Moving the rim directory to new location. (4255796)

I am encountering a situation where there is no space left on device holding vardir directory, but I have additional space in separate locations. Can the rim directory be temporarily moved?

Not enough space available to store the Shareplex datafiles. This usually occurs when either the source or target servers and backlogged.

NOTE: This is a temporary solution

Example of moving $SP_SYS_VARDIR/rim directory and creating a link to the location:

/Source - refers to current $SP_SYS_VARDIR
/Target - refers to the location where rim dir will be moved to

1. Shutdown shareplex.

2. ps -ef |grep -i sp_ # make sure all the shareplex processes have logged out.

3. Tar the /Source/rim directory:
echo $SP_SYS_VARDIR
cd /Source
tar cvf /Target/rim.tar ./rim

4. Untar the contents of the tar file in the new location:
cd /Target
tar xvf rim.tar

5. Change ownership of the new directory:
chown -R oracle:spadmin rim

6. Rename /Source/rim until you are sure the new setup works or make a second backup before deleting:
cd /Source
mv rim rim.old

7. Create a link to the new directory:
cd /Source
ln -s /Target/rim /Source/rim
ls -l /Source/rim

8. Start up Shareplex and make sure it is running properly. Check source and target systems.

9. Backup /Target/rim and /Source/rim.

10. Backup the tar file (/Target/rim) and original (/Source/rim.old).

11. Then remove the tar file (/Target/rim) and original (/Source/rim.old).