Multiple choice technology operating systems

The /home filesystem is 100% full and errors are generated trying to increase the size using chfs. Which of the following is most likely causing the problem?

  1. /home is still mounted

  2. /var is 100% full

  3. A user is editing a file residing in /home

  4. /tmp is 100% full

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

When expanding a filesystem using chfs, AIX requires space in /tmp for temporary files. If /tmp is 100% full, the chfs command will fail even if the target filesystem (/home) has space issues. This is a common AIX filesystem administration gotcha.