Replication Error Insufficient storage space on device for datastore path

Products

• VMware Live Recovery

Issue/Introduction

VM_name replication error: Insufficient storage space on device for datastore path '[datastore-recovery2]  VM_name/hbrdisk.RDID--XXXXXX-3a1f-4b10-XXX-XXXX.456521.XXXXXX.vmdk'.

 

Environment

VMware vSphere Replication 8.x.x
VMware vSphere Replication 9.x.x

Cause

The storage location where replicated data is being sent is running out of space, preventing the replication process from completing successfully, often resulting in a failure message due to insufficient disk capacity on the target datastore. 

The target datastore is running out of space.

Resolution

Change the Target Datastore Location of the replicated VM. 

1. On the Site Recovery home page, select a site pair and click View Details.

2. Click the Replications tab and select a VM replication from Outgoing or Incoming options.

3. Select the VM and click the Reconfigure icon.

4. Click Next till you reach the Target datastore page of the Reconfigure Replication wizard.

5. Select a new datastore or a datastore cluster.

6. Click Next until you reach the Ready to complete page and click Finish to save your settings.

The vSphere Replication moves all replicated instances and configuration files to the new target datastore.

 

Additional Information

Note:

To change the target datastore, the old target datastore from which you want to move the replication data must be online.

We cannot change the target datastore, while you are performing a test recovery, you must wait for the test cleanup to be complete.

To change the target datastore when the old datastore is inaccessible, you must stop the replication to the old datastore and configure another replication to the new datastore or datastore cluster.