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

[Muhammad Mosleh Uddin]

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
>>> .
>>>
>>>
>>> -----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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