Bug 1732852

Summary:	[QE][Docs][RFE][Compute] document DB cleanup functionality in nova-manage
Product:	Red Hat OpenStack	Reporter:	Mikey Ariel <mariel>
Component:	documentation	Assignee:	Irina <igallagh>
Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE	QA Contact:	RHOS Documentation Team <rhos-docs>
Severity:	unspecified	Docs Contact:
Priority:	high
Version:	13.0 (Queens)	CC:	igallagh, mwitt, pbabbar
Target Milestone:	---	Keywords:	Documentation, FutureFeature, Triaged, ZStream
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Hardware:	Unspecified
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Whiteboard:	docs-accepted
Fixed In Version:		Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
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Clones:	1894145 (view as bug list)		Environment:
Last Closed:	2020-11-03 16:07:38 UTC	Type:	Bug
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Bug Depends On:	1154875, 1508295, 1595887, 1888097
Bug Blocks:	1894145

Description Mikey Ariel 2019-07-24 14:12:10 UTC

User story:

As an administrator, I need a tool to help me clean up my databases that will actually delete records instead of just marking a deleted record.  Knowing that the database is actually cleaned up and the appropriate records have really been deleted will help me troubleshoot errors.

Purpose of function: 

Currently, the main housekeeping job (manual, that is) for Compute is that of DB cleanup.  This feature adds a tool that actually deletes DB records when asked.  Currently, Nova (and other services) use a "soft delete" of rows, when the system just marks a deleted column instead of actually deleting the instance record from the database.

Comment 9 Irina 2020-11-03 16:07:38 UTC

Content available on the Customer Portal:

https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_openstack_platform/16.1/html/instances_and_images_guide/database-cleaning