[SOLR-3562] Add options to remove instance dir or data dir on core reload.

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 4.0-ALPHA
• Fix Version/s: 4.0-BETA
• Component/s: multicore, SolrCloud

Environment

Same as SOLR-3561

• Assignee: Mark Miller
• Reporter: Per Steffensen
• Created: 21/Jun/12 11:31
• Updated: 10/May/13 10:40
• Resolved: 06/Jul/12 14:25

Description

Same scanario as SOLR-3561 - deleting shards/cores using CoreAdmin/UNLOAD command.

I have noticed that when doing CoreAdmin/UNLOAD, the data-folder on disk belonging to the shard/core that has been unloaded is not deleted. I might be ok since the operation is called UNLOAD, but I basically want to delete a shard/core and all data related to it (including its data-folder).

Dont we have a delete shard/core operation? Or what do I need to do? Do I have to manually delete the data-folder myself after having unloaded?

A delete-shard/core or even a delete-collection operation would be very nice!

Issue Links

• is duplicated by: SOLR-3571 You should have the option of removing the data dir when unloading a core.
• relates to: SOLR-3563 Collection in ZK not deleted when all shards has been unloaded
• relates to: SOLR-3488 Create a Collections API for SolrCloud