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Full disk



Ah ha!



I found the ISO image that I had copied to the server then deleted:



vmkload_a  2036     root   35r   REG      104,2 3719614464    497176
/vmimages/tools-isoimages/suse-10.2-i386.iso (deleted)



How do I make it go away permanently?



Thanks for the help,

Scott


On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 2:31 PM, Nathan Meyers <nmeyers-BigylZdZcsdmcu3hnIyYJQ at public.gmane.org>wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 02:22:56PM -0400, Derek Atkins wrote:
> > On Mon, June 14, 2010 2:00 pm, scottmarydavidsam-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org wrote:
> > > Good afternoon,
> > >
> > > I've got two almost identical Linux systems (they're running VMWare ESX
> > > but
> > > for the purpose of this discussion, I need Linux help). Both systems
> have
> > > 5GB root partitions with separate /var/log and /vmfs (the special
> volumes
> > > where virtual machines are stored) partitions. One of the systems has a
> > > 100%
> > > in use root volume.Using the command:
> > > find / -mount -size +10240000c -exec du -h {} \; | less
> > > I've found eleven files, nothing larger than 75M.
> > >
> > > I suspect there are a butt load of small (log?) or hidden files
> > > accumulating
> > > somewhere but I'm not sure how to find them. Any suggestions would be
> > > appreciated.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Scott
> > >
> > > PS don't forget, I've got a separate /var/log volume so the problem is
> not
> > > there.
> >
> > du -s is your friend?
> >
> > find out where your usage is and bore down?   Maybe /tmp or /var/tmp?
> > Or /var/db?  /var/cache?  /var/run?
> >
> > du -s will help narrow it down.
>
> Also, deleted files that are still in use by running applications will
> not return their space until they are closed from the applications.
>
> Nathan
>
>
> >
> > -derek
> >
> > _______________________________________________
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> >
>






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