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Published Jul. 2, 2025

LAR files from export processes are exhausting disk space

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Cleydyr Albuquerque

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Issue

  • When trying to publish content (like staging or exporting pages) a message appears that there is no space left in the storage device
  • Cleaning temporary app server files doesn't help

 

Environment

  • Liferay DXP 7.1

 

Resolution

  • LAR files generated by previous export processes are stored in the document library and use disk space the same way a regular document library file does
  • Deleting the background tasks using a Groovy script may help recover most of the space (see file DeleteBackgroundTasks_71x.groovy)
  • If there are still LAR files remaining after running the script, another Groovy script may be used to eliminate leftovers (see file DeleteStaleLarFiles_71x.groovy)

 

Additional Information

  • Always test the changes in a test environment and before testing the changes in production, create a backup of the database and document library folder to mitigate risk

 

 

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