/opt/vmware/heapdump 100% full on vSphere Replication

Products

• VMware Live Recovery

Issue/Introduction

Java hprof files in /opt/vmware/heapdump/hms filling up the space for the /opt/vmware/heapdump partition.

Environment

vSphere Replication 8.x

vSphere Replication 9.x

Cause

These are java memory dump files

Resolution

Clear out the files

cd /opt/vmware/heapdump/hms

rm *.hprof

The warnings should now be gone.

Once the files are removed, monitor the environment to see if this continues. If so, open a case with the vSphere Replication support team to investigate further.