topic RAW DISK SIZE FULL in Operating System - HP-UX

RAW DISK SIZE FULL

Amit Dixit_2 — Thu, 29 Jul 2004 06:44:06 GMT

Hi,
I am having HP-UX 11.23 running informix.
In the ONCONFIG.GENEVA file of Informix
I defined the
LTAPE as /dev/vg00/lvol5
for the backup of logical logs.
and /dev/vg00/lvol5 is reffering to /home.

Now when i try to create file on that /home
it says File System full, though df -k, or
bdf syas that it is still 50% free.

Tell me how to check raw disk size and
available raw disk size.

Thanks,
Amit

Re: RAW DISK SIZE FULL

Pete Randall — Thu, 29 Jul 2004 06:52:19 GMT

Amit,

Your problem is that the logical log that is being written to /dev/vg00/lvol5 is still open and, until it is closed, bdf will not report on the space it occupies. You need to find another (more logical?) place for your logical log backups - like a tape device, maybe?

Pete

Re: RAW DISK SIZE FULL

Amit Dixit_2 — Thu, 29 Jul 2004 06:56:39 GMT

HI Pete,
I know but if you could suggest me how to
reclaim that space and how can i redirect
the logs to /dev/null

Thanks,
Amit

Re: RAW DISK SIZE FULL

Pete Randall — Thu, 29 Jul 2004 07:06:29 GMT

You're going to have to close out the logical log that's being dumped there - possibly by shutting down Informix if you have to. Then find and delete the logical log under /dev/vg00/lvol5. Before you bring Informix backup change LTAPEDEV to /dev/null in your onconfig file.

Pete

Re: RAW DISK SIZE FULL

Amit Dixit_2 — Thu, 29 Jul 2004 07:14:42 GMT

HI,
How to find those logfiles, and when I
change the LTAPE to /dev/null
it says

Performing automatic backup of logical logs.
Logbackup failed - Log backup to device '/dev/null' not allowed

What should I do ??

Thanks,
Amit