Ubuntu
maas package

maas erase disk cannot be canceled

Bug #1446822 reported by Ryan Harper
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This bug affects 3 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
maas (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
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Bug Description

1)
$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS
Release: 14.04

2)
$ apt-cache policy maas
maas:
  Installed: 1.8.0~beta3+bzr3825-0ubuntu1~trusty1
  Candidate: 1.8.0~beta3+bzr3825-0ubuntu1~trusty1
  Version table:
 *** 1.8.0~beta3+bzr3825-0ubuntu1~trusty1 0
        500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/maas-maintainers/experimental/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1.7.3+bzr3363-0ubuntu1~trusty1 0
        500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/maas-maintainers/stable/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages
        500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/maas-maintainers/testing/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages
     1.5.4+bzr2294-0ubuntu1.3 0
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main amd64 Packages
     1.5.4+bzr2294-0ubuntu1.2 0
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security/main amd64 Packages
     1.5+bzr2252-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages

3) I should be able as admin to say just turn the machine off/release even while erasing disks.

4) upon releasing a node, maas triggers an erase disk operation. The system has three 3TB drives which will take a very long time to complete; Webgui will not allow me (even as admin) to release the node, or power it off while it is erasing. This effectively locks the machine away indefinitely.

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Ryan Harper (raharper) wrote :

Jason Hobbs shared a workaround.

1) mark node as broken
2) power off node outside of maas (ipmi commands)
3) edit node and use 'Check Now' to sync power state
4) mark node as fixed

Node is now ready.

Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in maas (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
Sam Lee (sjwl) wrote :

Same here, it takes hours to erase drives on our servers, and even allowing the server to finish erasing the drives, MAAS still showing `Disk Erasing` state. And cannot `Abort` or `Mark Fixed`, as it errors with

```
Error:Node failed to be marked broken, because of the following error: mark-broken action is not available for this node.
```

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