File System "/" has Exceeded 80% in Exadata Cell node

Asset ID:	1-72-1580407.1
Update Date:	2014-01-17
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Solution 1580407.1 : File System "/" has Exceeded 80% in Exadata Cell node

Applies to:

Oracle Exadata Storage Server Software - Version 11.2.2.4.2 and later
Oracle Exadata Hardware - Version 11.2.0.1 and later
Exadata Database Machine V2 - Version All Versions and later
Exadata Database Machine X2-2 Hardware - Version All Versions and later
Exadata Database Machine X2-8 - Version All Versions and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

The space allocated on the cell server root "/" is close to 80%.

Cause

Patch related files were not removed after patching. The directory also has logs with the states and markers used during the patch on the cell.

This information is pulled by the patchmgr utility at different stages of the patch:

# pwd
/root
# du -sh *
4.0K 00
8.0K attempted_deactivated_by_patch_griddisks.txt
8.0K backup-node.bash
27M cell_patch
68K dostep.sh
1.6G _patch_hctap_ <<<<<=======

Since these files may be needed for analysis if there is a problem with patching, they are not automatically removed after a successful patch application.

Solution

Please run the following command (as root user) from a database compute node to perform cleanup:

patchmgr -cells filename.txt -cleanup

where filename.txt contains the list of all cell servers where the cleanup is to be done.

Note: patchmgr is normally installed on the database compute nodes and is normally provided with the patches.

References

<BUG:14569694> - PATCHMGR -CLEANUP SHOULD CLEANING UP _PATCH_HCTAP_/ OR PROVIDE INSTRUCTIONS TO

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