mkdir: cannot create directory `b': Disk quota exceeded

Question

When i try to create a file or dir on my Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS vserver i get a mkdir: cannot create directory b: Disk quota exceeded. But:

Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/simfs      438G  8.4G  406G   3% /
tmpfs            16G     0   16G   0% /run/shm

Disc quota is disabled.
File system is nearly unused.
The admin says, that the physical HDD is only 25% used.
quota -v returns nothing

How can i create files and folders again?

@lain well when the admin takes years to fix this i have to try to fix it myself. — Alex, Apr 07 '13 at 13:53
@lain yes i got root privileges on the virtual server. not on the physical machine. — Alex, Apr 09 '13 at 00:16

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 07 '13 at 14:16

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simfs is a sign of OpenVZ in use, it means your VE (container) is overused its disk quota.

answered Apr 07 '13 at 14:16

poige

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score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 07 '13 at 15:45

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You may be using the maximum Inodes your partition allows.

So df might show only 3% usage when in fact the inode usage might be 100%.

Try df -hi to verify if the inode usage is too high.

answered Apr 07 '13 at 15:45

Cha0s

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Filesystem Inodes IUsed IFree IUse% Mounted on /dev/simfs 196K 196K 0 100% / tmpfs 4.0M 1 4.0M 1% /run/shm I think thats not the problem – Alex Apr 07 '13 at 16:27

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 07 '13 at 14:04

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No output from 'quota -v' matches the statement 'quota is not in use'. This may be a sign of some other problem with the filesystem, but the admin would have to do troubleshooting to find out what is wrong.

answered Apr 07 '13 at 14:04

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mkdir: cannot create directory `b': Disk quota exceeded

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