Space not released after deleting files – AIX Version 5.3

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I have AIX Version 5.3. I have deleted some file from the file system but the space is not released.

The percentage of inodes in use is adequate.

Is there any permanent fix for this?

Terminate the applications that are holding the files open.

At the user's shell prompt:

source ~/.profile

. ~/.profile

Mkdvd can be used for this.
It will take the rootvg (or a backup made with mksysb) and will write it on the specified device.

To create a bootable dvd, you can simply use the following:

mkdvd -d /dev/cd1

You should have a look at mkdvd, mksysb and savevg documentation before doing anything nasty on your server..