[linux-lvm] HUGE LVM log file...

Heinz J. Mauelshagen Mauelshagen at sistina.com
Tue Jul 17 11:28:59 UTC 2001


On Tue, Jul 17, 2001 at 12:28:07PM +0100, Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote:
> > > My /var/log/lvm has grown up to 800MB+... and has filled up the disk...
> >
> > Remove it.
> > lvmsadc is probably filling it run by cron.
> 
> Thanks! But why / what for is it needed and why is it created by default
> without any size control?

It is not created/activated by default.
Someone must have put it into crontab.

But you are right: there's no size control so far.

> 
> Guennadi
> ___
> 
> Dr. Guennadi V. Liakhovetski
> Department of Applied Mathematics
> University of Sheffield, Sheffield, U.K.
> email: g.liakhovetski at sheffield.ac.uk
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> linux-lvm mailing list
> linux-lvm at sistina.com
> http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm
> read the LVM HOW-TO at http://www.sistina.com/lvm/Pages/howto.html

-- 

Regards,
Heinz    -- The LVM Guy --

*** Software bugs are stupid.
    Nevertheless it needs not so stupid people to solve them ***

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Heinz Mauelshagen                                 Sistina Software Inc.
Senior Consultant/Developer                       Am Sonnenhang 11
                                                  56242 Marienrachdorf
                                                  Germany
Mauelshagen at Sistina.com                           +49 2626 141200
                                                       FAX 924446
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-



More information about the linux-lvm mailing list