First of all, we need to discover which files in the /var/log partition is taking up a large amount of space.
this command can be used to check which files or directories are consuming the highest space
# du -h --max-depth=1 /var/log | sort -n -r
In the above , the /var/log/ is taken as an example
Furthermore, you can refine the search by specifying a sub-directory of the /var/log path:
# du -h --max-depth=1 /var/log/CPbackup | sort -n -r
Here's another tip for discovering large files:
find /var/log/ -type f -size +250M -exec ls -lh {} \;
That command will find files above 250MB, however, you can easily modify it to find files of a smaller size.
However, if logs are taking up a lot of space, the old ones could be migrated to another machine.
For information on migrating log files, refer to sk92440 - Move log files off Security Management Server for viewing at a later time
http://supportcontent.checkpoint.com/solutions?id=sk92440
In the case you would need to store those log files in a compressed format, you can use the previous sk (sk92440) with the tar command:
# tar cvf
For example:
# tar czvf logfile 2017-05-29* (a day)
# tar czvf logfile 2017-05* (a month)
# tar czvf logfile *.log (all logs)
Should you be unsure about deleting any specific files in /var/log, please open a TAC ticket
However, we suspect that you probably have large files in the following directories (which can be safely migrated or moved):
/var/log/CPda/repository/
/var/log/CPbackup/
Please open a TAC ticket to check further
