Large file `` zstat-process `` work-around to reclaim the space.

Large file `` zstat-process `` work-around to reclaim the space.

1.Find the file location

# du -ad / | sort -n -r | head -n 10

15999511        /var/adm/exacct/zstat-process

2. To check the file type

# file zstat-process

zstat-process:  extended accounting file

3.To display the current status of the extended accounting facility

# acctadm

Task accounting: inactive

       Task accounting file: none

     Tracked task resources: none

   Untracked task resources: extended        

   Process accounting:active ----à

    Process accounting file: /var/adm/exacct/zstat-process

  Tracked process resources: pid,cpu,time,ancpid,zone

Untracked process resources: uid,gid,projid,taskid,command,tty,host,mstate,flag,wait-status,memory

            Flow accounting: inactive

       Flow accounting file: none

     Tracked flow resources: none

   Untracked flow resources: extended

4. To Turn off process accounting. (if requires.)

# acctadm -x process 

5. Restart the service 

# svcs -a | grep zstat

online         Aug_04   svc:/application/xvm/zstat:default

# svcadm restart svc:/application/xvm/zstat:default

# svcs -a | grep zstat

online          2:17:56 svc:/application/xvm/zstat:default

6.Check the  release  space

# du -sh /var/adm

  90M   /var/adm

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