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purna_256577's avatar
purna_256577
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May 31, 2017

unable to login cli of the f5 APM device, version 12.1.2. While we try to login to this device we getting error

unable to login cli of the f5 APM device, version 12.1.2. While we try to login to this device we getting below error

 

last login:web may 31 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx exception: can't create temp directory, /var/system/tmp/tmsh/K8pze3, error 28] no space left on device ( framework/tmpdir.cpp, line 216),exiting.

 

We tried to pull qkview, even qkview are not getting completed from GUI.

 

BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)
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  • Anesh's avatar
    Anesh
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    May 31, 2017

    if in HA pair failover make device standby and try the below:

    rm -f /var/tmp
ln -s /shared/tmp /var/
bigstart restart

    to be performed on maintenance window

  • sgtsayz's avatar
    sgtsayz
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    Jan 02, 2019

    You could also clear temp files by establishing a sftp session with your LTM via an utility. Start with deleting old .pcap and .ucs files (save most recent). That should free up enough memory to allow you to ssh into the cli. From there, you are golden.