UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

Hi,

Has anyone ever encountered the following scenario:

I am working on a SUN server with solaris 10 installed and veritas managing the filesystem. One of the file systems has become full:

df -kh /ossrc/dbdumps
Filesystem size used avail capacity Mounted on
/dev/vx/dsk/ossdg/dbdumps
31G 31G 2.4M 100% /ossrc/dbdumps

The problem I am having is that I am unable to access the directories in /ossrc/dbdumps in order to clean it up. Any operation I attempt to perform on the directories in /ossrc/dbdumps results in the command hanging. Even kill -9 will not stop the commands.

There are 4 directories in there, and I can cd in /ossrc/dbdumps, but I can go no forther. Any one got any ideas as to what may be going on?

Are you root or a normal user when trying to access that file system?

I am logged in as root.

can you umount the FS?
If it says device busy, try fuser -cku

umount just hangs and never returns with anything.

fuser -cuk returned several pids the first time I ran it.
I tried to run it a second time and it now also hangs.

I do hope You were in / when you executed the command?
If not try again...
I dont have (no more...) VXVM on a box to see but VXFS I can say that once full you cant extend until youve made room, and making room can be pain killing if others have processes continually willing to write to it...( the reason of fuser and umount).
Once umounted (good luck!) mount the FS elsewhere while you try to sort things out

I was in / alright, thanks for the advice, i'll keep at it and hopefully get somewhere shortly.