Question on /var/lib/mlocate

Hello Everyone:

On our E-Business applications database server the /var directory is getting 100% full, and the issue under /var/lib/mlocate this directory on a daily basis the following files are generating and filling up the space and which in results stop running the application. Please let me know how to stop this process from generating these files.

-rw-r----- 1 root root   63015302 Aug  6 10:39 mlocate.db

-rw------- 1 root root 1779351552 Aug  6 10:39 mlocate.db.d2HI9g

-rw------- 1 root root    7831552 Aug  6 10:39 mlocate.db.ET9rEA

-rw------- 1 root root    2322432 Aug  6 10:39 mlocate.db.MRQNDZ

-rw------- 1 root root    1265664 Aug  6 10:39 mlocate.db.PRVUCV

-rw------- 1 root root     712704 Aug  6 10:39 mlocate.db.rKt9zI