Unwanted files present in "/var/lib/cinder" directory on Cinder Storage node

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Lot of files in the storage nodes are getting generated in the /var/lib/cinder directory


    [root@srv-os-ctl01 ~]# ls -al /var/lib/cinder/ | head -n 30 total 12284 drwxr-xr-x. 7 cinder cinder 10514432 Mar 12 09:37 . drwxr-xr-x. 57 root root 4096 Jul 9 2018 .. -rw-------. 1 cinder cinder 10 Feb 12 22:50 .bash_history -rw-r--r--. 1 cinder cinder 0 Sep 29 11:25 cinder-0000a947-cff9-4ce3-a01d-30f754e37125-delete_volume -rw-r--r--. 1 cinder cinder 0 Apr 1 2018 cinder-00029f20-ae53-4b23-b292-f732af1ef122-delete_snapshot -rw-r--r--. 1 cinder cinder 0 Nov 15 21:32 cinder-0003c24e-cda0-443c-8399-e7cfca6e315f -rw-r--r--. 1 cinder cinder 0 Nov 15 21:45 cinder-0003c24e-cda0-443c-8399-e7cfca6e315f-delete_volum ... ... ...

Environment

Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10/11

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