[BlueOnyx:15776] Re: /var partition frequently filling up

[Gustavo Silva]

Hey !
Glad I could help.

Since you activated compression just now, it will run on the next weekly
(maybe)  logrotate run.

Usually /etc/logtorate.d/syslog takes care of that.

Are you missing that configuration file?

/var/log/messages (syslog) requires specific configuration and its usually
part of the linux distro.

Cheers!
Gustavo



2014-08-12 20:23 GMT+01:00 Felix Kaegi <f.kaegi at fairtalk.com>:

> Hi Gustavo
>
> Thanks for the tips. I changed the rotate length and activated the
> compression.
>
> Would you know where I find the individual settings for the log files
> ‘messages’ and ‘btmp’?
>
> Best wishes
> Felix
>
>
>
>
> *From:* blueonyx-bounces at mail.blueonyx.it [mailto:
> blueonyx-bounces at mail.blueonyx.it] *On Behalf Of *Gustavo Silva
> *Sent:* Dienstag, 12. August 2014 19:09
>
> *To:* BlueOnyx General Mailing List
> *Subject:* [BlueOnyx:15774] Re: /var partition frequently filling up
>
>
>
> Usually in my case, logs end up filling up the /var partition after a year
> or so. Check out the /etc/logrotate.conf and individual /etc/logrotate.d/
> settings and also make sure compress is enabled. That should lower the
> usage. Hope this helps.
>
>
>
> Gustavo
>
>
>
> 2014-08-12 17:37 GMT+01:00 Felix Kaegi <f.kaegi at fairtalk.com>:
>
> 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> 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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