/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 is full

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Ifeanyi
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/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 is full

Post by Ifeanyi » 2018/10/08 14:33:11

Can i get a step by step on how to free up space?
/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00
16G 15G 105M 100% /


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Re: /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 is full

Post by TrevorH » 2018/10/08 15:25:08

Start by finding out where your space has gone by running (as root) du -m -x -d 1 / then repeat that same command and change '/' to the largest listed directory then keep repeating that process until you reach the bottom directory containing all the space. Depending on what directory that is, the solution will vary. If it's /tmp for example then look at what is taking all the space and delete anything that is not required. If it's log files under /var/log then you may delete some of those safely but if the files are in use by a running process then the space they occupy will not be freed up until that process ends (restart it maybe?).
The future appears to be RHEL or Debian. I think I'm going Debian.
Info for USB installs on http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/InstallFromUSBkey
CentOS 5 and 6 are deadest, do not use them.
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