Running out of free space in /var on HPUX
cd /var
bdf . = free space just here
cleanup -c 1 = clean up any patches that have been superceded at least ome time. May free up some space
check /var/tombstones
check /var/adm/wtmp = last user login info, type “last” to get the info, most systems zero this out daily
Use this to list how much space is used by each directory, starting with the biggest. Useful for spotting where the problem may be:
du -kxa . | sort -rn | more
remember:
> filename = zero a file out, used for open files! (same as cat /dev/null > filename)
/var/adm/wtmp holds the info that “last” shows It gets quite huge if noone cleans it out. Most boxes have a cron job to do this just:
> /var/adm/wtmp to empty it
last = last good login
lastb = last login failure
Remember to cp things out to another filesystem and gzip them before zeroing them out if you are unsure about whether they will be needed later or not.
