ETL errors: 'no space left on device' regarding disk space on Aleph server

• Article Type: General
• Product: Aleph
• Product Version: 21

Problem Symptoms:
ETL is failing with error in $data_scratch/p_arc_01_c.log
exlibris/aleph/a20_1/aleph/proc/p_file_11 XXX50,T,mrr_invoice_header,/exlibris/
aleph/u20_1/lon50/files/mrr_invoice_header.seq,/exlibris/aleph/u20_1/xxx50/files
/mrr_invoice_header.comp.seq,XXXR0
cp: /exlibris/aleph/a20_1/tmp/f_symbol.12755: No space left on device
chmod: WARNING: can't access /exlibris/aleph/a20_1/tmp/f_symbol.12755

Cause:
no space left on device

Resolution:
Move temporary scratch directory to a different partition (e.g. /elibris1)

1. Create a directory in /exlibris1 (e.g. scratch) with write permissions for user aleph
2. Shutdown Aleph
3. Go to ./lon50
4. Remove (better: move) directory scratch
5. Create symbolic link to /exlibris1/scratch

ln -s /exlibris1/scratch/ scratch

If you list the scratch directory, e.g. with ls -lrt you will see the following.
lrwxrwxrwx 1 aleph exlibris 36 Nov 19 23:18 scratch -> /exlibris1/scratch