Hey,
I sent the mail quoted below to the Nagios list, but after reading
http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg00748.html-
it seems to me that this is a JFS problem.
I'm ending up with a spool directory with only a few KB of content at any
given time that grows over 200MB/month, and I don't have capacity to afford
that, so I'm left with manually recreating the directory all the time. The
files in the directory (each under 1KB) are short-lived though, and have a
very high turnover rate.
Is there any sort of way to fix this behavior? This would affect anyone
running Nagios on JFS. My nagios configuration is not even very large, so I
imagine this could be a much bigger issue for some.
Thanks for any advice,
--
Casey Allen Shobe
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Casey Allen Shobe <[email protected]>
Date: 2010/1/26
Subject: Unexplainable disk space usage in nagios/var/spool/checkresults
To: [email protected]
Hi!
I have Nagios installed on a 1GB partition, with everything installed under
a nagios directory on that partition. I did not expect Nagios to start
consuming a large amount of space, and now that it is, I cannot determine
why or in what files, which is baffling.
I've found the biggest culprit is the var/spool/checkresults directory
within the Nagios installation. a `du` command on the directory shows that
it is using 287MB. However, when I `ls -la` within that directory, I can't
see any file using more than a single kilobyte, and there aren't that many
files. However, an `ls -ld` on the directory itself shows that the
directory itself is using 286MB. That doesn't make sense to me, and so I'm
looking for input! I wonder if the following approach would help correct
things (but I'd like to understand why they're in this state first): Stop
nagios, move the checkresults directory to checkresults.old, make a new
checkresults directory, copy all the old files into it, remove the empty
.old directory, start nagios.
The filesystem is JFS, if that makes any difference.
Here is raw output of what I'm seeing:
r...@indhlcwww1:/mnt/data/share/nagios-3.2.0/var/spool/checkresults
# du -h
287M .
r...@indhlcwww1:/mnt/data/share/nagios-3.2.0/var/spool/checkresults
# ls -laSrh
total 287M
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 0 2010-01-26 15:23 cZar4eF.ok
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 0 2010-01-04 19:15 cy8clT1.ok
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 0 2010-01-26 15:23 cXaj1gN.ok
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 0 2010-01-26 15:23 cvWmN4R.ok
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 0 2010-01-26 15:23 cVvx4M8.ok
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 0 2010-01-26 15:23 cvtm0Hd.ok
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 0 2009-12-06 01:27 cvqSGDK
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 0 2010-01-26 15:23 cv6pJ1B.ok
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 0 2010-01-26 15:23 ctwW4SD.ok
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 0 2010-01-26 15:23 cTpIKAl.ok
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 0 2010-01-26 15:23 cTm3Vzw.ok
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 0 2010-01-26 15:23 ctCCihr.ok
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 0 2010-01-26 15:23 csRsM4M.ok
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 0 2010-01-26 15:23 cryC1Dq.ok
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 0 2010-01-26 15:23 cRR4Ubm.ok
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 0 2009-11-27 23:24 cqqacdj
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 0 2010-01-26 15:23 cq75lkN.ok
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 0 2010-01-26 15:23 cnxxq4z.ok
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 0 2010-01-26 15:23 cnDr6c0.ok
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 0 2010-01-26 15:23 cmxnujo.ok
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 0 2010-01-26 15:23 cMPxHgo.ok
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 0 2010-01-26 15:23 cMf26lf.ok
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 0 2010-01-26 15:23 cLksJml.ok
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 0 2010-01-26 15:23 ckVnJcE.ok
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 0 2010-01-26 15:23 cjjgyfh.ok
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 0 2010-01-26 15:23 cjCc8ov.ok
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 0 2010-01-26 15:23 chokVz4.ok
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 0 2010-01-26 15:23 cHN3b3M.ok
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 0 2010-01-26 15:23 cHlsWuh.ok
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 0 2009-12-11 19:19 checkyTpLfU
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 0 2009-11-05 04:12 checkXbP1al
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 0 2009-11-04 12:53 checkWx0m6z
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 0 2009-11-05 04:12 checkwpqhVE
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 0 2009-12-29 17:23 checkvMraRW
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 0 2009-12-11 19:20 checkqWrl04
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 0 2009-11-04 12:53 checkQq7MX0
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 0 2009-12-29 17:23 checknzRtjN
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 0 2009-11-05 04:12 checkM6htUZ
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 0 2009-11-27 23:24 checkhVbOzY
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 0 2009-11-17 12:43 checkEVDugp
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 0 2009-11-04 12:53 checkd4A1MS
