Disk space at 99% used

[Yvonne Butler]

I've just installed the big brother client so that our unix servers can be monitored along with the NT servers by our helpdesk. However, the "disk" monitor is flashing red and reports:-

/opt (99%) has reached the defined disk space PANIC level (95%)

I don't have any more disk space available for this volume group but don't actually need to increase it anyway at present as this volume will not need to increase in size.

My question therefore is can I, and how do I, change the Panic Level for this logical volume?

[Stefan Farrelly]

Youve got to change it in your big brother program - its nothing to do with HP-UX. So there must be a config file for it somewhere - either under /opt/ or on your NT server where your monitoring it.

[Ian Dennison_1]

Local standard here is to try and leave at least 5% free on all Lvols to allow for the potential for "unexpected growth".

Any chance you can trim some logfiles in this directory?

Other than adding space or reducing usage, changing the trigger value is the way to go.

Share and Enjoy! Ian

[Helen French]

Hi,

Try this:

1) Do a 'bdf' in the server and check the file system usage.

2) If you have additional disk free, add this to the VG by 'vgextend'. Than increase the LV.

3) Try this command for finding out the large files in the file system:

# find /opt -xdev -size +10000 -exec ll {} \; > /tmp/bigfiles

4) Try this command for finding out the newly created files:

# find /var -xdev -type f -mtime -2 -exec ll {} \; > /tmp/newfiles

4) Read the document # BA961218001 in the HP's Technical Knowledge base.

HTH,
Shiju

[Victor BERRIDGE · Accepted solution]

Hi,
I dont know where you installed bb on your box, but at the home directory of bb you should find an etc directoy with a file called bb-dftab.
giving values >100 to the filesystem her would make them appear always green, if thats what you want, syntax:
/opt:101:101

All the best
Victor

[Yvonne Butler]

Thanks everyone for your help. Big Brother is now operating correctly.