Maybe try rfrm first as that will delete the db entry as well.
If you just delete the physical copies then there is a danger that someone accessing the file would get pointed to the non existent replica.
But if they are old and noone will access them then of course it is not a problem.
Wahid
On 6 Jul 2010, at 10:13, Chris Curtis wrote:
>
> Hi -
>
> Not sure I understand the permissions on these files. I imagine that they're older than the DPM (Ivan hasn't been part of the ATLAS collaboration for nearly 4 years), so I guess they were added when the SE was converted from ClassicSE to DPM.
>
> The sample files that I have looked at do physically exist. Their permissions are typically "-rw-rw-r-- 1 prdops01 1307" (I think the owner being OPS is a coincidence of UIDs in this case - other fils have unknown owners).
>
> dpm-getacl returns:
>
> # owner: atlassgm
> # group: atlas
> user::rw-
> group::rw- #effective:rw-
> other::r--
>
> Is it safe to just rm these files, or is there a more DPM'ish solution?
>
> Chris
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, 6 Jul 2010, Sam Skipsey wrote:
>
>> Hi Chris,
>>
>> Actually, the file being in the state "being deleted" means that drain
>> already replicated it, but failed to delete it afterwards. So, it
>> should be safe to delete such files.
>> I tend to do this with a loop over files on that filesystem (from
>> dpm-list-disk or similar) and dpm-delreplica them... so it's
>> interesting to me that you can't. Do the files definitely exist on the
>> disk at the moment? What does dpns-getacl think their permissions are?
>> (What does the disk in question think its physical files permissions
>> are?)
>>
>> Sam
>>
>> On 5 July 2010 22:57, Chris Curtis <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>> Hi -
>>>
>>> I'm trying to drain a filesystem, but I get a large number of error
>>> messages:
>>>
>>> The file
>>> epgse1.ph.bham.ac.uk:/disk/f3b/atlas/logfiles/hollins/pythia/simul/rome.983000.simul.B2_300/rome.983000.simul.B2_300._00011.job.log.1
>>> is recorded as being in the process of being deleted, ignoring it during
>>> drain
>>>
>>> I happen to know that these files are very old, and will not be used again.
>>> Can I do anything about this message? (Because there are so many, I'm
>>> concerned I might be missing some other messages, plus I can't seem to move
>>> beyond ~75% free on this filesystem).
>>>
>>> I've tried a manual replicate of some of the files, which appears to be
>>> successful (no error reported). If I then try and dpm-delreplica, I get
>>> Error 13 (Permission denied).
>>>
>>> How can I drain this disk?
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Chris
>>>
>>
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