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 0 2009-11-05 04:12 checkBXX71Z
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 0 2009-11-27 23:24 checkBLCU9i
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 0 2009-11-04 12:53 checkAaA6Qr
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 0 2009-12-06 01:27 check8avYJJ
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 0 2009-12-29 17:23 cGZFyHr
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 0 2010-01-26 15:23 cgBr4Y1.ok
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 0 2010-01-26 15:23 cFxFlm3.ok
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 0 2010-01-26 15:23 cD2T5eV.ok
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 0 2010-01-26 15:23 caw2Ihv.ok
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 0 2010-01-26 15:23 c9iVtCP.ok
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 0 2010-01-26 15:23 c7QYuXc.ok
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 0 2010-01-26 15:23 c75znoT.ok
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 0 2010-01-26 15:23 c6NV5yW.ok
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 0 2010-01-26 15:23 c59UhZL.ok
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 0 2010-01-26 15:23 c1m1KIr.ok
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 8 2009-10-20 01:44 ../
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 249 2009-11-17 15:03 check47CLdy
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 252 2009-11-17 15:03 checkAE7iMM
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 277 2009-11-17 15:03 checkaNpheC
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 278 2010-01-26 15:23 checkWDzCTc
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 279 2010-01-26 15:23 checkpLyZS3
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 280 2010-01-26 15:23 checkVSgE8U
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 281 2010-01-26 15:23 check6txgYX
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 285 2009-11-17 15:03 checkQXTDa5
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 394 2010-01-26 15:23 cD2T5eV
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 395 2010-01-26 15:23 cgBr4Y1
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 397 2010-01-26 15:23 cZar4eF
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 397 2010-01-26 15:23 ctwW4SD
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 401 2010-01-26 15:23 ctCCihr
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 401 2010-01-26 15:23 cjCc8ov
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 403 2010-01-26 15:23 cHlsWuh
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 404 2010-01-26 15:23 cRR4Ubm
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 408 2009-12-01 08:38 cV0kCF9
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 409 2010-01-26 15:23 cTpIKAl
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 409 2010-01-26 15:23 cq75lkN
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 412 2010-01-26 15:23 cTm3Vzw
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 412 2009-12-11 19:20 ch4XVu5
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 413 2010-01-26 15:23 c1m1KIr
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 416 2010-01-26 15:23 c9iVtCP
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 417 2010-01-26 15:23 chokVz4
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 418 2010-01-26 15:23 cVvx4M8
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 418 2010-01-26 15:23 cnxxq4z
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 418 2010-01-26 15:23 cLksJml
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 427 2010-01-26 15:23 cXaj1gN
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 433 2010-01-26 15:23 ckVnJcE
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 435 2010-01-26 15:23 cnDr6c0
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 437 2010-01-26 15:23 cvWmN4R
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 437 2010-01-26 15:23 c6NV5yW
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 438 2010-01-26 15:23 cMPxHgo
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 440 2010-01-26 15:23 cMf26lf
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 442 2010-01-26 15:23 cmxnujo
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 442 2010-01-26 15:23 c59UhZL
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 445 2009-11-05 04:12 cdarn2Z
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 447 2010-01-26 15:23 csRsM4M
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 465 2010-01-26 15:23 cjjgyfh
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 467 2010-01-26 15:23 cryC1Dq
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 473 2010-01-26 15:23 cHN3b3M
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 474 2010-01-26 15:23 c7QYuXc
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 498 2010-01-26 15:23 cv6pJ1B
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 499 2010-01-26 15:23 c75znoT
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 504 2010-01-26 15:23 cFxFlm3
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 506 2010-01-26 15:23 cvtm0Hd
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios 507 2010-01-26 15:23 caw2Ihv
drwxrwxr-x 2 nagios nagios 286M 2010-01-26 15:23 ./
r...@indhlcwww1:/mnt/data/share/nagios-3.2.0/var/spool/checkresults
# ls -ldh
drwxrwxr-x 2 nagios nagios 286M 2010-01-26 15:24 ./
Thank you in advance for any advice!
--
Casey Allen Shobe
[email protected]
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Casey Allen Shobe
[email protected]
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