Profiles: File-system requirements

A minimum amount of space must be available in the directory where you create a profile.

An error can occur when you do not provide enough space to create a profile. Verify that you have, in addition to the minimum space required for a particular profile, an additional 40 MB of space. The 40 MB of space is used for log files and temporary files.

Situations in which you could have insufficient file-system space

The Profile Management Tool and the manageprofiles command check that the amount of file-system space needed to create the profile is available prior to the profile creation begins. However, a slight chance exists that the profile creation can fail due to a lack of file-system space. This failure can occasionally occur in the following situations:

• Another user performs an action, such as copying files, that occupies file-system space at the same time that either the Profile Management Tool or the manageprofiles command writes to the file system.
• Another program writes to the disk at the same time that either the Profile Management Tool or the manageprofiles command writes to it to create a profile.
• The Profile Management Tool writes its logs and the profile that it creates to the same file system at the same time.
• The manageprofiles command writes its logs and the profile that it creates to the same file system at the same time.

Use the following recommendations to avoid profile creation failure:

• Ensure that enough temporary space is allocated for profile creation. Some temporary space is needed for the profile creation logs. These logs can be on a different file system than the file system on which the profile is created.
• Ensure no other program writes to the file-system space when either the Profile Management Tool or the manageprofiles command creates the profile.
• Ensure no user performs actions that occupy the file-system space when either the Profile Management Tool or the manageprofiles command creates the profile.

Situations in which you could have insufficient file-system space on IBM® i

The manageprofiles command checks that the amount of file-system space needed to create the profile is available prior to the profile creation begins. However, a slight chance exists that the profile creation can fail due to a lack of file-system space. This failure can occasionally occur in the following situations:

• Another user performs an action, such as copying files, that occupies file-system space at the same time that the manageprofiles command writes to the file system.
• Another program writes to the disk at the same time that the manageprofiles command writes to it to create a profile.
• The manageprofiles command writes its logs and the profile that it creates to the same file system at the same time.

Use the following recommendations to avoid profile creation failure:

• Ensure that enough temporary space is allocated for profile creation. Some temporary space is needed for the profile creation logs. These logs can be on a different file system than the file system on which the profile is created.
• Ensure no other program writes to the file-system space when the manageprofiles command creates the profile.
• Ensure no user performs actions that occupy the file-system space when the manageprofiles command creates the profile.