Installing OES patch bundles requires too much hard disk space

  • 3618004
  • 30-Aug-2007
  • 30-Apr-2012

Environment

Novell ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management - ZLM7.2

Situation

YOU cache directory contains more files than are necessary: completed patch bundles are not cleaned out of this directory.

Resolution

To obtain access to a hot patch with the fix for this problem, follow the instructions in KB 3469853 "Updates to Novell ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management" which can be found at https://www.novell.com/support

To manually clean the cache, you can use the RUG command yc
you-clean-cache (yc) [options]

Cleans the YOU cache directory, /var/lib/YaST2/mnt on SLES 9, Novell Linux Desktop, and OES