/tmp 99% used after failed client copy

[Former Member]

Dear All,

I had scheduled a local client copy which did fail. I found that orarch directory was 100% used. I made a freespace of about 4 GB by moving some redo logs to other location.

At the same time I have started to get system message that /tmp is been used 99%

When I checked I found folowwing files generated today only.

-rw-rr 1 root sys 1924 Nov 11 2006 ma.sd-log

-rw-rr 1 p3padm sapsys 108 Apr 9 2007 p3padm.errorlog

-rw------- 1 root root 564 May 5 2007 portmap.file

-rw-rr 1 root sys 135 Jul 6 16:13 root.errorlog

-rw------- 1 root root 1980 May 5 2007 rpcbind.file

-rw-rr 1 root sys 1950 Nov 11 2006 sap.sd-log

-rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 4 Nov 11 2006 sctl.out

-rw-rr 1 root sys 56 Mar 21 2006 sd_ipd_acl.1761

-rw-rr 1 root root 4743 May 5 2007 sensor_info

-rw-rr 1 root sys 1935 Nov 11 2006 smisa.sd-log

<b>-rw------- 1 orap3p dba 124567552 Nov 15 07:27 snd.26019

-rw------- 1 orap3p dba 108314624 Nov 15 07:27 snd.26029

-rw------- 1 orap3p dba 110518272 Nov 15 07:27 snd.26078

-rw------- 1 orap3p dba 106291200 Nov 15 07:27 snd.26079

-rw------- 1 orap3p dba 92700672 Nov 15 07:27 snd.26081

-rw------- 1 orap3p dba 113811456 Nov 15 07:27 snd.26082

-rw------- 1 orap3p dba 111673344 Nov 15 07:27 snd.26083

-rw------- 1 orap3p dba 118800384 Nov 15 07:27 snd.26085

-rw------- 1 orap3p dba 122322944 Nov 15 07:27 snd.26086

-rw------- 1 orap3p dba 120791040 Nov 15 07:27 snd.26088

-rw------- 1 orap3p dba 106881024 Nov 15 07:28 snd.26089

-rw------- 1 orap3p dba 126127421 Nov 15 07:26 snd.26090

-rw------- 1 orap3p dba 83492864 Nov 15 07:27 snd.26092

-rw------- 1 orap3p dba 113246208 Nov 15 07:27 snd.26093

-rw------- 1 orap3p dba 98131968 Nov 15 07:27 snd.26094

-rw------- 1 orap3p dba 112181248 Nov 15 07:27 snd.26098

-rw------- 1 orap3p dba 101695488 Nov 15 07:27 snd.26109

-rw------- 1 orap3p dba 107864064 Nov 15 07:27 snd.26111

-rw----- 1 orap3p dba 118833152 Nov 15 07:27 snd.26112</b>-rw-r--- 1 orap3p dba 0 Nov 15 07:27 snd.AAAa26019

-rw-r----- 1 orap3p dba 0 Nov 15 07:28 snd.AAAa26029

-rw-r----- 1 orap3p dba 0 Nov 15 07:28 snd.AAAa26078

-rw-r----- 1 orap3p dba 0 Nov 15 07:27 snd.AAAa26079

-rw-r----- 1 orap3p dba 0 Nov 15 07:27 snd.AAAa26081

-rw-r----- 1 orap3p dba 0 Nov 15 07:28 snd.AAAa26082

-rw-r----- 1 orap3p dba 0 Nov 15 07:27 snd.AAAa26083

-rw-r----- 1 orap3p dba 0 Nov 15 07:27 snd.AAAa26085

-rw-r----- 1 orap3p dba 0 Nov 15 07:27 snd.AAAa26086

-rw-r----- 1 orap3p dba 2818048 Nov 15 07:27 snd.AAAa26088

-rw-r----- 1 orap3p dba 0 Nov 15 07:28 snd.AAAa26089

-rw-r----- 1 orap3p dba 8192 Nov 15 07:27 snd.AAAa26090

-rw-r----- 1 orap3p dba 0 Nov 15 07:27 snd.AAAa26092

-rw-r----- 1 orap3p dba 0 Nov 15 07:28 snd.AAAa26093

-rw-r----- 1 orap3p dba 0 Nov 15 07:28 snd.AAAa26094

-rw-r----- 1 orap3p dba 0 Nov 15 07:28 snd.AAAa26098

-rw-r----- 1 orap3p dba 0 Nov 15 07:28 snd.AAAa26109

-rw-r----- 1 orap3p dba 0 Nov 15 07:28 snd.AAAa26111

-rw-r----- 1 orap3p dba 0 Nov 15 07:27 snd.AAAa26112

-rw-rw-rw- 1 p3padm sapsys 2239 May 5 2007 startsap_DVEBMGS00.log

-rw-rr 1 root sys 0 Mar 21 2006 swlist

-rw-rw-r-- 1 p3padm sapsys 368 Jul 5 2006 tp_test.log

-rw-rw-r-- 1 root sys 7 Nov 11 2006 vgdp.map

-rw-rr 1 root sys 0 Mar 21 2006 vxvm_swlist_output

-rw-rr 1 root root 1224719 Nov 15 09:41 wd_action.dbg

Can anybody please tell me what these files mean for?

Can I delete them. else what is other solution.

Our system is <b>HP-UX sapp3d01 B.11.23 U 9000/800</b>

and <b>Oracle 9.2.0.6.0</b>

Thanks.

---Shamish

Message was edited by:

Shamish Lele

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

One thing you can try is using the commands 'file' or 'head' to help identify what these are. The first one (file) will try try to identify the file against a list of known types and the second (head) will show the first few lines of the file.

Hope that helps.

J. Haynes

Denver, CO

[fidel_vales · Accepted solution]

Hi,

I think Eric already has identified them.

Personally I never heard about "elm" so I use my friend "google":

<i>http://linux.die.net/man/1/elm

elm(1) - Linux man page

elm - an interactive mail system

[...]

<b>FILES</b>

[...]

/tmp/snd.$$ outgoing mail edit buffer</i>

it seems to match the files reported

-rw------- 1 orap3p dba 124567552 Nov 15 07:27<b> snd.26019</b>

does not look like anything to do with the client copy.

another note, the client copy is done by the <sid>adm user. The files are created by the ora<sid> user. Again, it does not seem that the files and the client copy are related

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Thanks all.

Hi Fidel,

I am not aware whether elm is configured on our server or not. Will definately look for that.

As I mentioned before, client copy failed because oraarch had become full.

Due to this I started getting alarming mails. ( may be it is the same elm utility you and Eric are talking about)

Now the tmp directory does not contain those files. hence no worry.

But one thing will surely like to ask you is, can we delete those files in that case.

Regards,

Shamish

[former_member204746]

are you using "elm" email utility?

if so, close this application.