Increasing /Storage partition size when It’s full in Aria Suite Lifecycle Manager 8.x

Products

• VMware Aria Suite

Issue/Introduction

In VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle Manager  8.x, users may encounter issues where the storage size becomes full, leading to operational disruptions. This article provides a step-by-step guide to increasing the storage size when the disk becomes full in Aria Suite Lifecycle Manager 8.x, helping to restore system functionality and avoid performance degradation.

Environment

VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle Manager (Aria Suite Lifecycle Manager) 8.x

Cause

The Aria Suite Lifecycle Manager appliance may run out of storage due to various reasons. When storage is full, it can result in failure to deploy new components, normal functioning of Aria Suite Lifecycle Manager services.

Resolution

NOTE: Make sure to take a Full backup or clone of the Aria Suite Lifecycle Manager appliance before proceeding further.

Follow these steps to increase the storage size in Aria Suite Lifecycle Manager 8.x:

Identify the Full Disk:

• Log in to Aria Suite Lifecycle Manager via SSH as root.
• Run the command df -h to list the disk usage of all partitions.
• Identify which partition is full or nearly full.
• By running below commands
  
  lsblk

NAME                              MAJ:MIN RM  SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda                                 8:0    0 10.6G  0 disk
├─sda1                              8:1    0    4M  0 part
├─sda2                              8:2    0   10M  0 part /boot/efi
├─sda3                              8:3    0  512M  0 part /boot
└─sda4                              8:4    0   10G  0 part
 └─system-system_0               254:5    0   10G  0 lvm  /
sdb                                 8:16   0 50.1G  0 disk
└─data-data_0                     254:4    0   50G  0 lvm  /data
sdc                                 8:32   0 10.1G  0 disk
└─storage-storage_0               254:3    0   10G  0 lvm  /storage
sdd                                 8:48   0  8.1G  0 disk
└─swap-swap_0                     254:2    0    8G  0 lvm  [SWAP]
sde                                 8:64   0 10.1G  0 disk
└─vg_alt_root-lv_alt_root         254:1    0   10G  0 lvm  /storage/alt_root
sdf                                 8:80   0  8.1G  0 disk
└─vg_lvm_snapshot-lv_lvm_snapshot 254:0    0    8G  0 lvm  /storage/lvm_snapshot
sr0                                11:0    1 1024M  0 rom


lvdisplay

 --- Physical volume ---
 PV Name               /dev/sdc
 VG Name               storage
 PV Size               10.06 GiB / not usable 4.00 MiB
 Allocatable           yes
 PE Size               4.00 MiB
 Total PE              2575
 Free PE               15
 Allocated PE          2560
 LV UUID               [UUID]


pvdisplay

--- Logical volume ---
 LV Path                /dev/storage/storage_0
 LV Name                storage_0
 VG Name                storage
 LV UUID                [UUID]
 LV Write Access        read/write
 LV Creation host, time photon, 2024-05-10 09:13:55 +0000
 LV Status              available
 # open                 1
 LV Size                10.00 GiB
 Current LE             2560
 Segments               1
 Allocation             inherit
 Read ahead sectors     auto
 - currently set to     256
 Block device           254:3
  
  
  Shutdown Aria Suite Lifecycle Manager:
  
  
• Before proceeding, gracefully shut down the Aria Suite Lifecycle Manager appliance to avoid data corruption.
  
  Increase Disk Size in vSphere:
  
  
• Log in to vCenter and locate the Aria Suite Lifecycle Manager virtual machine (VM).
• Right-click on the Aria Suite Lifecycle Manager VM and select Edit Settings.
• Navigate to the Hard Disk section and increase the size (By 10Gb More) of the disk that corresponds to the full partition (e.g., Disk 3 for /storage).
• Save the changes and power on the Aria Suite Lifecycle Manager appliance.
• When you reboot , the autogrow script detects the change in the logical volume and increases the size automatically
• Run df -h again to confirm that the storage size has been increased and there is now available space on the previously full partition

 

Additional Information

• Ensure to monitor disk usage periodically to avoid filling up storage again.
• Always ensure you have backups of your Aria Suite Lifecycle Manager appliance before making changes to disk or storage configurations.
• For more information on Aria Suite Lifecycle Manager operations and maintenance, refer to the official VMware documentation.