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/var has most of the drive space. Need / to have most of it

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So when my host setup my dedi, they seemed to apply most of the drive space to /var

I am on cpanel, and need most of the space for the /home directory where all the accounts and data are.

But on previous dedi's ive had the majority of the drive was just assigned to /

This is what I get when I do a

 df -h


 Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
 rootfs 20G 16G 3.7G 81% /
 /dev/root 20G 16G 3.7G 81% /
 none 16G 404K 16G 1% /dev
 /dev/md2 92G 14G 74G 16% /var
 /dev/loop0 4.0G 139M 3.7G 4% /tmp
 /dev/loop0 4.0G 139M 3.7G 4% /var/tmp
 /dev/root 20G 16G 3.7G 81% /var/named/chroot/etc/named
 /dev/root 20G 16G 3.7G 81% /var/named/chroot/usr/lib64/bind

Not sure why its like this. Can I somehow use the 92G for / rather then /var without losing any data and things going tits up?

I am on centos 6.

mount partition

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edited 2 days ago

Rui F Ribeiro

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  Can be done, but would require delicate juggling. Not for the faint of heart (and even less for the backup-less).
  
  – vonbrand
  Feb 17 '13 at 0:27
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

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So when my host setup my dedi, they seemed to apply most of the drive space to /var

I am on cpanel, and need most of the space for the /home directory where all the accounts and data are.

But on previous dedi's ive had the majority of the drive was just assigned to /

This is what I get when I do a

 df -h


 Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
 rootfs 20G 16G 3.7G 81% /
 /dev/root 20G 16G 3.7G 81% /
 none 16G 404K 16G 1% /dev
 /dev/md2 92G 14G 74G 16% /var
 /dev/loop0 4.0G 139M 3.7G 4% /tmp
 /dev/loop0 4.0G 139M 3.7G 4% /var/tmp
 /dev/root 20G 16G 3.7G 81% /var/named/chroot/etc/named
 /dev/root 20G 16G 3.7G 81% /var/named/chroot/usr/lib64/bind

Not sure why its like this. Can I somehow use the 92G for / rather then /var without losing any data and things going tits up?

I am on centos 6.

mount partition

share|improve this question

edited 2 days ago

Rui F Ribeiro

41.8k1483142

asked Feb 17 '13 at 0:00

Mike MeadeMike Meade

134

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Can be done, but would require delicate juggling. Not for the faint of heart (and even less for the backup-less).
  
  – vonbrand
  Feb 17 '13 at 0:27
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

So when my host setup my dedi, they seemed to apply most of the drive space to /var

I am on cpanel, and need most of the space for the /home directory where all the accounts and data are.

But on previous dedi's ive had the majority of the drive was just assigned to /

This is what I get when I do a

 df -h


 Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
 rootfs 20G 16G 3.7G 81% /
 /dev/root 20G 16G 3.7G 81% /
 none 16G 404K 16G 1% /dev
 /dev/md2 92G 14G 74G 16% /var
 /dev/loop0 4.0G 139M 3.7G 4% /tmp
 /dev/loop0 4.0G 139M 3.7G 4% /var/tmp
 /dev/root 20G 16G 3.7G 81% /var/named/chroot/etc/named
 /dev/root 20G 16G 3.7G 81% /var/named/chroot/usr/lib64/bind

Not sure why its like this. Can I somehow use the 92G for / rather then /var without losing any data and things going tits up?

I am on centos 6.

mount partition

share|improve this question

edited 2 days ago

Rui F Ribeiro

41.8k1483142

asked Feb 17 '13 at 0:00

Mike MeadeMike Meade

134

 df -h


 Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
 rootfs 20G 16G 3.7G 81% /
 /dev/root 20G 16G 3.7G 81% /
 none 16G 404K 16G 1% /dev
 /dev/md2 92G 14G 74G 16% /var
 /dev/loop0 4.0G 139M 3.7G 4% /tmp
 /dev/loop0 4.0G 139M 3.7G 4% /var/tmp
 /dev/root 20G 16G 3.7G 81% /var/named/chroot/etc/named
 /dev/root 20G 16G 3.7G 81% /var/named/chroot/usr/lib64/bind

share|improve this question

edited 2 days ago

Rui F Ribeiro

41.8k1483142

asked Feb 17 '13 at 0:00

Mike MeadeMike Meade

134

share|improve this question

edited 2 days ago

Rui F Ribeiro

41.8k1483142

asked Feb 17 '13 at 0:00

Mike MeadeMike Meade

134

edited 2 days ago

Rui F Ribeiro

41.8k1483142

edited 2 days ago

Rui F Ribeiro

41.8k1483142

asked Feb 17 '13 at 0:00

Mike MeadeMike Meade

134

asked Feb 17 '13 at 0:00

Mike MeadeMike Meade

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/var is not temporary, so you can use it. You'll need to stop all access to /home for a few minutes while the data moves, since these are probably different physical partitions. Ie, stop the server! It won't take long. Also: do this as root, not via sudo. Next:

