Large nsxaVim.err file causing full ramdisk on the ESXi

Products

• VMware NSX Networking

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:

• ESXi host prepared for NSX-T
• Ramdisk on the ESXi host may become saturated due to unexpectedly large file /var/log/nsxaVim.err.

Environment

VMware NSX-T Data Center

Cause

This is a known issue, caused by logging error in nsxaVim.err file.

Resolution

This issue is fixed in NSX-T 3.2.4 / NSX 4.1.2 and higher.

Workaround:

To remove the (large) nsxaVim.err file, please follow the steps below:
1. Stop nsx-opsagent service:
  # /etc/init.d/nsx-opsagent stop
2. Delete the file /var/log/nsxaVim.err:
  # rm /var/log/nsxaVim.err
3. Start opsagent: 
  # /etc/init.d/nsx-opsagent start

Please open a Support Request with reference to this KB article to discuss other options to workaround this issue.