Rootfs full

[seizart]

Hello

My rootfs is full how can i fixed this:

Drive Warning: rootfs (/) is 84% full

Drive Warning: /dev/root (/var/named/chroot/usr/lib64/bind) is 84% full

Drive Warning: /dev/root (/var/named/chroot/etc/named) is 84% full

 

[cPanelMichael]

Hello

The following document should be useful in helping you to determine what is using the disk space:

Manage Hard Drive Space

Thank you.

 

[seizart]

I just followed this page but i m getting stuck at the second step by errors:


df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
rootfs 20G 16G 3.0G 85% /
/dev/root 20G 16G 3.0G 85% /
none 12G 516K 12G 1% /dev
/dev/md3 1.8T 217G 1.5T 13% /home
tmpfs 12G 0 12G 0% /dev/shm
/dev/loop0 4.0G 139M 3.7G 4% /tmp
/dev/loop0 4.0G 139M 3.7G 4% /var/tmp
/dev/root 20G 16G 3.0G 85% /var/named/chroot/etc/named
/dev/root 20G 16G 3.0G 85% /var/named/chroot/usr/lib64/bind


du -sh /
du: cannot access `/proc/32161': No such file or directory
du: cannot access `/proc/32656/task/32656/fd/4': No such file or directory
du: cannot access `/proc/32656/task/32656/fdinfo/4': No such file or directory
du: cannot access `/proc/32656/fd/4': No such file or directory
du: cannot access `/proc/32656/fdinfo/4': No such file or directory
232G /

 

[cPanelMichael]

You can ignore those error messages. It's just telling you files that could not be accessed. Try browsing into the directory further and looking for what's taking up the space. EX:

# cd /
# du -sh *

Thank you.

 

[seizart]

I ve 11g in usr folder but i don't know what is important, can you let me know what is safe to delete:

cd usr
root@xxxx [/usr]# du -sh *
192M bin
8.0K etc
4.0K games
37M include
135M lib
306M lib64
36M libexec
3.6G local
88K man
12K mes_scripts
93M sbin
670M share
1.3G src
0 tmp
4.1G tmpDSK

 

[cPanelMichael]

It looks like you might be able to save some space by cleaning up your /tmp partition. Please see the following thread for information about cleaning /tmp:

Cron to clean /tmp

Thank you.

 

[seizart]

it looks like tmp is empty but tmpDSK is 4.1G , what s the difference , i ve read somewhere it wasn t a good idea to empty it

 

[cPanelMichael]

The "/tmp" location is a mount of the virtual file system located at "/usr/tmpDSK". The disk space usage in /tmp will count towards the partition that "/usr/tmpDSK" is stored on. Do you not see the same disk space usage when running the "du -sh" command within the /tmp directory?

Thank you.

 

[seizart]

This is what i m getting , i don t know what to do , i m now at 86% on my root:

[/usr]# du -sh *
197M bin
8.0K etc
4.0K games
41M include
135M lib
383M lib64
29M libexec
3.7G local
88K man
12K mes_scripts
94M sbin
756M share
1.3G src
0 tmp
4.1G tmpDSK

 

[cPanelMichael]

It does appear the usage is from your /tmp partition, and it's just listed as a symbolic link. To note, the recommended partition setup is available at:

Recommended Partition

At some point, you should likely reinstall your Operating System and use a recommended partition scheme.

Feel free to open a ticket and we can let you know where the current usage is coming from:

Submit A Ticket

You can post the ticket number here so we can track the issue.

Thank you.

 

[seizart]

what information you need on the ticket ? A ssh access ?

 

[cPanelMichael]

what information you need on the ticket ? A ssh access ?

Yes, you will be presented with a screen when you open a ticket that lets you know the SSH authentication instructions so we can access your server.

Thank you.

 

[seizart]

hello

i need to reinstall my system, but before i need backups of my account.

my only drive with space is the home directory, so i would like to set the backup there but i didn t manage to mount the backup there (i don t really know how to do this)

My root drive is full at 91% now so it is really urgent.

Can somebody assist me on this?

 

[24x7server]

Hello,

Are you reinstalling your OS on current attached HDD ? if yes then you will have to take a backup on your all account to your remote FTP server

 

[seizart]

i successfully did a ftp backup.

BUt is there everything on the ftp backup (data, database and dns infos?)

 

[24x7server]

Yes, If you have generated backup through cPanel scripts then cPanel backup file includes all your domains' content (including addon and subdomains), emails, FTP account and databases for the account

 

[24x7server]

If you have taken cPanel backups of all users then all files, DNS zones and databases will be covered up in it. You can directly restore your backups using cpanel script.