vx_nospace - /dev/vg00/lvol4 file system full

[Nikhil Porwal]

Hi,

While i am trying to install an application n the system by configuring and make command. i got the below error:

vxfs: msgcnt 2 mesg 001: V-2-1: vx_nospace - /dev/vg00/lvol4 file system full (1 block extent)ld: I/O error, file "sapi/cgi/php-cgi": Bad file number

Fatal error.

*** Error exit code 1

It seems that the /dev/vg00/lvol4 is full, and when checked in this forum, i could get the commands to verify this:

# bdf /dev/vg00/lvol4
Filesystem kbytes used avail %used Mounted on
/dev/vg00/lvol4 524288 524288 0 100% /home


But i am still unsure on how to rectify this. What are the steps i need to do, so that next time i wont get this error in b/w. Also let me know the commands for each of the steps i need to follow, as i am new to unix, and quiet unsure of the actual flow.

thanks in advance!

[MarkSyder]

I suspect you have user accounts in /home. Any obsolete accounts you can delete? Any users not doing housekeeping and deleting old backup files?

For future reference, it may be a good idea to put user accounts in dedicated lvols and filesystems. They can still be configured to be under /home, but they won't stop lvol4 from filling.

Mark Syder (like the drink but spelt different)

[F Verschuren]

to find where the big file are in your filesytem:
sudo find /home -size +1000 -exec ll {} ";"

If you want to make sure users are not filling up the root file system you can use quorum, this tool can be used to set a personal quorum for all users that have there home dir in /home.

lvextend can be used to enlarge the filesystem, but this can not be done online if you do not have some free space....

[Nikhil Porwal]

Thanks Guys,

I was able to clear up some files from my directory. As i am not an admin, i can not delete or ask other user files to be deleted at this point. But clearing up data from my directory did free up some space and i am able to continue the work!

Thanks again for quick resolution!

[Nikhil Porwal]

as above! closing the thread here