[Spacewalk-list] [EXTERNAL] /var/satellite full (1.2TB). What happens if I remove some of the contents?

Wed Feb 2 19:58:38 UTC 2022

Hi Alan,

I appreciate the response. I'm also in a chicken / egg situation here.
Spacecmd isn't able to return anything because it has an issue connecting
to the spacewalk api so I am unable to list our channels. Since I'm unable
to list them I cannot run that previous script. Do you have any suggestions
for where to get the api running again?

Thanks,
Tony

On Wed, Feb 2, 2022 at 2:41 PM Alan Pittman <Alan.Pittman at publix.com> wrote:

> Tony,
>
>   It’s been awhile since I ran Spacewalk. I replaced it with Satellite.  I
> did a Google search and found this:
>
>
>
> *spacecmd system_list*
>
> *spacecmd softwarechannel_list*
>
>
>
> *Try 'spacecmd help' to see all of the available functions.*
>
>
>
> This looks like what I used in the past.
>
>
>
> Alan
>
>
>
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> What happens if I remove some of the contents?
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> Hi Paul,
>
> What command do you use to list channels? I haven't run the python script
> yet since it requires channel input. I do see some channels listed using
> "rhncfg-client list" but I was expecting more.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Tony
>
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 2, 2022 at 1:19 PM Maglinger, Paul <PMAGLINGER at scvl.com>
> wrote:
>
> What I do is create clone channels and turn off automatic synching.
>
> When I’m ready to update I perform a manual sync, then run the
> aforementioned script and cleanup to remove all the older packages.
>
> Then I sync the clone with the parent channel and select to sync only new
> packages.
>
> That seems to keep my space down to a reasonable level.
>
>
>
> Paul
>
>
>
> *From:* spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com <
> spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com> *On Behalf Of *T
> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 2, 2022 11:42 AM
> *To:* spacewalk-list at redhat.com
> *Subject:* Re: [Spacewalk-list] [EXTERNAL] /var/satellite full (1.2TB).
> What happens if I remove some of the contents?
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> Following up on this.
>
>
>
> Spacewalk-data-fsck only cleared a few packages so the drive is still just
> about 100% full. I believe I have to start managing channels somehow...via
> spacecmd or GUI but I cannot get to them.
>
>
>
> All of the services are listed as running when I run
> /usr/sbin/spacewalk-service status but when I try to use spacecmd it gives
> ERROR: Failed to connect to https://../rpc/api
>
> The hostname is listed in /etc/hosts for localhost and I can ping the
> address. Other than that I'm not sure where to look to get the api
> connected. Would you guys have any ideas?
>
> Thanks again!
>
> Tony
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 5:05 PM T <tony.m.ly7 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks for the help everyone! I was able to get the database up by just
> removing some directories from /var/satellite/redhat/ and systemctl start
> postgresql. The system is currently doing the spacewalk-data-fsck
> processes.. which will take a while. What else are you guys doing for
> system maintenance? I figure I should run the data-fsck command every week.
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 2:46 PM Muhammad Mosleh Uddin <mmuddin at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> if it is taking way much space, you can clean and sync repo again.
>
>
>
> /var/satellite/redhat/*   ->>>this is where you will start deleting
>
> I hope it will help!
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 2:43 PM Waldirio Manhães Pinheiro <
> waldirio at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
>
>
> I can tell you this script is going to use the SW API. Once your system/db
> is down, API will be down as well. Try to cleanup some files first (ISO) or
> any other log that will allow you to start your SW once again, after that,
> go for it.
>
>
>
> I hope this helps.
>
>
> ______________
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> On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 11:33 AM T <tony.m.ly7 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thank you all - I needed to first clear some space to even wget the
> script. Muhammad, would you please expand on your point? Did you mean
> resync from repo? Do you know what command that is?
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 2:10 PM Dennis Pittman <djpittma at outlook.com>
> wrote:
>
> Check out this article.
>
> https://easyitstuff.wordpress.com/2017/09/19/how-to-remove-old-packages-in-spacewalk/#:~:text=Make%20the.py%20script%20executable%20chmod%20%2Bx%20spacewalk-remove-old-packages.py%20Now%2C,packages%20in%20addition%20to%20your%20Spacewalk%20admin%20details
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com <spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com>
> On Behalf Of Peirce, Dean
> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2022 2:07 PM
> To: spacewalk-list at redhat.com
> Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] [EXTERNAL] /var/satellite full (1.2TB). What
> happens if I remove some of the contents?
>
> /var/satellite will continue to grow as the repos grow in size, due to
> packages being updated.
> I have a separate disk just for satellite that we've bolted on more
> storage yearly.
>
> -Dean
>
> > On Jan 31, 2022, at 2:02 PM, T <tony.m.ly7 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> > Don't know if there's anyone here still using Spacewalk. We inherited a
> legacy system so much of the experience and know-how are gone.
> >
> > Issue:
> > Our machine running spacewalk is 100% full. I tracked it down to
> /var/satellite being completely full. Our option is to clear some space or
> create more space since postgres is no longer running due to no space.
> >
> > Other research suggested spacewalk-data-fsck or spacecmd but neither of
> these work because the database isn't running.
> > I am out of ideas so my hail mary is going into /var/satellite/redhat/
> and removing random stuff from there. Terrible idea - I know but I'm
> wondering if others have had this problem, and how did you remedy it?
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Tony
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