Question
OA core server runs out of disk space. What files can be safely deleted?
Answer
/usr/local/pem/var/updates/
the contents of this folder may be removed. It is used by pa_updates_installer to download and unpack update files. After installation is completed, they are not needed.
/usr/local/pem/var/cores/core.*
filescrash dumps of OA agent. They can be removed or moved to another server if technical support is not performing any investigations regarding OA agent crashes.
/var/lib/pgsql/backups/
postgresql backups - old ones can be removed or moved to other storage, not used by the system.
/var/log/
log files of OS and OA. Some old logs can be deleted or moved to other storage to free some space.
/usr/local/pem/db_backup/
old database dumps can be moved to other storage as well.