SSIA. Need a way to nuke all snapshot data. If you can do it by date, that would be a nicety.
John, How about: "Added ability to purge system snapshots via the api." or something like that.
Okay, I've added it to the release notes. Thanks! RHN Satellite 5.3.0 now has the ability to purge system snapshots via the API
Looking over the current APIs available in Spacewalk, it looks like we have some new APIs introduced in SW 0.1 that may satisfy this request. The APIs are system.listSnapshots, system.deleteSnapshot and system.deleteSnapshots. See below for details. We do not currently have a method to "delete snapshots by date". It is technically feasible; however, the user could use these existing APIs to create a script that uses listSnapshots, retrieves the date from the result and then invokes deleteSnapshot. Based on this, do you still want us to add the "delete snapshots by date"? ---------------------------------- Method: listSnapshots Description: List the snapshots for a given system Parameters: * string sessionKey * int serverId Returns: * array: o struct - server snapshot + int "id" + string "reason" - the reason for the snapshot's existence + dateTime.iso8601 "created" + array "channels" # string labels of channels associated with the snapshot + array "groups" # string Names of server groups associated with the snapshot + array "entitlements" # string Names of system entitlements associated with the snapshot + array "config_channels" # string Labels of config channels the snapshot is associated with. + array "tags" # string Tag names associated with this snapshot. + string "Invalid_reason" - If the snapshot is invalid, this is the reason (optional). Method: deleteSnapshot Description: Deletes a snapshot with the given snapshot id Parameters: * string sessionKey * int snapshotId - Id of snapshot to delete Returns: * int - 1 on success, exception thrown otherwise. Method: deleteSnapshots Description: Deletes all snapshots of a given server Parameters: * string sessionKey * int sid - system id of system to delete snapshots for Returns: * int - 1 on success, exception thrown otherwise.
'do you still want us to add the "delete snapshots by date"?' Yes. And shouldn't this bug be beyond the NEW state by now?
master git commit: c55ad4bf0952843b458b33579544338069cb442e Note: more work to be done before moving to MODIFIED and cherry picking to vader branch.
The initial modifications for the script have been completed and will be included in the spacewalk-utils package. Once spacewalk-utils is installed, the script will be placed in /usr/bin/sw-system-snapshot. A man page is also included. Refer to it for more details along with example scenarios. The following is the script usage information: bash-3.2$ sw-system-snapshot --help usage: sw-system-snapshot [options] options: -v, --verbose Increase verbosity -u USERNAME, --username=USERNAME Username -p PASSWORD, --password=PASSWORD Password -d, --delete Delete snapshots. -l, --list List snapshot summary. -a, --all Include all snapshots based on criteria provided. --start-date=START_DATE Include only snapshots taken on or after this date. Must be in the format 'YYYYMMDDHH24MISS'. --end-date=END_DATE Include only snapshots taken on or before this date. Must be in the format 'YYYYMMDDHH24MISS'. --satellite=SATELLITE Server. --system-id=SYSTEM_ID System Id. --snapshot-id=SNAPSHOT_ID Snapshot Id. -h, --help show this help message and exit ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Examples: note these do not cover all possible execution scenarios... List examples, to see what would be deleted if using the same criteria: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- sw-system-snapshot --list --all sw-system-snapshot --list --all --start-date=20090403000000 sw-system-snapshot --list --system-id=1000010022 sw-system-snapshot --list --system-id=1000010022 --start-date=20090101000000 --end-date=20091231000000 Delete examples: ---------------- sw-system-snapshot --delete --all sw-system-snapshot --delete --all --start-date=20090403000000 sw-system-snapshot --delete --system-id=1000010022 sw-system-snapshot --delete --system-id=1000010022 --start-date=20090101000000 --end-date=20091231000000 sw-system-snapshot --delete --system-id=1000010022 --system-id=1000010033
verified 5/7.1
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2009-1434.html