Oracle VM: I-node Usage Is At 100%
(Doc ID 2162663.1)
Last updated on OCTOBER 25, 2020
Applies to:
Oracle VM - Version 3.2.7 to 3.4.1 [Release OVM32 to OVM34]Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.
Symptoms
Attempts to create new files fail. This is disruptive for the VM guest. Error messages indicate that I-node usage is at the 100% level.
Most file metadata, such as its size and access permissions, are stored in a I-node instead of with the file itself. Each file is assigned an I-node when the file is created. When all I-nodes have been consumed, no new files can be created until an I-node is released by deleting a file.
N.B. Nobody is quite sure what the term I-node really means. Conjecture offers index-node or information-node, but when the original tree-structured filesystem was designed the meaning was so obvious that the definition was not written down.
N.B. Nobody is quite sure what the term I-node really means. Conjecture offers index-node or information-node, but when the original tree-structured filesystem was designed the meaning was so obvious that the definition was not written down.
Changes
No change.
Cause
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