[pve-devel] [PATCH docs] pvesm: How to remove directory storages

[pve-devel] [PATCH docs] pvesm: How to remove directory storages

[Dominic Jäger]

Users are repeatedly left with entries in Disks->Directory, most recently
https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/how-to-remove-local-directory-storage-properly.89504/

Signed-off-by: Dominic Jäger <d.jaeger@proxmox.com>
---
 pve-storage-dir.adoc | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/pve-storage-dir.adoc b/pve-storage-dir.adoc
index 090a44b..8489b42 100644
--- a/pve-storage-dir.adoc
+++ b/pve-storage-dir.adoc
@@ -133,6 +133,19 @@ And you can remove the image with:
 
  # pvesm free local:100/vm-100-disk10.raw
 
+To completely remove a directory storage with the name `backup`,
+
+1. Remove the storage from `/etc/pve/storage.cfg`
+
+ # pvesm remove backup
+
+2. Stop & disable the systemd mount
+
+ # systemctl disable mnt-pve-backup.mount --now
+
+3. Remove the systemd mount file
+
+ # rm /etc/systemd/system/mnt-pve-backup.mount
 
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Re: [pve-devel] [PATCH docs] pvesm: How to remove directory storages

[Thomas Lamprecht]

On 21.05.21 12:44, Dominic Jäger wrote:
> Users are repeatedly left with entries in Disks->Directory, most recently
> https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/how-to-remove-local-directory-storage-properly.89504/
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dominic Jäger <d.jaeger@proxmox.com>
> ---
>  pve-storage-dir.adoc | 13 +++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/pve-storage-dir.adoc b/pve-storage-dir.adoc
> index 090a44b..8489b42 100644
> --- a/pve-storage-dir.adoc
> +++ b/pve-storage-dir.adoc
> @@ -133,6 +133,19 @@ And you can remove the image with:
>  
>   # pvesm free local:100/vm-100-disk10.raw
>  
> +To completely remove a directory storage with the name `backup`,
> +
> +1. Remove the storage from `/etc/pve/storage.cfg`
> +
> + # pvesm remove backup
> +
> +2. Stop & disable the systemd mount
> +
> + # systemctl disable mnt-pve-backup.mount --now
> +
> +3. Remove the systemd mount file
> +
> + # rm /etc/systemd/system/mnt-pve-backup.mount

shouldn't the disable --now already take care of that?

>  
>  ifdef::wiki[]
>  
> 

Re: [pve-devel] [PATCH docs] pvesm: How to remove directory storages

[Dominic Jäger]

On Fri, Jun 18, 2021 at 06:31:51PM +0200, Thomas Lamprecht wrote:
> On 21.05.21 12:44, Dominic Jäger wrote:
> > Users are repeatedly left with entries in Disks->Directory, most recently
> > https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/how-to-remove-local-directory-storage-properly.89504/
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Dominic Jäger <d.jaeger@proxmox.com>
> > ---
> >  pve-storage-dir.adoc | 13 +++++++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/pve-storage-dir.adoc b/pve-storage-dir.adoc
> > index 090a44b..8489b42 100644
> > --- a/pve-storage-dir.adoc
> > +++ b/pve-storage-dir.adoc
> > @@ -133,6 +133,19 @@ And you can remove the image with:
> >  
> >   # pvesm free local:100/vm-100-disk10.raw
> >  
> > +To completely remove a directory storage with the name `backup`,
> > +
> > +1. Remove the storage from `/etc/pve/storage.cfg`
> > +
> > + # pvesm remove backup
> > +
> > +2. Stop & disable the systemd mount
> > +
> > + # systemctl disable mnt-pve-backup.mount --now
> > +
> > +3. Remove the systemd mount file
> > +
> > + # rm /etc/systemd/system/mnt-pve-backup.mount
> 
> shouldn't the disable --now already take care of that?
> 
I expected something similar, but when I tried it out, the entry remained always
visible in the GUI without the `rm`.
> >  
> >  ifdef::wiki[]
> >  
> > 
>