Did you consider doing "fsck -F vxfs" on the filesystem?
=] -----Original Message----- =] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] =] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] =] On Behalf Of Sengor =] Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2008 7:36 PM =] To: Rajiv Gunja =] Cc: veritas-vx@mailman.eng.auburn.edu; Doug Hughes =] Subject: Re: [Veritas-vx] vxfs filesystem full - =] can not expand. =] =] On 3/17/08, Rajiv Gunja <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: =] > Here is a trick I do. Find out the sizes of =] directories which are =] > overly using space. Pick one which will bring the =] usage DOWN by 10%. =] > Now tar/cpio the whole directory to a different =] partition and delete =] > it.(of course logically, that directory should =] not be used by any of =] > the applications actively. If they are, shutdown =] the app). Now expand =] > it to whatever size you want to the hearts =] content. Veritas needs 5 to =] > 10% of free space to do the actual expansion. =] =] Tried that already, the issue with that approach =] was vxfs would not even let any files be deleted or =] zeroed out from the affected filesystem... So rm =] -fr and cat /dev/null would all fail with "no space =] left" reasons. =] =] =] -- =] _________________________________/ =] sengork.blogspot.com /¯¯¯¯ =] =] _______________________________________________ =] Veritas-vx maillist - =] Veritas-vx@mailman.eng.auburn.edu =] http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-vx =] _______________________________________________ Veritas-vx maillist - Veritas-vx@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-vx