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3570298 - File System Full Due to PCache Files Not Releasing Space - SAP Data Services

Symptom

  • The directory of Data Services Pcache folder reaches 100% capacity due to Pcache files occupying excessive space, even after deletion.
  • Deleted files continue to consume substantial space at the operating system level.
    Possible result of command lsof <The Dir> | grep -i delete:
    AL_JobSer ... ... <The Dir>/dataservices/lock/svrcfg.lock (deleted)
    AL_JobSer ... ... <The Dir>/dataservices/lock/SemLock1.lock (deleted)
    al_jobser ... ... <The Dir>/dataservices/lock/svrcfg.lock (deleted)
    al_jobser ... ... <The Dir>/dataservices/lock/SemLock1.lock (deleted)
    AL_Access ... ... <The Dir>/dataservices/lock/svrcfg.lock (deleted)
    AL_Access ... ... <The Dir>/dataservices/lock/SemLock1.lock (deleted)
    al_engine ... ... <The Dir>/dataservices/log/PCache/*_sort.soff (deleted)
    al_engine ... ... <The Dir>/dataservices/log/PCache/*.usrec (deleted)
    al_engine ... ... <The Dir>/dataservices/log/PCache/*_sort.sdoff (deleted)
    al_engine ... ... <The Dir>/dataservices/log/PCache/*.idx (deleted)


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Environment

SAP Data Services 4.x

Product

SAP Data Services 4.0 ; SAP Data Services 4.1 ; SAP Data Services 4.2 ; SAP Data Services 4.3

Keywords

full, fully, occupied, used, almost, most, consumed, zombie, process , KBA , EIM-DS-SVR , Administration/Server , Problem

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