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Manuel_P_44844's avatar
Manuel_P_44844
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Nov 24, 2017

Partition /shared is 100%

Hello, I have an F5 BIGIP LTM 8800 and I just realized that the shared partition is 100%, specifically / shared / core, as the image shows

 

 

have reviewed the files that occupy me most space and are the following

 

 

As far as I understand the iso I can not delete them, the question is the other files (pvac.xxxx.0core. *. Gz) for what they are and if I can delete them to free up space?

 

First of all, Thanks

 

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  • Andy_McGrath's avatar
    Andy_McGrath
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    Nov 24, 2017

    Look like pvac process core files but not sure why they are under the shared directory.

     

    I would say you can delete them but the bigger question would be what is triggering the pvac process to do a core dump that is filling up you shared partition.

     

    Finally you can delete the ISO images just likely will need to put them back on to do an upgrade.

     

    • Manuel_P_44844's avatar
      Manuel_P_44844
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      Nov 27, 2017

      Once used, but it is currently disabled, so I want to remove cache

       

    • Manuel_P_44844's avatar
      Manuel_P_44844
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      Nov 27, 2017

      Once used, but it is currently disabled, so I want to remove cache

       

  • Andrew_Husking's avatar
    Andrew_Husking
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    Nov 26, 2017

    can you run 

    ls -lah /shared/core
    and see when those core dumps were created?

    Also, you can remove the ISO files if it's the current or previous version of the OS or a newer version that you don't plan to upgrade to anytime soon (just put it back when you want to do the upgrade).

    If the core files are old, and aren't being generated regularly then just delete them. However if they are, i suggest generating a qkview, getting an md5sum of the core files 

    md5sum filename > filname.md5
    and then uploading the lot to F5 support.

    Once you have an MD5 hash of the core files you can copy them off and delete them from the F5.

    Cheers,

  • Manuel_P_44844's avatar
    Manuel_P_44844
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    Nov 27, 2017

    Some were created last month, the strange thing that most have 0 bytes, and others are 10mb and because of this this partition is saturated.

     

    As an additional comment, the Web accelerator was activated but it was already disabled more than a year ago

     

    Thanks