vx_nospace - /dev/root file system full

[HPquestion]

root file system became full while I am doing the fbackup. It seems I have used a wrong device name /dev/rmt/3m instead /dev/rmt/2m while doing the backup. How can I fix this. Thanks for all your help.

[Dennis Handly]

Just kill the backup and remove /dev/rmt/3m.

[HPquestion]

typo...I meant

Can I safely remove the /dev/rmt/3m file? Instead of creating a space situation in root file system, WHY HP-UX is not smart enough to give an error message on 3m instead?

[Dennis Handly · Accepted solution]

>can I safely remove the /dev/rmt/3m file?

Sure, you'll need to restart the backup.

>Why is not HP-UX smart enough to give an error message on 3m instead?

Because that's a valid file, though a common mistake. There is no advanced AI technology to determine you made a typo and it shouldn't create a regular file in /dev/.

[Peter7]

Thanks for your reply. I am experience same challenge now. I have removed the UPS device manually but still cannot access the server. I still get the message " msgcnt 112 vxfs: mesg 001: vx_nospace - /dev/root file system full (1 block ext)

[Todd McDaniel_1]

you need available space to login to the server. You will have to reboot in single user mode so you can cleanup the filesystem.

[madhu22]

You  have to reboot the server and go in to single user mode.

run fsck for /usr LV and mount /usr for rm command to work.

free up the space and move to init 3.

regards

Madhu