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Freeing up space on a node’s root volume (vol0) ONTAP 9.1

JSAR — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 13:06:39 GMT

The root aggregate alert on 95% used space , how can i clean some space or Increase size , please note that i do not have any core dump files or *.trc files to delete . The autosize mode is off as well.

Many thanks for the support.

Re: Freeing up space on a node’s root volume (vol0) ONTAP 9.1

SpindleNinja — Sun, 18 Nov 2018 16:47:59 GMT

Which is alerting aggr or volume? The root aggr is showing 95% because the root vol is set to thick. This is normal.

If the volume is alerting that you are 95% free, I would first check to see how many ONTAP install packages you have saved.

cluster package image show

system image package show

Re: Freeing up space on a node’s root volume (vol0) ONTAP 9.1

JSAR — Mon, 19 Nov 2018 09:38:53 GMT

The root aggregate alert on 95% used space

Re: Freeing up space on a node’s root volume (vol0) ONTAP 9.1

SpindleNinja — Mon, 19 Nov 2018 15:27:10 GMT

what's the free space in vol0

Re: Freeing up space on a node’s root volume (vol0) ONTAP 9.1

JSAR — Wed, 21 Nov 2018 10:19:57 GMT

free space in vol0 90%

Re: Freeing up space on a node’s root volume (vol0) ONTAP 9.1

SpindleNinja — Wed, 21 Nov 2018 17:00:15 GMT

Did you check and see how many install images you have? Those can add up.

Re: Freeing up space on a node’s root volume (vol0) ONTAP 9.1

JSAR — Thu, 22 Nov 2018 06:00:29 GMT

Yes , only the latest , Thanks!

Re: Freeing up space on a node’s root volume (vol0) ONTAP 9.1

Jvasquez — Thu, 22 Nov 2018 06:52:29 GMT

set aggregate snapshot reserve to 0% to reclaim unused space

Re: Freeing up space on a node’s root volume (vol0) ONTAP 9.1

JSAR — Mon, 26 Nov 2018 05:24:30 GMT

Thanks a lot! , it was 5% and i set it 3 % , so now used space is 93% .

Re: Freeing up space on a node’s root volume (vol0) ONTAP 9.1

christsai — Mon, 26 Nov 2018 07:13:10 GMT

You can reducing root volume size to release space

https://library.netapp.com/ecmdocs/ECMP1197116/html/GUID-35DF3E11-B29A-43F4-BD77-79B50620762E.html