[SunHELP] How to split an existing slice into two.

[Will Mc Donald]

You could link some of the subdirs out of /var to somewhere on /export but
I'd have a look at what's growing and causing /var to fill in the first
place.

Rotating logs like messages.blah and syslog.blah tend to reach a reasonably
stable level in terms of the diskspace they use up. Other logs and files in
/var just keep growing if left unchecked.

Have a look at the sizes /var/cron/log /var/adm/wtmp and wtmpx and utmp and
utmpx (I think those are in adm, could be in /var/log). All of these can be
safely zeroed on a runnning system as long as you don't rely on the
information they contain.

Also check /var/spool/mail for uncollected system mail and the like.

These are just some starters for 10. There's probably a lot of stuff you can
clear up but as always, if you're not sure that what you're about to zap is
surplus to requirements make sure you have a decent backup beforehand. :)

Will.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Meng, Andrew" <Andrew.Meng at capitalone.com>
To: <sunhelp at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Friday, July 13, 2001 4:10 PM
Subject: [SunHELP] How to split an existing slice into two.


> Hello,
>
> Here is my situation:
>
> The  /export/home slice is too big and /var slice is running out of space.
>
> Can I split the /export/home slice into two slices for /export/home and
> /var? If it is possible, could you please tell me what I need to do step
by
> step? Thanks a lot!
>
> Andrew
>