Data Domain: Why are there multiple DD cleaning end times?
Samenvatting: filesys clean status command might show the cleaning finished, however filesys clean watch will show the cleaning still in progress
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The following might be observed on Data Domain system:
When fielsys clean status was issued, the cleaning was showing as it has completed:
However the filesys clean watch was showing that the cleaning is still running:
The system is working as expected. Here is the cause of the behavior above:
The process by which DD clean reclaims disk space corresponding to recently deleted data ends with the Phase 5 of Cleaning ("copy" phase).
The cleaning started at (In the messages.engineering log)
According to the logs, the cleaning run the copy phase from 05:33 to 16:02 on Nov 16th: (In the ddfs.info logs)
At the end of the copy phase, the cleaning completed is added into the logs. (In the messages.engineering log)
It is also the completion of the reclaiming of disk space and is the basis for the cleanable calculation for the next run:
The Phase 6 of the cleaning called Summary started right after the phase 5 copy had finished. (In the ddfs.info logs)
Once the Summary phase finished, the cleaning completion is noted in the log again (In the messages.engineering log)
When fielsys clean status was issued, the cleaning was showing as it has completed:
sysadmin@DD# filesys clean status Cleaning finished at 2022/11/16 15:58:01.
However the filesys clean watch was showing that the cleaning is still running:
sysadmin@DD# filesys clean watch Beginning `filesys clean` monitoring. Use Control -C to stop monitoring. Cleaning: phase 6 of 6 (summary) 21.4% complete, 448213 GiB free; time: phase 1:20:56, total 35:23:01
The system is working as expected. Here is the cause of the behavior above:
The process by which DD clean reclaims disk space corresponding to recently deleted data ends with the Phase 5 of Cleaning ("copy" phase).
NOTE: DD clean has a given number of phases, which have changed over the course of the years, and hence for earlier DDOS the "copy" phase may not be phase 5. What's always the case is the "copy" phase is the second to last phase and the "summary" phase is always the last one.
The cleaning started at (In the messages.engineering log)
Nov 15 06:00:18 DD ddfs[26748]: NOTICE: MSG-GC-00009: Cleaning started
According to the logs, the cleaning run the copy phase from 05:33 to 16:02 on Nov 16th: (In the ddfs.info logs)
11/16 05:33:41.282811 [7ed1516494b0] GC:S:P:C gc_do_phase: name=copy 11/16 16:02:22.574401 [7ed1516494b0] GC:S:P:C gc_do_phase: exit, name=copy, success=1
At the end of the copy phase, the cleaning completed is added into the logs. (In the messages.engineering log)
Nov 16 15:58:01 DD ddfs[26748]: NOTICE: MSG-GC-00003: Cleaning completed: 1000065928790016 bytes-live, 0 bytes-dead, 483185510055936 bytes-free.
It is also the completion of the reclaiming of disk space and is the basis for the cleanable calculation for the next run:
Active Tier: Resource Size GiB Used GiB Avail GiB Use% Cleanable GiB* ---------------- --------- ---------- --------- ---- -------------- /data: pre-comp - 57950932.0 - - - /data: post-comp 1381385.5 947033.8 434351.8 69% 21346.9 /ddvar 49.1 30.4 16.1 65% - /ddvar/core 1215.2 2.4 1151.0 0% - ---------------- --------- ---------- --------- ---- -------------- * Estimated based on last cleaning of 2022/11/16 15:58:01.
The Phase 6 of the cleaning called Summary started right after the phase 5 copy had finished. (In the ddfs.info logs)
11/16 16:02:22.575399 [7ed1516494b0] GC:S:P:C gc_do_phase: name=summary 11/16 22:58:45.337126 [7ed1516494b0] GC:S:P:C gc_do_phase: exit, name=summary, success=1
Once the Summary phase finished, the cleaning completion is noted in the log again (In the messages.engineering log)
Nov 16 22:58:45 DD ddfs[26748]: NOTICE: MSG-GC-00005: Cleaning completed: Tier (Active): 40:58:28 elapsed, 7.0% of used space freed, 5.0% of total space freed, 73880278401024 bytes freed
The summary phase of cleaning rebuilds summary vectors (which are used as an optimization during ingest of new data). No further disk space reclaiming is happening during this phase.
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Artikelnummer: 000206083
Artikeltype: How To
Laatst aangepast: 07 jan. 2026
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