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Operating Systems Solaris /u01 is filling up -how to know the large files Post 302943084 by bakunin on Tuesday 5th of May 2015 08:53:35 AM

05-05-2015

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My preferred method of doing this is to "zoom in" into the filesystem: i use du -ks * | sort -n on a certain level to find out which file/directory is using most. Then i investigate directories high up on this list again by changing into them and repeating the procedure.

For instance:

Code:

# # du -ks /var/* | sort -n
0       /var/aacct
0       /var/cim
0       /var/empty
0       /var/ha
0       /var/lib
0       /var/lost+found
0       /var/msgs
0       /var/ncs
0       /var/news
0       /var/pconsole
0       /var/probevue
0       /var/security
0       /var/snapp
0       /var/symapi
0       /var/tss
0       /var/yp
4       /var/statmon
4       /var/suma
4       /var/websm
8       /var/locks
8       /var/run
8       /var/tivoli
24      /var/dt
36      /var/krb5
52      /var/ssl
120     /var/esa
160     /var/preserve
516     /var/tmp
9828    /var/ecc
15140   /var/log
16208   /var/ct
18008   /var/perf
22096   /var/spool
101360  /var/adm
513168  /var/opt

Therefore i try "/var/adm" and "/var/opt":

Code:

# du -ks /var/opt/* | sort -n
0       /var/opt/freeware
0       /var/opt/tivoli
112324  /var/opt/perf
400856  /var/opt/OV

# du -ks /var/adm/* | sort -n
0       /var/adm/acct
0       /var/adm/corrals
0       /var/adm/ffdc
0       /var/adm/nim
0       /var/adm/perfmgr
0       /var/adm/sa
0       /var/adm/streams
0       /var/adm/wpars
4       /var/adm/SUchecklog.chk
4       /var/adm/SUreport.chk
4       /var/adm/dev_pkg.fail
4       /var/adm/dev_pkg.success
4       /var/adm/pconsole
4       /var/adm/sulog
4       /var/adm/wtmp
8       /var/adm/SRC
8       /var/adm/esa
8       /var/adm/ml
12      /var/adm/ena_lg_send_virt_eth.log
12      /var/adm/sni
16      /var/adm/sw
40      /var/adm/hfi
448     /var/adm/config
1912    /var/adm/invscout
3884    /var/adm/ras
94980   /var/adm/cron

etc., etc.. This way i get a quick picture of where most of the space in /var is going to.

I hope this helps.

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wtmpx

utmpx(4)							   File Formats 							  utmpx(4)

NAME

       utmpx, wtmpx - utmpx and wtmpx database entry formats

SYNOPSIS

       #include <utmpx.h>
       /var/adm/utmpx
       /var/adm/wtmpx

DESCRIPTION

       The utmpx and wtmpx files are extended database files that have superseded the obsolete utmp and wtmp database files.

       The  utmpx database contains user access and accounting information for commands such as who(1), write(1), and login(1). The wtmpx database
       contains the history of user access and accounting information for the  utmpx database.

USAGE

       Applications should not access these databases directly, but should use the functions described on the getutxent(3C) manual page to  inter-
       act with the utmpx and wtmpx databases to ensure that they are maintained consistently.

FILES

       /var/adm/utmpx	       user access and adminstration information

       /var/adm/wtmpx	       history of user access and adminstrative information

SEE ALSO

       getutxent(3C), wait(3C)wait.h(3HEAD)

SunOS 5.10							    22 Feb 1999 							  utmpx(4)