The upgrade from Aria Automation 8.16.0 to 8.18.1 failed with error code LCMVRACONFIG90030 and VMware Aria Automation VA Upgrade Status Check failed.

Products

• VCF Operations/Automation (formerly VMware Aria Suite)

Issue/Introduction

• The upgrade from Aria Automation 8.16.0 to 8.18.1 failed with error code LCMVRACONFIG90030 and VMware Aria Automation VA Upgrade Status Check failed.
• The upgrade failure occurred during the installation tests, where package installation failed due to insufficient space on the / filesystem despite 60% free space.

From the updatecli.log: 

04/02/2025 10:25:42 [INFO] Update status: Done pre-install scripts
04/02/2025 10:25:42 [INFO] Update status: Running installation tests
04/02/2025 10:25:42 [INFO] Running /opt/vmware/var/lib/vami/update/data/job/23/test_command
warning: /opt/vmware/var/lib/vami/update/data/package-pool/package-pool/Linux-PAM-1.5.3-3.ph4.x86_64.rpm: Header V4 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID xxxxxxx: NOKEY
warning: /opt/vmware/var/lib/vami/update/data/package-pool/package-pool/VMware-Log-Insight-Agent-8.18.0-24019905.noarch.rpm: Header V4 RSA/SHA512 Signature, key ID fdf4dc95: NOKEY
warning: /opt/vmware/var/lib/vami/update/data/package-pool/package-pool/kubectl-1.30.2-1.el7.vmware.3.fips.x86_64.rpm: Header V4 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID xxxxxx NOKEY
Verifying packages...
Preparing packages...
installing package prelude-layer-079edb4fb684be971d227cb3d249f97f38a8fb4ecc6cf44b066c9886ebd2ca55-1-1.noarch needs 45MB on the / filesystem
installing package prelude-layer-06e0858bfafb191b9994e92a8a14a1fca7ef5e6a352b1c8543209d1d5fabe9fd-1-1.noarch needs 45MB on the / filesystem
04/02/2025 10:26:17 [ERROR] Failed with exit code 65024
04/02/2025 10:26:17 [INFO] Update status: Running post-install scripts
04/02/2025 10:26:17 [INFO] Running /opt/vmware/var/lib/vami/update/data/job/23/post_install '8.16.0.33697' '8.18.1.36791' 2
2025-02-04 10:26:17Z Main bootstrap postupdate started

Environment

• VMware Aria Automation 8.x

Cause

• The failure is caused by inadequate free space for VAMI to complete the upgrade process. The / partition needs a minimum of 30GB of free space for a successful upgrade, but the pre-check currently only verifies 20GB.

Resolution

• Solution: The pre-check of the / partition to verify at least 30GB of free space before proceeding with the upgrade instead of the current 20GB. This will be made a fix in patch 2. 
• Workaround: Remove old log bundles from / directory and other files to ensure the / partition has at least 30GB free space and rerty the upgrade.