You have the /var directory on its own partition. You have run out of space. What should you do? Ch - Answer: d The only way to enlarge a partition is to delete it and recreate it. You will then have to restore the necessary files from backup.

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Question: You have the /var directory on its own partition. You have run out of space. What should you do?
Choose one:

a. Reconfigure your system to not write to the log files.
b. Use fips to enlarge the partition.
c. Delete all the log files.
d. Delete the partition and recreate it with a larger size.

Answer: Answer: d

The only way to enlarge a partition is to delete it and recreate it. You will then have to restore the necessary files from backup.

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Question: You have the /var directory on its own partition. You have run out of space. What should you do?
Choose one:

a. Reconfigure your system to not write to the log files.
b. Use fips to enlarge the partition.
c. Delete all the log files.
d. Delete the partition and recreate it with a larger size.

Answer:

Answer: d

The only way to enlarge a partition is to delete it and recreate it. You will then have to restore the necessary files from backup. Source: CoolInterview.com

If we feel that we may need to enlarge the partition in future then we can use LVM partitions

LVM partitions can be used to enlarge to reduce the partitions

LVM can be used with RAID too

We can also redirect the log files path, so we can store log files on any other partition or on any other system Source: CoolInterview.com

Answered by: Jeetendra Parekh | Date: 3/12/2009 |

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first delete the partition and then create lvm partition , so that later it can be extended Source: CoolInterview.com

Answered by: ghanish | Date: 9/27/2009 |

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