. File based Volumes are not truncated
>>>    >>   after console command "purge volume action=all allpools 
>>> storage=File "
>>>    >>
>>>    >>   Any hints?
>>>    >
>>>    >   Does it work with pool=poolname, rather than allpools?
>>> Unfortunately this is also not working, same result .....
>> The pool must have:
>>       Recycle = yes
>>       RecyclePool = some_pool
>>       ActionOnPurge = Truncate
>>
>> However, changing the pool configuration will only affect the creation
>> of new volumes. Any volumes created before these changes are/were made
>> to the pool must be updated manually using the update volume=some-volume
>>
>> command. You have volumes that seem not to be affected by the
>> action=Truncate purge command. Most likely, those volumes have one of
>> the above three settings incorrect.
> Thanks Josh.
> You are right, once I set up parameter "Recycle = yes" for given
> Volume/Volumes (update volume command) it was working, but I can
> observed that after manual purging of Volume/Volumes (commnad purge
> volume pool from console) one Volume got automatically status Recycle
> due to fact that parameter Recycle = yes is set up.
>
> This kind of Volume is not consider for truncating (purge volume
> action=all allpools storage=File) because Volume has status Recycle and
> not Purged. Therefore file size of this Volume is still same.
>
> Any hints?
>

Did you try the update commands in bconsole than Josh mentioned?

I believe you need to

update

then select "Pool from resource"

and follow the prompts.

Then
update
Volume Paramaters

then select
"All Volumes from Pool"
and follow the prompts.

John

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