Re: server falls over

From: Kyle <kyle_at_gadgets.co.nz>
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 09:58:54 +1200
Message-ID: <R2Nn8.1551$eF4.188385@news02.tsnz.net>

Are you dumping a huge core into /var?
check your savecore setting in /etc/rc2.d. Savecore will take the dump off of the dump device and put it wherever you specify. This is based on what you're saying about /var filling after the reboot. Those log files don't tend to fill a FS up after boot, they are either a gradual increase or happen fairly quickly after the system is up - depending on logging level.

If you are dumping core then your problem may be a hairy one. My first suggestion would be to troll through your messages file looking for memory errors. That is the first thing I do when I get cores.

Kyle

"Butt, Naseem [CAR:7622:EXCH]" <nbutt_at_americasm01.nt.com> wrote in message news:a7n8r8$75l$1_at_bcarh8ab.ca.nortel.com...
> 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.
>
>
Received on Mon Mar 25 2002 - 15:58:54 CST