topic Re: sfmdb /var/tmp in Operating System - HP-UX

sfmdb /var/tmp

Joao Rei — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:14:40 GMT

Hi,

ia 11.23

My /var FS is almost 100%.
I can see in /var/tmp a lot of files like these:

...
-rw-r--r-- 1 sfmdb users 243351552 Sep 11 15:06 aaaa27001
-rw-r--r-- 1 sfmdb users 531278125 Aug 26 14:28 daaa20161
...

Are these files generated by SFM ?
Is It safe to delete them?

How can I query SFM to look for any problem on my system that is causing these files?

Thanks.

Regards,

Joao Rei

Re: sfmdb /var/tmp

Torsten. — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:20:23 GMT

I don't know much about this yet, but maybe this helps:

http://docs.hp.com/en/5991-6717/index.html

http://docs.hp.com/en/5991-6717/ch04s04.html#chdffecc

Re: sfmdb /var/tmp

Steven E. Protter — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:57:52 GMT

Shalom Joao,

It is safe to delay the files that are old.

grep sfmdb /etc/passwd

Get and post the user information on this user.

It would appear you have an application writing temporary files to /var/tmp and not cleaning up after itself.

SEP

Re: sfmdb /var/tmp

Torsten. — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:19:36 GMT

I'm quite sure this application is SFM (system fault management) - the ongoing replacement for online diagnostics/EMS.

Since march (?) the default.

Check for archived events first.

Re: sfmdb /var/tmp

Bill Hassell — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:21:48 GMT

/var/tmp is always defined as a temporary directory so files and directories inside /var/tmp can be deleted. You might want to look at the files with:

head /var/tmp/aaaa27001 | cat -v
tail /var/tmp/aaaa27001 | cat -v

just to see what is being recorded. These files are typically created with shell commands but the date indicates that the event(s) occurred in the past.

Re: sfmdb /var/tmp

Avinash20 — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 16:03:02 GMT

I am trying to recollect..
I faced the same issue, and it was a known issue with SFM.

Could you please share the SFM version..

Re: sfmdb /var/tmp

Suraj K Sankari — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 04:41:41 GMT

Hi,

From /etc/passwd grep the sfmdb and check who is the owner then if itâ s a application the ask the owner or application owner what to do with this files.

Any files under /tmp or /var/tmp are currently not using any application then I think you can delete all of them.

Suraj

Re: sfmdb /var/tmp

Joao Rei — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 09:11:38 GMT

Thanks for all the replies.

My SFM version is:

SysFaultMgmt B.03.00.05.01 HPUX System Fault Management

I've delete several /var/tmp files but ocasionaly SFM creates new 500MB files.

-rw-r--r-- 1 sfmdb users 530415616 Sep 21 15:28 haaa25209

Regards,

Joao Rei

Re: sfmdb /var/tmp

prasadb — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 10:26:29 GMT

hello Joao Rei ,

i could see that you have not assigned point to any one of these gurus who have given their precious time to help you,,

assign proper points to all who replied.