Can I avoid filling /var when doing swcopy?

[Ian Vaughan]

Howdy,
I need to convert a sw depot so that I can do remote swinstalls. It's a patch bundle that thinks it's on a tape so will only allow local install.
when I run a swcopy -s /xyz/blah.depot \* @ /xyz/banana.depot it complains that I don't have enough space in /var.
Are there any trick options that will get me around my lack of space in /var ??
Many thanks
Ian

[Rick Garland]

Typically there are some cleanup options in /var. Check the /var/adm to see if you have any crash files out there. If so you may want to get rid of some.

Does /var/adm/sysadm have any log files that you can truncate or null out? How is the syslog.log? The mail.log?

Have you done the cleanup command?

These are just some examples.

Issue the following commands;
# cd /var
# du . -ka | sort -nr | more

The output will tell you in ascending order what the biggest files are. From there you can develop a game plan.

[Henk Geurts]

hi Ian
a similar thread with good solutions :
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=220649

regards
Henk

[Mel Burslan]

if you have some unused disk space, create a new filesystem. Mount it. Copy the contents of /var/adm/sw into this new filesystem. Kill swagentd. Create a symbollic link from /var/adm/sw to this new filesystem mountpoint. restart swagentd.

Provided your new filesystem is big enough to handle all the new patch information and increase in the log file sizes, you should not get anymore complaints.

Hope this helps

[Ian Vaughan]

Sorry folks,
I should check my workings - I missed the "@" out of my swcopy so the target was the default under /var
Doh!

ttfn
Ian

[Ian Vaughan]

see above