Verify space requirements before upgrading to vRealize Log Insight 8.0

Products

• VCF Operations/Automation (formerly VMware Aria Suite)

Issue/Introduction

Before upgrading vRealize Log Insight to version 8.0, it is recommended to check that each node in the cluster has enough free space on sda3, mounted as the / partition (root).
More than 50% should be free.

For older vRealize Log Insight deployments, / is 8GB, meaning a little more than 4GB should be free, where the size of / on newer deployments is 16GB, meaning a little more than 8GB should be free.

Environment

VMware vRealize Log Insight 8.x

Resolution

To avoid space issues during the upgrade, ensure there is a little more than 50% free space on /.

Additional Information

If enough free space is not available on the / partition, the upgrade will fail with the corresponding error message:

Problem occurred when running upgrade: Insufficient free space on root partition.

See also:

• How to safely clean /storage/var space in vRealize Log Insight (87689)
• How to clean up excessive Apache Tomcat logs in vRealize Log Insight (87932)
• The vRealize Log Insight root partition is full (82170)