Drive cleanup?

[j0hnb]

The hard drive on my server is starting to get full:
Drive Critical: /dev/sda3 (/usr) is 92% full

Is there any automated process that I can use to clean up the system?
If not any suggestions of what directories I can clean out without having an impact on my server?

Thanks,
John

[Infopro]

This thread and others like it on these forums might be useful to you.

http://forums.cpanel.net/f5/i-get-ro...ce-121197.html

[PlatinumServerM]

Check the apache logs and cpanel logs that are in /usr, that is where the space is usually consumed.

[InstaCarma_Tech]

Few tips to clear out some space in the /usr partition.

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1. Restart the httpd service. This might free a little space some times.

2. Check for apache logs like error_log, access_log , suexec_log in /usr/local/apache/logs . These can either be cleared off or if you need the logs then you can take a zipped copy and keep it aside.

3. Same can be done for the files in cPanel logs (/usr/local/cpanel/logs) as well .

4. Domlogs – Get into the /usr/local/apache/domlogs/ directory. Run the following command :-

# ls -al -SR | head -10 —> It will list 10 files in the decreasing order according to their size

If the domlog file is too large for a domain then it is possible that awstats is not running . Check whether cpanellogd is running on the server using pstree . If not, restart it .
Else, it is possible that awstats for only that particular domain is not updating. Get into the directory /usr/local/cpanel/base and check if any file as ‘awstats.domainname.com.conf’ exists. If yes , delete that file.

Now, run /scripts/runweblogs for that user. It will update the awstats and automatically clear the domlogs file thereafter. Do not delete the domlogs file itself.

5. Remove old and unwanted backups of ‘apache’ that might have been taken long ago. Also, check for any other duplicate folders that can be removed safely.

6. Remove core files, if any . Normally, some core files (like core.1234) might be present in /usr/local/cpanel/whostmgr/docroot . Check for these and remove them.
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