Disk Space Messages

Disk Space Messages

The following messages deal with standard disk operations, such as messages indicating you are low on or out of available disk space.

unix: <disk id>: Process ... ran out of disk space
unix: <disk id>: Process ... ran out of contiguous space
objectserver: The system disk is 100% full
objectserver: The /usr disk directory is 100% full
objectserver: The system disk is 95% full
objectserver: The /usr disk directory is 95% full

If the disk becomes completely full, you will not be able to create new files or write additional information to existing files. If the system disk becomes full, your system may not respond to commands.

Note: Do not shut down or restart the system until you free up some disk space. Without free disk space, the system may not be able to restart properly. Please release disk space in one of these ways:

Empty your dumpster by choosing "Empty Dumpster" from the Desktop toolchest.
Remove or archive old or large files or directories.
- To find old or large files, double-click the launch icon to start the Search tool, then use its online help.
- It's a good idea to search for files named core; these are often very large, and are created by an application when it encounters a problem.
- If you remove the files from the desktop, empty your dumpster again.
- To archive files (copy them onto a backup tape), use the Backup & Restore tool; start it by double-clicking the launch icon.
If your system disk is almost full, check:
- /var/tmp and /tmp: These are public directories that often become full; delete unwanted files or directories that you find here.
- /var/adm/SYSLOG: If this file seems very large (over 200 KB), remove all but a few lines of it; do not remove the entire file.
- /var/adm/crash: When the system has a serious failure (crash), it places information into two files: vmcore.<number> and unix.<number>. If you find files with these names, back them up to tape so you can give the files to your local support organization, then remove the files from your system.
- If you remove the files from the desktop, empty your dumpster again.
- mbox in all home directories. If these files are large, ask the owners to please delete all but critical messages.
Remove optional or application software.
- To start the Software Manager, choose "Software Manager" from the System toolchest.

If you want to be notified at a different level of disk use (for example, to be notified when the disk is 90% full), a Privileged User can follow these steps:

Start the Disk Manager by double-clicking the launch icon.
Click the button beneath the photo of the disk whose warning threshold you want to change (the system disk is labeled 0,1).
Highlight the number in the Notify when field, type 90, then click OK.

Also, see "Useful Disk Usage Commands".