Spool file 4GB size
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Issue/Introduction
We have an AutoSys agent Linux 11.5, Build 2347 that got the file system full. Unix team checked and found the reason was a huge file on spool but they did not delete the file
autosys host1234 4107669504 /opt/CA/WA_Agent/spool/PRD_SCH/MAIN/WAAE_WF0.1/46445.7357978_1
As the filesystem got full, the autosys agent was stopped automatically. When customer logged in the server to look into it there was no file there. Customer restarted the agent without further issue.
How can such a big file be created? Usually this file is only a few bytes size. Is there any place where autosys logs when a spool file is deleted?
Environment
Release : 11.5
Component : CA Workload Automation System Agent
Resolution
The agent stopped itself due to lack of space.
The lack of space was due to a defined job that had no std*files defined, as a result the standard output and error was written to the spool file.
The job finished successfully while the agent was down and thus the spool file was removed automatically.
This allowed the user to start the agent without further issue.
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