📅 2025-02-27 — Session: Diagnosed and Managed Disk Space in Backup Directories
🕒 17:00–17:15
🏷️ Labels: Backup, Linux, File Management, Disk Cleanup, Automation, System Maintenance
📂 Project: Dev
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM
Session Goal
The session aimed to diagnose and manage disk space discrepancies in backup directories, specifically focusing on the miglesia2018/root and miglesia2020/root directories.
Key Activities
- Analyzed root folders in backup directories to determine their usefulness.
- Diagnosed disk space discrepancies where directories showed 8GB in size but only 101MB with
ls. - Identified large files and checked for symbolic links.
- Performed filesystem checks and outlined steps for safely deleting unnecessary large files.
- Focused on deleting files like MATLAB installation files and old VirtualBox VM snapshots to free up disk space.
Achievements
- Successfully identified and recommended the deletion of unnecessary files, including WiFi driver installations, an old VirtualBox installer, and Linux kernel initramfs images.
Pending Tasks
- Further analysis may be required to ensure no critical files are removed inadvertently.
Tags
- backup, Linux, file management, disk cleanup, automation, system maintenance