/var/adm/sw/save - cleanup HPUX 11.0

[Tim Killinger]

I'm running tight on space in /var and I've noticed a significant number of files in /var/adm/sw/save that appear to be copies of patches from previous installs of QPKs....

Can anyone tell me if this can be cleaned up, or any other opportunities to free space in /var? i.e. log files, etc.

Thanks!!

[Robert-Jan Goossens · Accepted solution]

Hi,

You can use the cleanup command.

Check if you have superseded patches installed.

# cleanup -p -c1

# cleanup -c1

HTH,
Robert-Jan

[Robert Binkhorst]

Hi,

These files can be cleaned using the cleanup command. If you want to remove patches that were superceded once or more, use the following command to check how much space you'll save:
cleanup -p -c 1

Read the man page for more details.

Remember, these files are here to allow you to fall-back if required. If you're sure you won't need to roll these back, go ahead. Otherwise, use more caution!

HTH,

Robert

[Geoff Wild]

Yes - use the cleanup command or just:

cd /var/adm/sw/save
swmodify -x patch_commit=true *

Rgds...Geoff

[MarkSyder]

Other things in /var that can be cleared:

> /var/adm/btmp (note use of >, not rm)
> /var/adm/cron/OLDlog
> /var/adm/cron/log
> /var/adm/lp/log
> /var/adm/sulog
> /var/adm/syslog/mail.log
> /var/adm/syslog/OLDsyslog.log
> /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log (check for error messages before nulling syslog)
> /var/adm/wtmp

Mark Syder (like the drink but spelt different)

[Shyjith P K]

Hi,

You can find out large files using
find /var -xdev -size +10000000c -exec ll {} \;

Also, you can look for few log files in /var/adm/sw.

[Keith Bevan_1]

Hi,

Great minds think alike !

I have just completed a question on the forum and received feedback on a very similar matter.

Have a look at the following post :-

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=533406

It may have some other useful pointers.

Keith