[SOLVED] Free Up Disk Space

prathamesh7478 · 02-28-2013, 12:21 PM

Hello Guys,

I am getting following messages from one our server.
..Filesystem kbytes used avail capacity Mounted on
../dev/md/dsk/d1 2058319 1597651 398919 81% /var

But i am unbale to decide what can i move,can you help on it

gilead · 02-28-2013, 02:04 PM

You can use compression to shrink unused log files or archive them off to another location. You will need to provide more information about what is on your /var partition to get useful answers though.

Habitual · 02-28-2013, 02:08 PM

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...-space-419461/

or something like

Code:

sudo find /var -type f  -size +1024k -exec ls -hal {} \; > ~/large_files.out

and review manually the entries in ~/large_files.out

lrtward · 02-28-2013, 02:27 PM

When I go on a hunt for what's eating up my disk space, I begin like this:

Code:

# du --max-depth=2 -h | sort -r -n | more

or

Code:

# du --max-depth=2 -h | sort -r -n > /tmp/du.out

Change --max-depth to a value that's useful for you.

Habitual · 02-28-2013, 02:46 PM

I always check apache's log file first on hosts that have it installed.
It's somewhere under|below /var/log/
This location varies by distribution or apache version.

prathamesh7478 · 02-28-2013, 03:15 PM

thanks for your reply,

I can see that /var/adm/sa contains system activity logs can i compress it ,Will it have any harmfull effects on system.T
I have /var/apache also can you tell me more about it

Habitual · 02-28-2013, 03:37 PM

/var/adm/sa is the sysstat package directory for the sar output.
It may contain .gz archives. sar archives for 7 days by default, AFAIK. Removing the .gz files is up to you.

/var/apache... I wouldn't touch that.
What OS and apache version please, if you know it?

Code:

lsb_release -drc

prathamesh7478 · 02-28-2013, 03:58 PM

I dont know it,
But i have zip files in /var/adm/sa/sa05.z
Will it cause any problem for the system in creating new sa files for the next month.

Habitual · 02-28-2013, 04:01 PM

Code:

lsb_release -drc
du -sh /var/*

outputs please

prathamesh7478 · 02-28-2013, 04:07 PM

/var/adm/sa contains some normal and binary files,I have just zipped the binary file
by compress sa05 and now the file in sa directory is sa05.z.As i can see there are 25 files
from 05 feb 2013 - 25 feb 2013.I wanted to know when the march files would be created it wont cause any problem
to the sar activity beacuse of zipping of this file.[COLOR="Silver"]

Habitual · 02-28-2013, 04:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by prathamesh7478

/var/adm/sa contains some normal and binary files,I have just zipped the binary file
by compress sa05 and now the file in sa directory is sa05.z.As i can see there are 25 files
from 05 feb 2013 - 25 feb 2013.I wanted to know when the march files would be created it wont cause any problem
to the sar activity beacuse of zipping of this file.

---------- Post added 02-28-13 at 02:07 PM ----------

/var/adm/sa contains some normal and binary files,I have just zipped the binary file
by compress sa05 and now the file in sa directory is sa05.z.As i can see there are 25 files
from 05 feb 2013 - 25 feb 2013.I wanted to know when the march files would be created it wont cause any problem
to the sar activity beacuse of zipping of this file.

You sir, are stepping over a dollar to pick up a penny.
You need to stop, breathe, relax and

Code:

lsb_release -drc
du -sh /var/*

Please.

Or I can stop answering your inquiries?

prathamesh7478 · 02-28-2013, 05:04 PM

Sorry,i was quite worried due to zipping of sar logs.

I am not getting any output through command provided by you.

(net@dc1fcpe05)~# lsb_release -drc
lsb_release: Command not found.

Habitual · 02-28-2013, 07:35 PM

I gave you 2 commands, the most important one being

Code:

du -sh /var/*

Good Luck.
Says Solved at http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ad-4175452115/
same system?

frankbell · 02-28-2013, 08:02 PM

Is logrotate configured and running on that server?