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# 8  
Old 10-13-2011
/var directory in HP-UX is showing 95%?
Hi,

Thanx for the revert.

This is the output i get.


Code:
#  find /var -size +20480 | xargs ls -l | sort +4nr -5 | head -100
-rw-r--r--   1 root       root       77007636 Oct 13 11:51 /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log
-rw-r--r--   1 root       root       67092480 Apr  5  2005 /var/adm/crash/crash.2/image.2.2
-rw-r--r--   1 root       root       67080192 Apr  5  2005 /var/adm/crash/crash.2/image.2.1
-rw-r--r--   1 root       root       67076096 Apr  5  2005 /var/adm/crash/crash.2/image.1.1
-rw-r--r--   1 root       root       67067904 Apr  5  2005 /var/adm/crash/crash.2/image.1.2
-rw-r--r--   1 root       root       49475584 Apr  5  2005 /var/adm/crash/crash.2/image.1.3
-rw-r--r--   1 root       sys        36164214 Feb  5  2011 /var/opt/ignite/recovery/2011-02-05,23:17/flist
-rw-r--r--   1 root       root       33550336 Apr  5  2005 /var/adm/crash/crash.1/image.1.1
-rw-r--r--   1 root       root       33542144 Apr  4  2005 /var/adm/crash/crash.0/image.1.4
-rw-r--r--   1 root       root       33525760 Apr  4  2005 /var/adm/crash/crash.0/image.1.2
-rw-r--r--   1 root       root       33525760 Apr  4  2005 /var/adm/crash/crash.0/image.1.3
-rw-r--r--   1 root       root       33525760 Apr  4  2005 /var/adm/crash/crash.0/image.1.5
-rw-r--r--   1 root       root       33525760 Apr  4  2005 /var/adm/crash/crash.0/image.1.7
-rw-r--r--   1 root       root       33525760 Apr  5  2005 /var/adm/crash/crash.1/image.1.2
-rw-r--r--   1 root       root       33525760 Apr  5  2005 /var/adm/crash/crash.1/image.1.3
-rw-r--r--   1 root       root       33525760 Apr  5  2005 /var/adm/crash/crash.1/image.1.5
-rw-r--r--   1 root       root       33525760 Apr  5  2005 /var/adm/crash/crash.1/image.2.2
-rw-r--r--   1 root       root       33521664 Apr  4  2005 /var/adm/crash/crash.0/image.1.1
-rw-r--r--   1 root       root       33521664 Apr  5  2005 /var/adm/crash/crash.1/image.2.1
-rw-r--r--   1 root       root       33509376 Apr  5  2005 /var/adm/crash/crash.1/image.1.4
-rw-r--r--   1 root       root       33501184 Apr  4  2005 /var/adm/crash/crash.0/image.1.6
-rw-r--r--   1 root       root       29154768 Apr  4  2005 /var/adm/crash/crash.0/vmunix
-rw-r--r--   1 root       root       29154768 Apr  5  2005 /var/adm/crash/crash.1/vmunix
-rw-r--r--   1 root       root       19544656 Sep  2  2008 /var/adm/crash/crash.2/vmunix
-rw-r--r--   1 root       root       16359424 Apr  4  2005 /var/adm/crash/crash.0/image.1.8
-rw-r--r--   1 root       root       14639104 Apr  5  2005 /var/adm/crash/crash.1/image.1.6

These all are the files in /var/adm/crash directory.
Can u please tell me is it OK to delete these files as i don't know about what are the crash files which gets generated.?
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Last edited by vbe; 10-13-2011 at 08:46 AM..
# 9  
Old 10-13-2011
Crash dumps are created every time, the operating system panics.They are saved when the OS reboots so the cause of the crash can be analyzed. In your case, these dumps are over 6 years old and nobody will ever care about them.

These commands will delete all crash dumps on your system:

Code:
cd /var/adm/crash
rm -r crash.?

After that you will probably have enough free space on /var, so you won't have to bother with all the other files.
Last edited by hergp; 10-13-2011 at 07:06 AM.. Reason: corrected typo
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# 10  
Old 10-13-2011
That said, it could help to know with what you are dealing, by the look of things I doubt its a server or the guy who installed it was a bit nuts (absolutely not HP-UX standard...).
What OS version is it? It could help seeing if there is anything else that could be done, we cant give commands not knowing that... (looks like a very old OS if it is correctly installed (pre HP-UX 9...)
# 11  
Old 10-18-2011
/var directory in HP-UX is showing 95%?
Hi hergp,

Thanx for the help.

After deleting the crash dumps under /var/adm/crash, it reduces a lot of space from 95% to 75 % now in /var directory.
Code:
# bdf -i
Filesystem          kbytes    used   avail %used  iused  ifree %iuse Mounted on

/dev/vg00/lvol8  4194304 3126528 1059496   75%  24891 33349 43% /var

Thanx a ton Smilie

---------- Post updated at 11:19 AM ---------- Previous update was at 11:17 AM ----------

Hi hergp,

Thanx for the help.

After deleting the crash dumps under /var/adm/crash, it reduces a lot of space from 95% to 75 % now in /var directory.

# bdf -i
Filesystem kbytes used avail %used iused ifree %iuse Mounted on

/dev/vg00/lvol8 4194304 3126528 1059496 75% 24891 33349 43% /var


Thanx a ton Smilie
Last edited by vbe; 10-18-2011 at 06:17 AM..
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