05-02-2017 06:15 AM - edited 05-02-2017 06:17 AM
Afternoon,
Is there a way to reduce the amount of space the Unix client install uses on servers? I am doing some work to upgrade some Solaris servers to 7.6.1 and trying to reduce the amount of space the install takes up to a minimum due to how the servers were built and the complication of getting some additional storage allocated.
I was wondering if it there is a way to remove from the install some parts that i know we do not need. So anything to do with Sybase, Informix and DB2 for example? I know the agent comes with alot of the integrations built in now so was wondering is there a way i can edit the client install file so it does not install anything to do with these applications?
If anyone has some ideas on how i can reduce the overall space usages on the client install i would be keen to hear them.
Thanks
05-02-2017 09:13 AM
If you only have Solaris clients, delete folders for the others (Debian, HPUX, RedHat, SuSE, etc.)
05-02-2017 09:20 AM
You do know support for 7.6 ended 3 months ago?
05-02-2017 09:29 AM
The install and updates make tar copies of the ENTIRE installation, so you endu p using twice the space needed.
You can grab a spare disk and link the /usr/openv/pack to that disk, so you do not over load the /usr space.
NOTE - these pack files make upgrading and uninstalling work, so be sure you are stable before deleting them!
However, I know I can install 7.6.1 and upgrade to 7.6.1.2 in 20 minutes, so I am not concerned about removing these packs.
05-02-2017 11:49 PM - edited 05-02-2017 11:53 PM
@Will_Restore Going to be honest and say "No". Didnt even look to be honest at this stage as these Solaris servers we are working on are still running 6.5.6.
@Genericus The trouble is these Solaris boxes are a right ballache to get more disk to. So was hoping to see after the install if there was anything i could remove. But it would appear not anyway from some more digging around i have done so looks like i am going to have to go through the process of trying to get the client to present some more disk to the servers..
05-03-2017 08:37 AM
The majority of the space is the pack dir - which is really only used for backing out updates, AFAIK
# du -sk */ | sort -k1n
8 share/
16 lost+found/
32 msg/
52 logs/
472 tmp/
508 var/
1104 resources/
102952 pdde/
141492 netbackup/
338232 java/
449320 pack.7.6.1/
499964 lib/
2022768 pack/
If you can redirect that on install to somewhere else, it would save that space. I have deleted it all before with no issues. every time you patch - you add another batch of save files. As long as your install process is smotth, there is no need to keep them.