during backup No space left on device at ..., / Failed to open system journal: No space left on device

bjochym

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Mar 5, 2024
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dh -h
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du -hs * | sort -h

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Do you have an idea how to solve this problem? Maybe add some memory space to pve-root? I can't start a new VM and create a user because this partition is full.
 
Well, you have 2.5TB in /mnt, which is normally empty (it is only a place to mount external storage). Maybe you can move whatever is there to somewhere else, like an external storage? Also 3.7 TB in /var, that is probably ISO files and the like that can also be removed/moved.

Backing up to /mnt is a really bad idea unless you then move those files somewhere else. It would be better to mount some external storage there and back up to that.
 
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To get more relevant information from "du" use
Code:
~# man du |grep one
       -x, --one-file-system
My personal suspicion follows @BobhWasatch regarding "/var/", if it is not a separate mountpoint ...
 

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