Re: Something is filling up my /oracle file system - URGENT

Thanks all for the suggestions. What seems to have happened is that the application support folks deleted the alert_log file for one of the databases, and a trc and aud file was constantly being written. I brought down all the applications and databases on this server and was able to clear out this filesystem.

On 5/15/07, M Rafiq <rafiq9857_at_hotmail.com> wrote:
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> I will also suggest to check listener.log file either under $TNS_ADMIN
> directroy or $ORACLE_HOME/network/admin/log directory which sometime keep
> increasing due failed connections...
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> Regards
> Rafiq
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> From: "Mercadante, Thomas F (LABOR)" <Thomas.Mercadante_at_labor.state.ny.us>
> Reply-To: Thomas.Mercadante_at_labor.state.ny.us
> To: <oradba.la_at_gmail.com>,<oracle-l_at_freelists.org>
> Subject: RE: Something is filling up my /oracle file system - URGENT
> Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 14:55:49 -0400
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> Manjula,
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> Give us the IP address and the Aix user account and we can log in and
> check it out.
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> Seriously, are Archivelog files being generated? Look in the
> rdbms/audit directory - for every sys connection, an audit file is
> created. Is the Bdump & Udump directory in this mount point? Are trace
> files being created here? Are Rman backups being created?
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> Only you can look in the mount point and see what's happening. Tough
> for us to help.
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> Tom
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> Subject: Something is filling up my /oracle file system - URGENT
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> Hi all:
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> Something is chewing up the space in /oracle filesystem (AIX). I have
> trimmed all the log files I could find. No sooner do I free up the space
> than it gets used up.
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> Can you help me find what is writing to this file system?
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> Thanks,
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> Manjula
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