Disk Partition Question

[EricHamby]

Getting a server up and going with CentOS 6.4 was looking at the KB post here http://kb.parallels.com/en/819

During install on my system "Dell R200" i see this.



Do i need to delete all of that? what should i be deleting here.

 

[IgorG]

I think that you can install Plesk there without any re-partitioning.

 

[EricHamby]

I have on a few of my other servers and the issue really in question is the "/" directory keeps sizing up at 50gb. which is way more than needed for the Plesk files which from what i read is what goes there. I mean i guess its ok... was just wondering.

 

[IgorG]

Size of /var directory or partition is most important for Plesk. There is content of mail, databases, sites, etc. And if you have huge sites - make sure that there is enough place for /var directory on your / partition.

 

[EricHamby]

Size of /var directory or partition is most important for Plesk. There is content of mail, databases, sites, etc. And if you have huge sites - make sure that there is enough place for /var directory on your / partition.

Im having some major FTP permission issues which is why im bringing all this up. I can connect just fine and even pull files from the server however writing files i cant do. I've tries DW and FZ and nothing is working. I thought perhaps Plesk is looking for partitions that aren't there.

 

[EricHamby]

By installing plesk and not playing with the partitions i get this for the end result.

Disk / Ok
Partition "/" utilization
35.5% used (17.5 GB of 49.2 GB) (?)
Partition "/boot" utilization
6.5% used (31.7 MB of 484 MB) (?)
Partition "/home" utilization
0.1% used (187 MB of 222 GB) (?)
Partition "sda" data transfer
0 B 1.09


as you can see this is... well messed up. why has it placed 222gb in /home if thats not what the site files go in? how can i fix this? do i have to start all over and how do i keep this from happening again.

 

[IgorG]

222 GB for /home? Bad idea. Use OS partitioning tools for re-partitioning.

 

[InderS]

Hello,

Have you create the LVM partitions on your server ?

You can check the through following command

df -h

fdisk -l

 

[EricHamby]

222 GB for /home? Bad idea. Use OS partitioning tools for re-partitioning.

Well like i said i didn't mean for this to happen, its not like i set it to this.

Hello,

Have you create the LVM partitions on your server ?

You can check the through following command

df -h

fdisk -l

When running the command you gave me i get this back.

login as: root
root@24.120.XX.XXX's password:
Last login: Sat Nov  9 22:37:19 2013 from ip70-173-93-137.lv.lv.cox.net
[root@server3 ~]# df -h
Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/vg_server3-lv_root
                       50G   21G   27G  44% /
tmpfs                 1.9G     0  1.9G   0% /dev/shm
/dev/sda1             485M   32M  428M   7% /boot
/dev/mapper/vg_server3-lv_home
                      222G  188M  211G   1% /home
[root@server3 ~]#
[root@server3 ~]# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 300.1 GB, 300069052416 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 36481 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00040276

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *           1          64      512000   83  Linux
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda2              64       36482   292523008   8e  Linux LVM

Disk /dev/mapper/vg_server3-lv_root: 53.7 GB, 53687091200 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 6527 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000


Disk /dev/mapper/vg_server3-lv_swap: 4160 MB, 4160749568 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 505 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000


Disk /dev/mapper/vg_server3-lv_home: 241.7 GB, 241692573696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 29384 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

[root@server3 ~]#

 

[InderS]

Hello,

Yes, You have created LVM partitions on your server and you can increase your /dev/mapper/vg_server3-lv_root partitions on your server,

First take a backup of your current /home directory and then remove your /dev/mapper/vg_server3-lv_home partitions and increase your /dev/mapper/vg_server3-lv_root with that space

NOTE : Please do not try this If you do not have good knowledge of Linux with LVM partitions

 

[EricHamby]

Hello,

Yes, You have created LVM partitions on your server and you can increase your /dev/mapper/vg_server3-lv_root partitions on your server,

First take a backup of your current /home directory and then remove your /dev/mapper/vg_server3-lv_home partitions and increase your /dev/mapper/vg_server3-lv_root with that space

NOTE : Please do not try this If you do not have good knowledge of Linux with LVM partitions

Yea i have no clue how to even start doing this. Ill just have to find someone. thank you for the info.

 

[InderS]

Okay, Thanks

Let me know if you have any other question.