Manually running fsck on Aria Operations

Products

• VCF Operations/Automation (formerly VMware Aria Suite)

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:

• Aria Operations does not boot
• You observe errors in the vSphere Console similar to: Failed to start File System Check on /dev/mapper/data-core (or /dev/mapper/data-log, /dev/mapper/data-db)

Environment

VMware Aria Operations 8.x

Cause

This issue can occur when there is an infrastructure/storage outage.

Resolution

1. Enter the root password or press Control + D
2. Run the following command

fsck -y filesystem

Note: Replace filesystem in the above command with the specific filesystem observed in your symptom

Example: fsck -y /dev/mapper/data-core
Example: fsck -y /dev/mapper/data-log
Example: fsck -y /dev/mapper/data-db

3. Restart the VM with the following command

reboot -f
 

Additional Information

Impact/Risks:

Please note that there may be minor data loss that occurs after fsck has run its corrective actions.  It is also possible that the virtual disk is damaged further than fsck can repair, in which case restoring from backup or redeploying is recommended.