Aria Operations for Logs /var/log/messages file sized to high and root partition is full

Products

• VMware Aria Suite

Issue/Introduction

This article provides steps to reduce the sizes of /var/log/messages

Symptoms:

• You are unable to access Aria Operations for Logs user interface
• You notice high capacity used on /dev/sda-x (where x is typically 4 or 5).

Note: Run this command to check disk space:
du -hc | sort -n

 

See also reference The vRealize Log Insight root partition is full

Environment

VMware Aria Operations for Logs 8.X

Resolution

1. Create a snapshot without memory on each node that shows this problem
2. SHH the node using root credentials
3. Run this command truncate -s 0 /path/filename to  clear the content of the messages file,

example: truncate -s 0 /var/log/messages