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LeeF99
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Mar 16, 2016

What is logging to /var/log/sa6 on BIG-IP DNS and filling up /var/log partition?

I recently installed 4 x BIG-IP DNS virtual appliances and 3 months later all 4 of them starting alerting as the /var/log partition had completely filled up;   /dev/mapper/vg--db--sda-dat.log.1 ...
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IanB
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Mar 20, 2016

These files are produced by the linux sar utility (system activity report) process. They're not big-ip specific, and contain historical data about system activity - cpu utilisation, memory usage, disk activity, etc.

 

I'm not sure why you're seeing such large files, as that's not typical.

 

You can delete them, as nothing uses them (yet). I recommend you open a support case to investigate this more thoroughly, as we'll need a qkview to start figuring it out.