Re: 5.1 dump device

From: Green, Simon (Simon.Green_at_EU.ALTRIA.COM)
Date: 07/16/03

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    Date:         Wed, 16 Jul 2003 12:06:48 +0200
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    Agreed! Almost certainly just a deleted file that was still open: loads of
    log files in /var. It might be worth checking skulker, (or any local
    equivalent) to make sure you're not deleting any log files without stopping
    the processes writing to them. e.g. /var/adm/syslog.log.

    Whilst the system is clean, it might be a good idea to check for large
    and/or growing log files and make sure you're not collecting more
    information than you want. (I've seen syslog fill up with irrelevant error
    messages for things like non-existent ATM networks in the past.)

    Simon Green
    Altria ITSC Europe Ltd

    AIX-L Archive at http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=aix-l&r=1&w=2
    AIX FAQ at http://www.faqs.org/faqs/aix-faq/

    N.B. Unsolicited email from vendors will not be appreciated.

    > Bill Verzal wrote:
    >
    > Personally, I'd think the reboot fixed it more than changing the copy
    > device...
    >
    > Bobby Kelley wrote:
    >>
    >> I have a 5.1 machine I recently had an interesting problem
    >> with. /var fs
    >> was filling up w/o a culprit. Even when I added more space,
    >> it would slowly
    >> fill up to 100% without a single file growing!
    >>
    >> Once I changed the dump copy device from /var/blah, rebooted,
    >> it was happy.
    >> Any insight or ideas into this??


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