| Description | The article describes how to clear disk utilization from the WAD process. |
| Scope | FortiGate. |
| Solution |
To check utilization of the partition, see step 4 in Technical Tip: FortiGate hard drive and SMART status.
If the WAD process is consuming too much memory ('diagnose system top-mem'), use the following debug commands to clear the partition.
diagnose debug enable
Wait for a while, and then disable the debug commands.
diagnose debug disable
Note: Clearing the partition with the command above will impact traffic.
Check the partition utilization with 'fnsysctl df -k' and confirm the partition has been reset. |
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