
Open a terminal and run sudo umount /tmp or, if that fails, sudo umount -l /tmp.ĭelete files in /tmp ( now /tmp is the thing actually in your HD, rather than a virtual ram disk), uninstall unused packages, delete files in your home folder and so on.

You may want to try sudo mount -t tmpfs -o size=1MB,mode=1777 overflow /tmp or even sudo mount -t tmpfs -o size=1G,mode=1777 overflow /tmp (for 1 megabyte or 1 gigabyte, respectively) - that is, units are available so that you dont have to type a huge number You may want to try sudo umount -l /tmp, if you get some variation of "the file system is busy and cannot be unmounted"Īnother possible solution to "the file system s busy(.)" is to do fuser -m /tmp to find pids (process numbers) that are using /tmp, then ps -elf, stop or kill processes Your goal is to find a number that is enough for the job, but leaves enough ram too Now, to increase the size, you increase the size in that line, so that, with size=10485760, you'd get 10 MB. This should give you an 1MB partition (just like the one you had =P). Sudo mount -t tmpfs -o size=1048576,mode=1777 overflow /tmp Now, this 1 MB partition is not big enough for the job, either.ġ) increase the size of this partition just to do the upgradeĢ) actually delete enough files in the HD that this partition is no longer needed. Learn more about the offerings in Switch Google Workspace editions.Your / was full, then Ubuntu created a new partition, in RAM memory, to use temporarily.
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Option 1: Upgrade edition (recommended)Ĭompare how much storage each edition offers in this storage comparison chart. To get more storage for your organization, you can upgrade your subscription to one that includes more storage, buy more storage, or buy Google Workspace licenses for users who don’t have them yet. If you find the storage use is from activity outside of your Acceptable Use Policy, you can delete the shared drive. You can find the shared drives that use the most storage with the storage management tool. For shared drives that use a lot of your pooled storage, contact the owner to see if there are alternatives. Your friendly IT team Option 2: Delete unneeded shared drives

Please complete the steps above as soon as possible. Please review our organization's Acceptable Use Policy and make sure you're storing data in accordance with our policies. please reach out to us so we can explore other Google Cloud storage options.


In order to prepare, we need you to review your current storage use and delete any unnecessary files in Drive, Gmail, and Photos. We are enforcing new storage limits in our organization, which will take effect soon. Your account has been identified as using a large amount of Google storage.
