Managing Devices in Oracle® Solaris 11.2

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Updated: July 2014
 
 

Maintaining Disks

Perform regular disk maintenance to ensure that efficient use of disk space. To create additional disk space, you can do delete files and directories that you no longer need. This section discusses some disk maintenance tasks.


Caution

Caution  - Deleting files and directories from the system have permanent results. Unless you have an archive system that backs up all your machines, deleted files become irrecoverable. You must ensure that the correct files and directories are being removed.Because file deletion is a critical operation, you must have the appropriate rights to be able to perform system wide deletions. For more information, see Using Your Assigned Administrative Rights in Securing Users and Processes in Oracle Solaris 11.2 .