Problem with data pruning after seal DDB

Hi @Kamil W,

Have you run data aging after marking those jobs to be deleted?

• Some scenarios will prevent micro pruning of the data in a DDBand will not reclaim any free space until all jobs are pruned.
• If you have not run data aging this is the reason that the data continues to linger after marking the jobs.
• If you run data aging but no further space is reclaimed then you may need to wait until all data is pruned from the DDB.
• You can aux copy any jobs that are still necessary to another location if needed for a longer duration
• Then select all remaining jobs if you are certain you no longer need them and mark them to be deleted
• Once data aging is run it will mark all jobs deleted from the database and the physical pruning will begin
• Once all pruning is completed for the sealed DDB this will remove itself from the Commcell console completely

Hi Sean,

Thanks for your reply.

Yes, I have run data again, even few times.

“ Some scenarios will prevent micro pruning of the data in a DDB and will not reclaim any free space until all jobs are pruned. “ - this is exactly what I expected when the Customer called me.

Anyway, I will get back to the Customer with your answer and I’ll let you know how it goes ASAP.

Rgds,

Kamil

Hi @Sean Crifasi,

The Customer has deleted all jobs assigned to sealed DDB.

Data aging has been run but no data has been removed from DL.

I can see that Ttoal Application Size is now 20 MB (previously was 384 TB).

However, Total Data Size on Disk is still the same (134,69 TB)

Now:

Previously:

What else the Customer can do to remove the data from Disk Library?

Rgds,

Kamil

@Kamil W , can you check and share the SIDBPhysicalDeletes.log files on the Media Agent(s) connected to this library?

Want to see if it is actively deleting or if there are any errors.

The data size on the sealed DDB may not necessarily progressively change as it prunes. Additionally the DDB tabs do not dynamically update and you may not see a change until you close and reopen the Commcell Console or refresh with F5 on the DDB Engine level.  

As Mike suggested, please check SIDBPhysicalDeletes and possibly SIDBPrune log as well for the Media Agent in question for the DDB partition. for a total size on disk of over 100tb this could take several hours or more to completely prune all data on the sealed store depending on the performance of the Media Agent.
 

Hi Guys,

Thanks for the update.

SIDBPhysicalDeletes.log and SIDBPrune.log habe been uploaded.

I am just reviewing them as well.

Rgds,

Kamil

I cannot see any errors.

I have just open a ticket with support. I’ll let you know guys, how it goes.

Rgds,

Kamil

Keep us posted.  The log file shows a LOT of activity, though an engineer on a remote can see a lot more detail.

I found the case and will track its progress.

I spoke to the Customer yesterday. It looks like pruning is going fine now.

Rgds,

Kamil

Thanks for confirming!!!

What does error “Failed to prune CCR” mean?? Is there any resolution steps?

@vishakha that indicates a record pruning error.

Are you receiving this error?  We should spawn a separate thread to track your issue better.  Can you confirm and provide some additional details?  Where are you seeing this and when?