CS300 not showing free space after deleting volumes

[44ronj]

Hello, I have deleted two volumes from the Nimble CS300 itself and a bunch of data from the hyper visors for other volumes, but I am not seeing any free space calimed. What am I missing? Running 5.0.10.100-940148-opt

[sbhat09]

Hello @44ronj,

You will see the free space (as much physical data was occupied by the volumes before) after the housekeeping job completes. May be after 24 hours.

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Srinivas Bhat

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[44ronj]

Yeah I was hoping it was the garbage collection going on, but it has now been 72 hours since.

[44ronj]

It has been 72 hours now.

[sbhat09]

Hello @44ronj.,

Ok. That has been quite long.

What was the used space of those volumes?
Are there any snapshots?
Are there dedup dependency still?
Are there any default settings that retain data for quite longer?

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Srinivas Bhat

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[44ronj]

From Hyper-V there was about 6TB deleted
From the Nimble I deleted a 6TB volume, and a 1.2TB

Apologies for the questions, I am new to the company and Nimble storage. We will be replacing this soon as it is EOL. There is no warranty so contacting support is not an option.

I see a bunch of snapshots, but not sure if the volumes are included. Is there any harm in deleting older snapshots (older than 30 days)?

Where can I see dedup settings? I searched around and want to say no.
Where can I find the default settings you are curious about?

[sbhat09 · Accepted solution]

Hello @44ronj,

I just mentioned the probable areas to look into. Please delete all the snapshots that are no more required.

And you deleted 13.2TB (6+6+1.2). Was that just the size of volumes? or actual used space?

I can come back with more details tomorrow or day after.

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[44ronj]

After asking that same question, I learn that only about 1.5 TB was deleted total. When I see "Total Usage" this is for actual data not allocated space correct?

[sbhat09]

Hello @44ronj,

Yes, absolutely. Hope the puzzle is clear now.!

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Srinivas Bhat

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