topic Re: write failed, file system is full in Operating System - HP-UX

write failed, file system is full

ajk_2 — Tue, 22 Jan 2002 04:49:50 GMT

Hi there,

I found a file system " / " which is full.
Since the spaces are good enough. I didn't find any big sized files during the happen. Does anyone have an idea? Thank you.

ajk

Re: write failed, file system is full

Mary Ann Lipa — Tue, 22 Jan 2002 04:55:47 GMT

you may want to check for /dev/rmt/om files... that's an o 'o' not a zero...

This is a very large file which was created when a user tried to perform a tar but using /dev/rmt/om instead of /dev/rmt/0m...

just a thought...
-Dan

Re: write failed, file system is full

Steven Sim Kok Leong — Tue, 22 Jan 2002 05:22:25 GMT

Hi,

Another possibility is you have open file(s) residing in / These files have already been removed but processes are still writing to these opened file(s).

To verify, run lsof on / and check for any open file(s) that have already been physically removed. To remove such files, you have to terminate the process that is writing to these open file(s).

lsof can be downloaded from

http://hpux.asknet.de/hppd/hpux/Sysadmin/lsof-4.55/

Hope this helps. Regards.

Steven Sim Kok Leong

Hope this helps. Regards.

Re: write failed, file system is full

Animesh Chakraborty — Tue, 22 Jan 2002 05:49:08 GMT

<<>>>

Try these
1.#find / -depth -mtime +1 -exec ll ${} \;
That should show you the files, which have been modified last. The big ones should be
among them.
2.#find / -depth -type f -name *.log

3.#du -akx / | sort -n

4.#find / -size +10000 -exec ls -l {} \;
5.Any core file?

Re: write failed, file system is full

Ravi_8 — Tue, 22 Jan 2002 05:53:59 GMT

Hi,
we can't increase the / size since it will be contiguous allocation. remove any unwanted files. or you can shift your activity to another filesystem which has enough space