/ almost run out of space

[Henry Choi]

Hi,

I've a disk space problem with my HPUX 11.23. The / almost run out of space but system is not allowed to increase it (this vol is unable to change to contiguous allocation). How can I increase it without reinstall?

Thanks,
Henry

[Peter Godron]

Henry,
it is not possible to extend the / partition.
Clear down any unwanted core files.
Check for large files:
find / -xdev -size +1000 -exec ll {} \;
and remove un-needed.

[RAC_1]

You can not. There is unsupported method to do that, but you shuld not try that. (In unsupported method, the lvol next to /, is moved and then root is extended.)

/ is static file system and should not grow unless, you are putting something there which you should not.

Check what is taking space there.

du -kx / | sort -n

[Muthukumar_5]

One way is removing un-needed files and directories. Or moving into some other file system.

Else take full backup with make_net_backup and recover.

check as,

# du -ks / | sort -rnk 1 | more

what are you getting?

--
Muthu

[Henry Choi]

I'm a newbie of HPUX :P

Thanks all!

[Antonio Cardoso_1]

Hi Henry,

it is usually not necessary to resize / partition.
Check what files or dirs are using space on that filesystem, and
- move these files to another existing filesystem (you may create links to preserve same path if needed),
- optionally create a new filesystem to receive these files.

antonio.

[JASH_2]

Henry,

Often the / filesystem fills up because of a typo when doing a backup. Check /dev for a large file that has been created instead of backing up to a tape.

Regards,

JASH

[Peter Godron]

Henry,
seems all the answers are along the same lines. Did you find any large files to remove?
If the problem is answered please read:
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/helptips.do?#28
Please reward the answers, identify the solution and close.

[Sivakumar TS]

Hi,

You can do a ignite - reinstall which will be more convinient option.

Regards,

Siva.

[Henry Choi]

Thanks!