[BlueOnyx:15771] Re: /var partition frequently filling up

[Felix Kaegi]

Hi Steve

Thanks for the hint. 

The main result is:
1419152 /var/lib
1299684 /var/log

 

In /var/log it is mainly the messages and btmp files that occupy hundreds of
megabytes.

Any further help would be appreciated.

 

 

From: blueonyx-bounces at mail.blueonyx.it
[mailto:blueonyx-bounces at mail.blueonyx.it] On Behalf Of Steven Howes
Sent: Dienstag, 12. August 2014 17:34
To: BlueOnyx General Mailing List
Subject: [BlueOnyx:15770] Re: /var partition frequently filling up

 

On 12 Aug 2014, at 16:21, Felix Kaegi <f.kaegi at fairtalk.com
<mailto:f.kaegi at fairtalk.com> > wrote:

The /var partition on our SL/BlueOnyx server is frequently filling up. The
partition has 4GB of disk space and BO reports a 96% disk usage and refuses
to do YUM updates and even terminates the mail server. 

How best to resolve this on a permanent basis?

 

Find out what's causing it. Look around and see where the space has gone.

 

Run:

 

du --max-depth=1 /var

 

And see where it's all used. You can remove the /var of the end and CD into
directories to see where it's gone, working down through layers until you
find it.

 

Steve

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