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THE_BLUE
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Apr 13, 2022

Remove deleted files that still occupy space

I have run below command because i have full partion : lsof -ws | grep -i 'size\|deleted' to list all deleted files that occupy space , i got a result sth like: mysqld           /shared/tmp/******...
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Dario_Garrido
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Apr 13, 2022

Hello THE_BLUE.

Take into account this:

The NAME column displays the file's location. In the previous example, the bigd process is keeping a file open in /var/log/monitors, which is 2,018,573,650 bytes (roughly 2 GB). For the disk space to be released, either the bigd process must release the file permanently or it releases when you restart the bigd service.

REF - https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K14403

 

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    THE_BLUE
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    Apr 14, 2022

    Hi,

    Manythanks for sharing, really helpful.

    But is it safe to resart any sevice ex: TmstatAda , will not have any impact in my data/device?

    i will resart the service on my offline device ( secondary)

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      Dario_Garrido
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      Apr 14, 2022

      You could restart your whole device as part as a maintenance task.

      1. Restart B unit (standby) 

      2. Failover cluster

      3. Restart A unit (standby)

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