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Re: creating a large tar file on a file system, but the fs is almost full now

 
Hanry Zhou
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‎10-16-2007 08:37 AM

‎10-16-2007 08:37 AM

creating a large tar file on a file system, but the fs is almost full now

I am creating a large tar file and going to a file system, however, the fs is getting full now, but the tar file is still going?

What is the solution now, other than kill the process of creating tar file???
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A. Clay Stephenson
Acclaimed Contributor

‎10-16-2007 08:40 AM

‎10-16-2007 08:40 AM

Re: creating a large tar file on a file system, but the fs is almost full now

The solution is to plan beforehand so that this does not happen. If you have OnlineJFS and can act quickly and free space, you can expand the LVOL (or VxVM volume) and then fsadm -b larger-size the file system "on the fly".
If it ain't broke, I can fix that.
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Hanry Zhou
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‎10-16-2007 09:03 AM

‎10-16-2007 09:03 AM

Re: creating a large tar file on a file system, but the fs is almost full now

Thanks God the process is done before getting really full.
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Geoff Wild
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‎10-16-2007 09:30 AM

‎10-16-2007 09:30 AM

Re: creating a large tar file on a file system, but the fs is almost full now

Other then kill the process - you have 2 options:

1 - let the file systems fill up - and the tar will die

2 - increase the ammount of free space in the file system (either grow it or delete some other files).

Rgds...Geoff
Proverbs 3:5,6 Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make all your paths straight.
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