/usr almost full

maverick23

• March 18, 2014 15:11

Hi.. i know this question must have got asked multiple times but here i am asking again as i could not find a satisfactory resolution to my problem. present df -h output of my system is :- /dev/sda5 7.8G 907M 6.5G 13% / /dev/sda8 195G 120G 65G 65% /home /dev/sda6 996M 336M 609M 36% /tmp /dev/sda3 7.8G 5.8G 1.7G 78% /usr /dev/sda2 9.7G 2.7G 6.6G 29% /var /dev/sda1 122M 17M 99M 15% /boot tmpfs 2.0G 0 2.0G 0% /dev/shm /dev/sdb1 226G 144G 71G 67% /backup Its been long that i have been able to manage the space for cpanel directory but now this is out of hands. the only directory consuming most of the space is of cpanel. now i have a few questions:- Can i move cpanel's directory to some other location? if not then how do i reduce the size. Present structure is below:- 44K ./cpupdatepatches 4.0K ./.cpanel 180K ./img-sys 4.6M ./scripts 35M ./cgi-sys 16K ./.spamassassin 2.2M ./etc 20K ./redhat 256K ./shared 39M ./logs 4.0K ./mail 26M ./cpaddons 2.0M ./lang 8.1M ./locale 84K ./hooks 328K ./install 56K ./apache 12K ./ea2-tools 16K ./docs 148M ./src 9.4M ./java-sys 2.2M ./share 36K ./htdocs 4.5M ./Whostmgr 248K ./obj 56K ./php 756K ./libexec 416M ./bin 9.1M ./lib 144K ./sys_cpanel 31M ./Cpanel 18M ./perl 1.9M ./build-tools 173M ./modules-install 48K ./entropychat 16K ./t-dist 905M ./3rdparty 289M ./whostmgr 76K ./var 394M ./base 16K ./sqloptimizer 76K ./tmp 2.6G . i had already moved the mailman directory and it is located separately. what is it that i can remove or move? Otherwise is it safe to move the cpanel directory itself? Please help..

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  tobaniyi

  • March 19, 2014 04:18

  I faced this issue myself a while back. I tried moving cPanel directory as you suggested and boy did I regret that... Took a while to get the system back in order. Eventually, I moved the log folder in cpanel directory and domlogs in Apache directory and symlinked them to their original locations. It appears the log files were using up so much space and helped reduce the usage drastically. I hope this helps. Regards

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  MilesWeb

  • March 19, 2014 05:22

  If you wish to move the cPanel directory to a different partition, create a symlink and point it to the cPanel directory. This is a workaround that you can apply. In the long run, setting up a new server with larger partitions is a better option.

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  maverick23

  • March 19, 2014 10:46

  [quote="tobaniyi, post: 1599241">I faced this issue myself a while back. I tried moving cPanel directory as you suggested and boy did I regret that... Took a while to get the system back in order. Eventually, I moved the log folder in cpanel directory and domlogs in Apache directory and symlinked them to their original locations. It appears the log files were using up so much space and helped reduce the usage drastically. I hope this helps. Regards
  Hi tobaniyi, Thanks for your response but the log file size for cpanel directory is only 39 MB so it would not make much of a difference, and apache folder along with logs is also 175 MB even it would not make difference. Below is for /usr directory 1.7M ./kerberos 88K ./man 8.0K ./games 68K ./cron 16K ./lost+found 12K ./etc 102M ./sbin 2.8G ./local 27M ./include 104M ./src 1.1G ./share 21M ./libexec 204M ./bin 675M ./lib 16K ./X11R6 5.0G . and for /usr/local it is 1.4M ./modsecurity 1.2M ./csf 44K ./man 8.0K ./games 28K ./etc 2.7M ./IonCube 8.0K ./sbin 2.6G ./cpanel 175M ./apache 3.9M ./include 6.6M ./src 264K ./share 108K ./bandmin 32K ./php 8.0K ./libexec 20M ./bin 4.1M ./lib 32M ./frontpage 1.5M ./cpanel-rollback 2.8G . Is there anything that can be done without going for a re-install or new setup?

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  cPanelMichael

  • March 19, 2014 12:58

  Hello :) I do not recommend moving files and adding symbolic links for the /usr/local/cpanel directory. While it might seem like a bit of work, the best way to resolve this issue is to reinstall the OS/cPanel and restore the accounts. When installing the OS, ensure you use the recommended partition setup: cPanel Install - Partition Scheme Thank you.

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  maverick23

  • March 21, 2014 05:05

  Thanks for your response Michael, but this server is running since 2010 and at that time this was the recommended partition structure installed by ThePlanet.

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  cPanelMichael

  • March 21, 2014 06:47

  The cPanel transfer tools can make migrations to new servers relatively simple. There are several threads open with tips on how to reduce downtown during a server migration if you decide to take that route. Thank you.

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