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Before you start juggling filesystems, perhaps verify that the data on that filesystem is where it belongs...

Check for dangling filehandles - compare the output of du -sk /usr and df -k /usr, if the du output is significantly lower, you've probably deleted a file but left a process using the handle. Use lsof (or fuser, /proc or pfiles) to locate the process that is holding the handle and restart it.

Look for the big blobs in /usr - du -sk /usr/* | sort -n will show you the largest directories in there, you can drill deeper from there as required.

Look for recently modified files - /usr should be fairly static, if something is changing frequently, maybe it doesn't belong in there. find /usr -mtime -10 will show files modified in the last 10 days.
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space

space(4)							   File Formats 							  space(4)

NAME

       space - disk space requirement file

DESCRIPTION

       space is an ASCII file that gives information about disk space requirements for the target environment. The space file defines space needed
       beyond what is used by objects defined in the prototype(4) file; for example, files which will be installed with the installf(1M)  command.
       The space file should define the maximum amount of additional space that a package will require.

       The generic format of a line in this file is:

       pathname  blocks  inodes

       Definitions for the fields are as follows:

       pathname    Specify a directory name which may or may not be the mount  point for a filesystem. Names that do not begin with a slash  ('/')
		   indicate relocatable directories.

       blocks	   Define the number of disk blocks required for installation of the files and directory entries contained in the pathname  (using
		   a 512-byte block size).

       inodes	   Define the number of inodes required for installation of the files and directory entries contained in the pathname.

EXAMPLES

       Example 1 A sample file.

	 # extra space required by config data which is
	 # dynamically loaded onto the system
	 data 500  1

SEE ALSO

       installf(1M), prototype(4)

       Application Packaging Developer's Guide

SunOS 5.11							    7 Feb 1997								  space(4)