Thanks for the help everyone! I was able to get the database up by just
removing some directories from /var/satellite/redhat/ and systemctl start
postgresql. The system is currently doing the spacewalk-data-fsck
processes.. which will take a while. What else are you guys doing for
system maintenance? I figure I should run the data-fsck command every week.

On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 2:46 PM Muhammad Mosleh Uddin <[email protected]>
wrote:

> if it is taking way much space, you can clean and sync repo again.
>
> /var/satellite/redhat/*   ->>>this is where you will start deleting
> I hope it will help!
>
> On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 2:43 PM Waldirio Manhães Pinheiro <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I can tell you this script is going to use the SW API. Once your
>> system/db is down, API will be down as well. Try to cleanup some files
>> first (ISO) or any other log that will allow you to start your SW once
>> again, after that, go for it.
>>
>> I hope this helps.
>>
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>> On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 11:33 AM T <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Thank you all - I needed to first clear some space to even wget the
>>> script. Muhammad, would you please expand on your point? Did you mean
>>> resync from repo? Do you know what command that is?
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 2:10 PM Dennis Pittman <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Check out this article.
>>>>
>>>> https://easyitstuff.wordpress.com/2017/09/19/how-to-remove-old-packages-in-spacewalk/#:~:text=Make%20the.py%20script%20executable%20chmod%20%2Bx%20spacewalk-remove-old-packages.py%20Now%2C,packages%20in%20addition%20to%20your%20Spacewalk%20admin%20details
>>>> .
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: [email protected] <
>>>> [email protected]> On Behalf Of Peirce, Dean
>>>> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2022 2:07 PM
>>>> To: [email protected]
>>>> Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] [EXTERNAL] /var/satellite full (1.2TB).
>>>> What happens if I remove some of the contents?
>>>>
>>>> /var/satellite will continue to grow as the repos grow in size, due to
>>>> packages being updated.
>>>> I have a separate disk just for satellite that we've bolted on more
>>>> storage yearly.
>>>>
>>>> -Dean
>>>>
>>>> > On Jan 31, 2022, at 2:02 PM, T <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> > Hi,
>>>> > Don't know if there's anyone here still using Spacewalk. We inherited
>>>> a legacy system so much of the experience and know-how are gone.
>>>> >
>>>> > Issue:
>>>> > Our machine running spacewalk is 100% full. I tracked it down to
>>>> /var/satellite being completely full. Our option is to clear some space or
>>>> create more space since postgres is no longer running due to no space.
>>>> >
>>>> > Other research suggested spacewalk-data-fsck or spacecmd but neither
>>>> of these work because the database isn't running.
>>>> > I am out of ideas so my hail mary is going into
>>>> /var/satellite/redhat/ and removing random stuff from there. Terrible idea
>>>> - I know but I'm wondering if others have had this problem, and how did you
>>>> remedy it?
>>>> >
>>>> > Thank you,
>>>> > Tony
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