topic Re: need to clean up /var in Operating System - HP-UX

need to clean up /var

Olga_1 — Fri, 11 Jul 2003 12:05:12 GMT

Is there any harm if I delete these files:

/var/stm/logs/sys>ll
total 1925360
985368532 Mar 25 11:07 activity_log
343728 Mar 25 11:07 cclogd_activity_log
1384 Mar 25 11:07 diaglogd_activity_log
1576 Mar 25 11:07 memlogd_activity_log
42324 Mar 25 11:07 scan_hw_log

Is there anything else what can be cleaned in /var?
How about files in /var/adm/sw/save/
Thank you very much

Re: need to clean up /var

Steve Steel — Fri, 11 Jul 2003 12:08:15 GMT

Hi

What OS

look at man cleanup and swmodify

Also

sam routine tasks where logs can be cleaned up

Steve Steel

Re: need to clean up /var

Dagmar Boelen — Fri, 11 Jul 2003 12:10:58 GMT

File is /var/adm/sw/save are used to fallback to a previous installation of a patch for example.

Re: need to clean up /var

James R. Ferguson — Fri, 11 Jul 2003 12:11:07 GMT

Hi:

Don't manage anything in ''var/adm/sw' except with the 'cleanup' command!

# cleanup -c 1

...will remove superseded patches but leave one level in the event that you want to rollback to a predecessor patch. The SD logs will also be trimmed. Using 'cleanup' can return considerable filesystem space to '/var', particularly if you have never done it!

Regards!

...JRF...

Re: need to clean up /var

Pete Randall — Fri, 11 Jul 2003 12:12:47 GMT

Olga,

Anything in /var/tmp is a candidate for the trash bin. Use SAM to trim log files (under "Routine Tasks", I believe). Use the find command to search out core files (find /var -name core -exec rm {} \;). Use the "du -sk /var/* |sort -n" command to find the largest directories under /var and drill down into them with the same du command to find where all your space is being consumed.

Do *not* remove anything under /var/adm/sw! Use the cleanup command (cleanup -c 1) to commit old patches instead.

Pete

Re: need to clean up /var

Paula J Frazer-Campbell — Fri, 11 Jul 2003 12:21:13 GMT

Soap and warm water only, do not use anything abrasive.

Re: need to clean up /var

Pete Randall — Fri, 11 Jul 2003 12:29:18 GMT

And as for your first question, I see no harm in trimming these files (I would not remove them).

cat /dev/null > log_file_name

Pete