Unified Manager MySQL bin logs are occupying so much space that the UM backup starts failing
Applies to
- OnCommand Unified Manager (UM) 7.x
- OnCommand Unified Manager (UM) 9.x
- Active IQ Unified Manager 9.x
Issue
- UM database backup fails
- MySQL binary logs are occupying much space
Log error
2020-03-26 10:40:00,052 INFO [oncommand] [taskScheduler-1] [Backup|ScheduleBackup] [c.n.d.i.backup.BackupRestoreManager] Space needed for Backup: 232186918434 and Free space available in backup directory: 170717437952
2020-03-26 10:40:00,052 ERROR [oncommand] [taskScheduler-1] [Backup|ScheduleBackup] [c.n.d.i.backup.BackupRestoreManager] Incremental Backup Failed. Reason Not enough free space in /opt/netapp/data/ocum-backup/ to start backup.