[indiana-discuss] beadm destroy snapshots failing maybe wrong syntax

[Ethan Quach]

Harry Putnam wrote:
> Harry wrote:
>   
>>> Further, trying to destroy them fails:
>>>
>>>   root # beadm destroy rpool/ROOT/opensolaris-1 at w_emacs_smbs_smbskr
>>>   The BE name provided is invalid.
>>>   Please check it and try again.
>>>
>>> My attempt looks like others I've seen searching google. But maybe it
>>> wants a plainer BE name.
>>>
>>>   root # beadm destroy opensolaris-1 at w_emacs_smbs_smbskr
>>>   The BE name provided is invalid.
>>>   Please check it and try again.
>>>   
>>>       
>
> Ethan wrote:
>   
>> This is the right syntax, though it looks like you're running into a
>> new bug here, bug 7071.
>>     
>
> Appears to be the case... I can say too that the workaround offered
> here:
>   http://defect.opensolaris.org/bz/show_bug.cgi?id=7071
>   

That's more of a suggested fix than a workaround ...

> orkaround
>    replace "if lb.beVerifyBEName(be.trgtBeNameOrSnapshot[0]) != 0:" with
>    somethings like:
>    if be.trgtBeNameOrSnapshot[0].find("@") != -1:
>                 beName, snapName = be.trgtBeNameOrSnapshot[0].split("@")
>                 if lb.beVerifyBEName(beName) != 0:
>                         msg.printMsg(msg.Msgs.BEADM_ERR_BENAME, None, -1)
>                         return 1
>    else:
>                  if lb.beVerifyBEName(be.trgtBeNameOrSnapshot[0]) != 0:
>    Additional configuration information
>    updated to latest developer packages (from 20.02.2009)
>
> Does not work in my case (assuming I installed the workaround
> correctly)which is on 208.
>
> Can you tell in the above snippet (which is complete) from the website
> if the poster meant that the `else' part was to remain unchanged.  I
> ask because the line above after else is identical to whats in the
> actual script, but there are 2 other lines after that one:
>
>           msg.printMsg(msg.Msgs.BEADM_ERR_BENAME, None, -1)
>           return 1
>
> I assumed it meant to leave the `else' part alone. 
>   

Yes leave those two lines in the file, but make sure they're tabbed
over to be execution lines of the if clause in the else.  python is
tab sensitive.


-ethan

> Thanks for clearing up about the syntax.
>
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