Non destructive remove of cache

[ausca]

Hi,

 

I want to remove my cache, I have a bunch of shares that are set to prefer cache, including my VMs.

 

how do I do this safely? I can set the shares to not use cache, but I figured this would only take effect when the mover works? If files are in use (like the VM disks) my understanding is the mover won’t move them?

 

im guessing the right approach is to set disks to no cache, stop the VMs and invoke the mover manually? But can anyone else confirm?

 

also how do I know for sure there’s nothing left on the cache?

[JorgeB]

8 hours ago, ausca said:

im guessing the right approach is to set disks to no cache, stop the VMs and invoke the mover manually?

Set shares to cache=yes then invoke the mover, VM/docker services must be disabled first, if their shares are part of the shares you want moved.