[KLUG Members] Need more space for /var

[Bob Kanaley]

>From: Adam Tauno Williams <awilliam@whitemice.org>
>
>Sounds to me like it is time to go to www.ibm.com and order a new
>server.  Install on that and move the data via scp.  Install RH9 and by
>all means use LVM.  They can ship you a new box within days.  Tell the
>worthless schmuck whereing the suit that if he wants reliable mail
>service he needs to spend some $$$. Hey!  He isn't paying more in OS and
>Exchange license keys and support than a new box would cost, which is
>the alternative.  Is this guy dutch?

Hey, they gave me money to buy a new motherboard and hard drive, how much
more can I ask?

>Down the box.
>Add disk.
>Up the box. (?)
>fdisk the new disk
>mkfs the new partition
>stop SMTP service
>mount the new fs on /mnt
>move the data from /var/spool/mail to /mnt
>umount from /mnt
>mount partition to /var/spool/mail (remember to edit fstab)
>start SMTP serve

I like it a lot!!!

I am a little worried about getting the fstab entry correct, but I can try
that out on another box.

Foolish me. Because the log files were taking up 45% of the partition, I was
worried about replacing the entire /var partition. I think your solution is
simple and keeps mail rolling until I can get that box built, configured and
hardened.

Adam rocks.

Thanks a lot.

Bob

Robert V. Kanaley
Manager Information Systems
Agdia, Inc.
rvk@agdia.com
http://www.agdia.com