cd /
mv home home_mnt

I'm using a different and unique name in case there's a real /var/home or something. Keeps things tidy and hopefully more clear. Now:

mv home_mnt var

What was /home is now /var/home_mnt. But you are going to use it via a symlink:

ln -s /var/home_mnt /home

Presto. Try cd /home to check. "Home" is a good directory to move because it is non-essential to the base system. Don't try this with, eg, /usr -- it'll hurt, a lot.

Do not move anything into /tmp or /var/tmp either. Those will disappear.

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edited Feb 17 '13 at 0:47

answered Feb 17 '13 at 0:41

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  Ok cool brilliant, I will give that a try. I am thinking that a lot of space will be taken up with /usr too from all the mysql data. Is there no way to just reassign the 92GB to / rather than /var ? I don't want to have to reinstall the OS and everything if I don't have to. Thanks
  
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/var is not temporary, so you can use it. You'll need to stop all access to /home for a few minutes while the data moves, since these are probably different physical partitions. Ie, stop the server! It won't take long. Also: do this as root, not via sudo. Next:

cd /
mv home home_mnt

I'm using a different and unique name in case there's a real /var/home or something. Keeps things tidy and hopefully more clear. Now:

mv home_mnt var

What was /home is now /var/home_mnt. But you are going to use it via a symlink:

ln -s /var/home_mnt /home

Presto. Try cd /home to check. "Home" is a good directory to move because it is non-essential to the base system. Don't try this with, eg, /usr -- it'll hurt, a lot.

Do not move anything into /tmp or /var/tmp either. Those will disappear.

share|improve this answer

edited Feb 17 '13 at 0:47

answered Feb 17 '13 at 0:41

goldilocksgoldilocks

63.1k17155213

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Ok cool brilliant, I will give that a try. I am thinking that a lot of space will be taken up with /usr too from all the mysql data. Is there no way to just reassign the 92GB to / rather than /var ? I don't want to have to reinstall the OS and everything if I don't have to. Thanks
  
  – Mike Meade
  Feb 17 '13 at 10:06
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

3

/var is not temporary, so you can use it. You'll need to stop all access to /home for a few minutes while the data moves, since these are probably different physical partitions. Ie, stop the server! It won't take long. Also: do this as root, not via sudo. Next:

cd /
mv home home_mnt

I'm using a different and unique name in case there's a real /var/home or something. Keeps things tidy and hopefully more clear. Now:

mv home_mnt var

What was /home is now /var/home_mnt. But you are going to use it via a symlink:

ln -s /var/home_mnt /home

Presto. Try cd /home to check. "Home" is a good directory to move because it is non-essential to the base system. Don't try this with, eg, /usr -- it'll hurt, a lot.

Do not move anything into /tmp or /var/tmp either. Those will disappear.

share|improve this answer

edited Feb 17 '13 at 0:47

answered Feb 17 '13 at 0:41

goldilocksgoldilocks

63.1k17155213

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Ok cool brilliant, I will give that a try. I am thinking that a lot of space will be taken up with /usr too from all the mysql data. Is there no way to just reassign the 92GB to / rather than /var ? I don't want to have to reinstall the OS and everything if I don't have to. Thanks
  
  – Mike Meade
  Feb 17 '13 at 10:06
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

/var is not temporary, so you can use it. You'll need to stop all access to /home for a few minutes while the data moves, since these are probably different physical partitions. Ie, stop the server! It won't take long. Also: do this as root, not via sudo. Next:

cd /
mv home home_mnt

I'm using a different and unique name in case there's a real /var/home or something. Keeps things tidy and hopefully more clear. Now:

mv home_mnt var

What was /home is now /var/home_mnt. But you are going to use it via a symlink:

ln -s /var/home_mnt /home

Presto. Try cd /home to check. "Home" is a good directory to move because it is non-essential to the base system. Don't try this with, eg, /usr -- it'll hurt, a lot.

Do not move anything into /tmp or /var/tmp either. Those will disappear.

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edited Feb 17 '13 at 0:47

answered Feb 17 '13 at 0:41

goldilocksgoldilocks

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cd /
mv home home_mnt

mv home_mnt var

ln -s /var/home_mnt /home

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edited Feb 17 '13 at 0:47

answered Feb 17 '13 at 0:41

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answered Feb 17 '13 at 0:41

goldilocksgoldilocks

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answered Feb 17 '13 at 0:41

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