VMware NSX-T Manager alarm '/' disk partition has reached 99%

Products

• VMware NSX

Issue/Introduction

• VMware NSX-T Manager versions before the 3.1.2 alarm is generated with the following details. 
  • '/' disk partition has reached 99%
• This will block the upgrade process. 
• Log in to the NSX manager as root, and using the following commands, the Customer will notice that the /home directory is using the space. 

cd /
du -sh * --exclude=var/log --exclude=tmp --exclude=proc --exclude=repository --exclude=nonconfig --exclude=config | grep home
3G home

• Customers will notice that the following directory utilizes the space. 
  
  du -sh /home/secureall/secureall/policy/trustwave-repo/.git/objects/pack/*
total 3.0G
drwxr-x--- 2 uproton uproton 12K Jul 1 00:00 .
drwxr-x--- 4 uproton uproton 4.0K Jun 26 00:00 ..
-r--r----- 1 uproton uproton 1.5K Jun 26 00:00 pack-5de273e662740550307f5e0fcb48f38a71bd5f44.idx
-r--r----- 1 uproton uproton 24K Jun 26 00:00 pack-5de273e662740550307f5e0fcb48f38a71bd5f44.pack
-r--r----- 1 uproton uproton 8.9K Jun 25 00:00 pack-6296430eb42234f2f936460fd0e83a654869882a.bitmap
-r--r----- 1 uproton uproton 24K Jun 25 00:00 pack-6296430eb42234f2f936460fd0e83a654869882a.idx
-r--r----- 1 uproton uproton 1.4G Jun 25 00:00 pack-6296430eb42234f2f936460fd0e83a654869882a.pack
  ...
  -r--r----- 1 uproton uproton 12K Jun 6 2023 pack-e9497bcf5c766db801e85880515a6b6b922c6392.pack
-r--r----- 1 uproton uproton 1.5K May 31 2023 pack-e9cbf1fb810fdcb897e56d31289e95f181e80ce1.idx
-r--r----- 1 uproton uproton 61K May 31 2023 pack-e9cbf1fb810fdcb897e56d31289e95f181e80ce1.pack


• These are IDS Signatures used by the versions before NSX T 3.1.2

Environment

VMware NSX-T Data Center 3.0.x
VMware NSX-T Data Center 3.1.0 and 3.1.1

Cause

Prior to VMware NSX-T Data Center 3.1.2, VMware was using different vendor signatures for IDPS. 
Starting in VMware NSX-T Data Center 3.1.2, VMware is using a different vendor and these signatures are no longer required.

Resolution

• Make sure you have up-to-date backups. 
• Login to each NSX manager and remove the files under /home/secureall/secureall/policy/trustwave-repo/.

Sample commands

login as root to the NSX manager 
cd  /home/secureall/secureall/policy/trustwave-repo/
pwd    <- Make sure you are in the correct directory above 
rm -rf .git

• Remove the signature files from all three managers. 

 

Additional Information

Customers can refer to the following article for similar symptoms and space not utilized by the /home/secureall/secureall/policy/trustwave-repo/.

NSX-T Manager alert '/' disk partition has reached 80% which is at or above the high threshold value of 80%