11.6. Reclaiming MongoDB Space

Procedure

1. Stop Pulp services:

   # satellite-maintain service stop --only \
   pulp_celerybeat.service,pulp_resource_manager.service,pulp_streamer.service,pulp_workers.service,httpd

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2. Access the MongoDB shell:

   # mongo pulp_database

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3. Check the amount of disk space used by MongoDB before a repair:

   > db.stats()

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4. Ensure that you have free disk space equal to the size of your current MongoDB database plus 2 GB. If the volume containing the MongoDB database lacks sufficient space, you can mount a separate volume and use that for the repair.

5. Enter the repair command. Note that the repair command blocks all other operations and can take a long time to complete, depending on the size of the database.

   > db.repairDatabase()

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6. Check the amount of disk space used by MongoDB after a repair:

   > db.stats()

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7. Exit the MongoDB shell:

   > exit

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8. Start Pulp services:

   # satellite-maintain service start

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