NSX-T Manager upgrade fails from SDDC Manager with error "NSX Payload Upload Failed"

Products

• VMware SDDC Manager

Issue/Introduction

While trying to upgrade NSX from SDDC, the upgrade fails with errors as below:

 

/var/log/vmware/vcf/lcm/lcm.log shows errors as below :

ERROR [vcf_lcm,0000000000000000,0000,upgradeId=##################,resourceType=NSX_T_PARALLEL_CLUSTER,resourceId=##############:_ParallelClusterUpgradeElement,bundleElementId=########################] [c.v.e.s.l.p.i.nsxt.NsxtUpgradeUtil,Upgrade-2] Handling NSX Exception
org.springframework.web.client.HttpServerErrorException$InternalServerError: 500 Internal Server Error: "{<EOL>  "error_code" : 30967,<EOL>  "module_name" : "upgrade-coordinator",<EOL>  "error_message" : "Not enough space on disk /image/upgrade-coordinator-tomcat/temp to download upgrade bundle. Minimum space required should be twice of the Main Upgrade Bundle(.mub) file size. Available Space: ##### MB, Required Space: ##### MB"<EOL>}"

 

Environment

VMware Cloud Foundation 5.x

Cause

Insufficient disk space in NSX manager appliance.

Resolution

Clear up space in the /image directory on the NSX manager active node here - https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article/386261/nsx-upgrade-bundle-fails-to-upload-becau.html

Once done, retry upgrade from SDDC manager.