Symptoms:
Cannot install the vCenter server agent service. Unknown installer error
<YYYY-MM-DD>T<time> fdm-installer: [13452413] </time><YYYY-MM-DD>T<time></time>: Logging to /var/run/log/fdm-installer.log<YYYY-MM-DD>T<time> fdm-installer: [13452413] </time><YYYY-MM-DD>T<time></time>: extracting vpx-upgrade-installer/VMware-fdm-eesx-2-linux-2442329.tar.gz...<YYYY-MM-DD>T<time> fdm-installer: [13452413] </time><YYYY-MM-DD>T<time></time>: Installing the VIB<YYYY-MM-DD>T<time> smbiosDump: would have tried to popen /sbin/udevadm info -e 2>/dev/null</time><YYYY-MM-DD>T<time> smbiosDump: would have tried to popen /usr/bin/udevinfo -e 2>/dev/null</time><YYYY-MM-DD>T<time> fdm-installer: [13452413] </time><YYYY-MM-DD>T<time></time>: Result of esxcli software vib install -v=/tmp/vmware-root/ha-agentmgr/vpx-upgrade-installer/vmware-fdm.vib: [InstallationError]<YYYY-MM-DD>T<time> fdm-installer: [Errno 28] No space left on device</time><YYYY-MM-DD>T<time> fdm-installer: vibs = VMware_bootbank_vmware-fdm_5.5.0-2442329</time><YYYY-MM-DD>T<time> fdm-installer: Please refer to the log file for more details.</time><YYYY-MM-DD>T<time> fdm-installer: [13452413] </time><YYYY-MM-DD>T<time></time>: All done! Status: 0<YYYY-MM-DD>T<time> sfcb-vmware_raw[35512]: IpmiIfcRhFruInv: Reading FRU header for 0xd FAILED cc=0xc3</time><YYYY-MM-DD>T<time> crond[33622]: crond: USER root pid 13453179 cmd /sbin/hostd-probe ++group=host/vim/vmvisor/hostd-probe</time>
This issue occurs due to insufficient space in the /tmp folder.
To resolve this issue, create sufficient space in the /tmp folder.
To create sufficient space in the /tmp folder: