How to Check System Disk Space Partition Breakdown and lower the disk partition
Question
What do the different disk partitions mean in show system disk-space, and how can I clear disk space if a partition gets full?
> show system disk-space Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/root 3.8G 3.2G 438M 89% / none 2.5G 56K 2.5G 1% /dev /dev/mmcblk0p5 12G 7.4G 3.5G 69% /opt/pancfg /dev/mmcblk0p6 3.8G 2.1G 1.6G 58% /opt/panrepo tmpfs 2.5G 357M 2.2G 15% /dev/shm cgroup_root 2.5G 0 2.5G 0% /cgroup /dev/mmcblk0p8 4.7G 2.7G 1.8G 62% /opt/panlogs /dev/loop0 111M 5.6M 100M 6% /opt/panlogs/wildfire/tmpfile
Environment
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All Palo Alto Networks Firewalls
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All PAN-OS Versions
Answer
> show system disk-space Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/root 3.8G 3.2G 438M 89% / ---------> system root partition none 2.5G 56K 2.5G 1% /dev /dev/mmcblk0p5 12G 7.4G 3.5G 69% /opt/pancfg ---------> PAN config partition /dev/mmcblk0p6 3.8G 2.1G 1.6G 58% /opt/panrepo ---------> PAN OS repository partition tmpfs 2.5G 357M 2.2G 15% /dev/shm cgroup_root 2.5G 0 2.5G 0% /cgroup /dev/mmcblk0p8 4.7G 2.7G 1.8G 62% /opt/panlogs ---------> PAN Log related partition /dev/loop0 111M 5.6M 100M 6% /opt/panlogs/wildfire/tmpfile
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If usage exceeds 90%, run this CLI command to clean up system temporary files:
Plaintextdebug software disk-usage cleanup deep threshold 90
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/opt/pancfg : pan config partition
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Delete old or unused saved configuration snapshots.
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Delete downloaded software images and old dynamic update content that are no longer needed.
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(PAN-OS 10.2 or higher) Check specific folder usage with the CLI command:
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> show system pancfg-directory-usage
14G /opt/pancfg
13G /opt/pancfg/mgmt
5.1G /opt/pancfg/mgmt/sw-images
4.2G /opt/pancfg/mgmt/updates
1.7G /opt/pancfg/mgmt/updates/oldcontent
1.5G /opt/pancfg/mgmt/updates/curcontent
1.2G /opt/pancfg/mgmt/uploaded/sw-images...
- /opt/panrepo: PAN OS repository partition
- Delete older downloaded PAN-OS images from Device > Software.
- /opt/panlogs : pan log related partition :
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Reduce the log storage quota under Device > Setup > Management > Logging and Reporting Settings.
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Alternatively, clear old log files via CLI or let the firewall automatically overwrite older logs as needed.
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Additional Information
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For detailed steps on clearing the configuration partition, see Pancfg Partition Cleanup Guide.
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For detailed steps on clearing the root partition, see Root Partition Cleanup Guide.