Re: server falls over

From: Sybrand Bakker <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl>
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 15:30:12 +0100
Message-ID: <ltcu9uk4reccis3m68gq2uh87nf9fh4f5b@4ax.com>

On Mon, 25 Mar 2002 08:33:18 -0500, "Butt, Naseem [CAR:7622:EXCH]" <nbutt_at_americasm01.nt.com> wrote:

>I have a problem with my Sun Ultra 10 server hosting an Oracle 8.1.7
>database. It seems that the server 'falls over', and I have to re-boot it to
>get things going again. On cloaser examination, I find that the /var
>partition is at 100% when this happens .
>Any thoughts as to what causes /var to fill up ?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Nas.
>

Looks like a badly configured Sun box, not necessarily any relationship with Oracle.
Remember the output of many daemons by default goes to directories in the /var filesystem, eg the output of the syslog daemon goes to /var/adm/messages
temporary vi files go to /var/tmp
cron output goes to /var/spool
etc, etc, etc.
So the most common cause for /var to clutter up, is sorry to say so, simply not administer any of those files.

Hth

Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA

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