Root file system showing over utilized but no open deleted files
Issue
- The servers are showing / file system utilized at 2GB per 'df' but as per 'du' it is just 289M
lsofis not returning any deleted file.
[root@host /]# df -hP .
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/vg_root-lv_root 4.0G 1.9G 1.9G 51% /
[root@host /]# du -hsx
289M .
[root@host /]# pwd
/
[root@host /]# lsof /dev/mapper/vg_root-lv_root
[root@host /]# lsof /dev/vg_root/lv_root
[root@host /]# lsof / | grep -i delete
mingetty 1846 root txt REG 253,1 19144 1785 /sbin/mingetty (deleted)
mingetty 1848 root txt REG 253,1 19144 1785 /sbin/mingetty (deleted)
mingetty 1850 root txt REG 253,1 19144 1785 /sbin/mingetty (deleted)
mingetty 1852 root txt REG 253,1 19144 1785 /sbin/mingetty (deleted)
mingetty 1854 root txt REG 253,1 19144 1785 /sbin/mingetty (deleted)
mingetty 1856 root txt REG 253,1 19144 1785 /sbin/mingetty (deleted)
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
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