Unable to Login - /dev/root filesystem full

[Amit_49]

Hi,

I was copying some datas to my system through NFS. now I am unablt to login to the server as I am getting an error message stating that /dev/root filesystem is filled. I tried to login through Console Port, Again that got failed with the same message...
How to proceed.... Please help

[Sandy Chen]

Hi,

You can try to log in from console, but from single user mode. If you are able to login, remove unnecessary files from /dev/root

Regards,
Sandy

[Amit Parui]

Hi,

As per above if you can enter the system and zip some files especially the versioned .conf files under /etc/lvmconf i suppose your problem might be solved.

[MarkSyder]

You say you put them on via NFS. Were you logged in to a different system to do this? If so, it might be worth trying to remove them (or move them to a different filesystem) while logged in to the different system. That would save you from having to bring the server down.

Mark Syder (like the drink but spelt different)

[Suraj Kumar Sankari]

Hi Amit,
If you can login through ftp then loggin to the server and try to delete big file from /
using del command from ftp
after deleting files then try to login the server

[tkc]

check if any huge file is in the /dev directory. it is quite common for accidental wrong input when writing to a device file which instead got written into incorrect device filename causing the root filesystem full.

[Amit_49]

HI All,
Thanks for all your reply... I understood all your suggesions. But for deleting any files I should be able to login. right..?
But I AM NOT ABLE TO LOGIN EVEN THROUGH CONSOLE

ERROR:
login: root
Password:
Last successful login for root: Mon Sep 3 11:16:18 EST5EDT 2007 on pts/3
Last unsuccessful login for root: Fri Aug 31 17:09:09 EST5EDT 2007 on pts/0

msgcnt 28632 vxfs: mesg 001: vx_nospace - /dev/root file system full (1 block extent)
Can't rewrite terminal control entry for console

Wait for login exit: ..

I even tried FTP...failed

[Sandy Chen]

Hi Amit,

Reboot the server and login through single user mode.

http://docs.hp.com/en/A5201-96043-en/apcs02.html

Regards,
Sandy

[Wim Rombauts]

If you start the system to single-user mode, you don't have to log in. The system opens a shell as root automatically.

An alternative can be to use the HP-UX Recovery CD and mount the root filesystem as regular filesystem as soon as the system has booted. Find at least 1 big logfile that you don't need anymore and reboot again (to single-user mode or run-level 1). Log in again and further cleanup /dev/root

[whiteknight]

Amit,

if your / is full, you can use

#find / -xdev -size +2000 > /tmp/out

check /tmp/out see got any big files ?

hope this help

WK
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