/var full - need to resize

[RichardAnderson]

Hello,

I have a cPanel server, and it's been running for over 6 months now. The problem comes now that as we have been collecting logs and installing additional programs, the /var partition has become 100% full.

The problem is, we have to keep all the logs of the server, so deleting them is not an option, basically I need to resize the /var partition.

Now don't get me wrong, I’m no Linux beginner, but I am when it comes to partitioning, so if anyone can help with a step to step tutorial, I would be very grateful.

Current system:

root@libre [/]# df
Filesystem           1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol04
                       1548144    379744   1089760  26% /
/dev/sda1               101086     12584     83283  14% /boot
none                    225460         0    225460   0% /dev/shm
/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol05
                     293702680  19957648 258825764   8% /home
/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol03
                       1032088     89516    890144  10% /tmp
/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol01
                       8256952   4389464   3448060  57% /usr
/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol02
                       2064208   2064208         0 100% /var
/tmp

Really I wish to take some out of the /home (say 4GB) and then add it to the /var partition. Now I understand that it may not be possible to do that, so if it's not, how do I create a partition on the /home one (of 8GB), and move the /var over to the new partition?

Thanks,
Richard Anderson.

[bigtomrodney]

You will be able to resize another partition to make space, but you cannot change where the var partition starts. Can you tar the logs and leave them in another location on the server, leaving a symlink perhaps?

[RichardAnderson]

You will be able to resize another partition to make space, but you cannot change where the var partition starts. Can you tar the logs and leave them in another location on the server, leaving a symlink perhaps?

I've already tried that. The /var directory is still 100% full... I don't understand it.

[anomie]

Before planning to resize anything you'll want to identify which log(s) are growing so quickly and why.

I've already tried that. The /var directory is still 100% full...

So you tar'd and gzip'd the offending logs, and physically moved them to a different partition, and /var is still 100% full? (That doesn't make sense.)