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Old 01-17-2010
/opt file system full !!!
Can anyone help me in cleaning /opt filesystem..
i have checked all the options and i have cleared all the logs and the total size of the files in /opt is shown as 1.8GB were as the size of /opt is 4.8GB

but wen i run the command
# df -h /opt
it gives

capacity
99%

Please help me..its urgent
# 2  
Old 01-17-2010
run the command:

Code:
du -sh /opt/*

and have a look at the output...
# 3  
Old 01-17-2010
i tried " du -sh /opt/* " and the total size comes to only 1.8 GB

but when i check for the total file system usage it shows as 4.7GB used
# 4  
Old 01-17-2010
can you reboot the server? if not, check for open files in /opt which are used by a running application...
# 5  
Old 01-17-2010
i cant reboot the server as its a critical backup server.
i tried using " lsof | grep /opt " , but that gives a big list.
# 6  
Old 01-18-2010
Those files would be devices , there would be a dodgy process which would be occyping the space, try top and prstat -a to identify the process.
# 7  
Old 01-18-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by kjamsheed
i tried using " lsof | grep /opt " , but that gives a big list.
lsof is your friend.

Use

Code:
lsof | grep /opt | grep deleted

or

Code:
lsof +L1

Both of the above will show the process which has the deleted files opened. So until you stop the process, the space will not be freed.

Code:
$ lsof | grep /tmp | grep deleted
less      22073        root    4r      REG        8,1     1948    1504213 /tmp/file (deleted)

Code:
$ lsof +L1
COMMAND   PID USER   FD   TYPE DEVICE SIZE NLINK    NODE NAME
less    22073 root    4r   REG    8,1 1948     0 1504213 /tmp/file (deleted)

From man page:
Code:
A specification of the form ``+L1'' will select open files that have been unlinked.

Find out which is the process, and do the required stuff.
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