permanent resize of /var/

[kimhenriksen]

Hi all!

I´ve been reading these two articles.

https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K34126971

https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K52061353

Are any of them a permanent fix for low diskspace of /var/ ?  Or will we/I have to redo it after every upgrade?

/Kim

[Niels_van_Sluis]

This following article says you'll have to do it again after an update.

/var folder size decreases automatically after upgrade (f5.com)

[kimhenriksen]

So there´s no permanent solution that survives an upgrade?

[Niels_van_Sluis · Accepted solution]

There doesn't seem to be a permanent solution that survives an upgrade. However from version 16.0.0.0 the /var partition is increased by 50%. Maybe that will work for you. On the other hand, what's eating your diskspace on /var? 

[kimhenriksen]

Not sure, what´s eating it up to be honest. We got a case open, so hoping on some help there. As v16 is not supported on the new R-Series we´re skipping that i believe. So that leaves either V17 or V15 with this work each time....hmm

[Niels_van_Sluis]

You can use 'du -k -x /var | sort -n' to see what directories uses a large amount of space.  They are on the end of the list. That could give you an indication.

[kimhenriksen]

We checked alot now, but seems as we´re always around 79-80% full.. so after som talks with F5, expanding the mount is the best solution.