In the Precheck for applying patches to Aria Automation, an error of insufficient disk space happens

Products

• VCF Operations/Automation (formerly VMware Aria Suite)

Issue/Introduction

When attempting patch in to  the Aria Automation 8.18.x, following error shows and the Pre-check of the task is failed:

Disk space on root partition (/) on VM Disk 1 (/dev/sda4) should have at least 30 GB of free disk space. Current available space on VMware Aria Automation VA <FQND of Aria Automation appliance> is ##.############# GB

Environment

VMware Aria Automation 8.18.x

Cause

The error is caused by insufficient disk space in root partition (/dev/sda).

Resolution

If unnecessary files cannot be found in root partition, it should be increase the disk size by following step.

※ Recommend powering off the Aria Automation appliance and creating a clone to a different datastore for backup.

1. With the Aria Automation appliance powered off,
   expand the size of  virtual disk using “Edit Settings” menu in vSphere Client.
   
2. Power on the Aria Automation appliance.

3. Log in to the Aria Automation appliance via SSH as the root user.

4. Check the current size with `df -k /` command.

5. Execute the following command:

   # vracli disk-mgr resize

6. Wait approximately 10 minutes, then run `df -k` again to confirm the “1K-blocks” and "Available" value has increased.

Additional Information

See also “Increase VMware Aria Automation appliance disk space”