Huge size of /usr folder on backup server
I have a query related to the size of /usr folder on backup server.
Please see the following logs.
bash-3.2# pwd
/
bash-3.2# du -sh * | grep G
1.1G opt
11G proc
2.0G storage_db
12G usr
3.0G var
Note the size of /usr directory.
Now check inside /usr
bash-3.2# du -sh * | grep G
8.7G openv
Now check inside openv
bash-3.2# du -sh * | grep G
4.0G db
1.9G netbackup
2.0G pack
And now inside db
bash-3.2# du -sh * | grep G
2.0G data
1.9G staging
Inside data
bash-3.2# ls -ltr
total 4099338
rw------ 1 root bin 2433024 Sep 16 2012 NBAZDB.db.template
rw------ 1 root root 0 Feb 24 2014 vxdbms_conf.lock
rw------ 1 root root 26218496 Feb 24 2014 DARS_INDEX.db
rw------ 1 root root 26218496 Feb 24 2014 DARS_DATA.db
rw------ 1 root root 26218496 Feb 24 2014 SEARCH_INDEX.db
rw------ 1 root root 26218496 Feb 24 2014 SEARCH_DATA.db
rw------ 1 root root 26218496 Dec 12 01:00 BMR_INDEX.db
rw------ 1 root root 617 Apr 7 02:01 vxdbms.conf
rw------ 1 root root 2441216 Apr 7 23:54 NBAZDB.db
rw------ 1 root root 4096 Apr 7 23:54 NBAZDB.log
rw------ 1 root root 26218496 Apr 8 00:01 EMM_INDEX.db
rw------ 1 root root 1071763456 Apr 8 00:05 EMM_DATA.db
rw------ 1 root root 26218496 Apr 8 00:05 DBM_DATA.db
rw------ 1 root root 26218496 Apr 8 00:05 DBM_INDEX.db
rw------ 1 root root 26218496 Apr 8 00:05 JOBD_DATA.db
rw------ 1 root root 1376256 Apr 8 00:06 BMRDB.log
rw------ 1 root root 3588096 Apr 8 00:06 NBDB.db
rw------ 1 root root 5836800 Apr 8 00:06 BMRDB.db
rw------ 1 root root 773881856 Apr 8 00:06 BMR_DATA.db
rw------ 1 root root 327680 Apr 8 00:06 NBDB.log
Queries:
Why the size of following folders is keep on growing
/usr/openv/pack
/usr/openv/db/staging
/usr/openv/db/data
Is there any truncation procedure.
System is already at 90% and since the above folders are growing it will reach 100% eventually.
What are the recommendations on it from Symantec.
When last did you run a Catalog backup?
Successful catalog backup will clear out logs in db/data folder.
You should at a minimum have 1 scheduled catalog backup per day.
A Netbackup master server will store data about backup data in files and folders under /usr/openv
Size depend on amount of data to protect and retention of backup
U sally there is no reason to clean-up data in /usr/openv - Netbackup has everything in control
Best option is to expand the file system(s).
For comparison - I have master servers with 4TB in /usr/openv/netbackup/db (using seperate file system).
Best practice is to have separate file systems for :
/usr/openv
/usr/openv/netbackup/db
/usr/openv/netbackup/logs
/usr/openv/logs
More about file system layout in the "Backup Backup Planning and Performance Tuning Guide"
http://www.symantec.com/docs/DOC7449