How to Manually Expand the /opt/vmware/support Filesystem in VRMS Appliance

Products

• VMware Live Recovery

Issue/Introduction

This article provides instructions for manually expanding the /opt/vmware/support filesystem in the vSphere Replication Management Server (VRMS) appliance. When the existing /opt/vmware/support partition reaches capacity, manual LVM expansion is required as it resides on a separate virtual disk (/dev/sdb) from the root partition.

Symptoms:

• Error: "No space left on device" during log generation.

• /opt/vmware/support partition usage is at 100%.

Environment

vSphere Replication Appliance 9.x

Resolution

To expand the /opt/vmware/support filesystem, perform the following steps:

1. Power OFF the VR appliance.

2. Edit the VM settings and expand the second virtual disk (HDD2) (/dev/sdb) to the desired size (e.g., from 17 GB to 27 GB).

3. Power ON the VR appliance.

4. Take a snapshot of the VR appliance to allow for reversion if necessary.

5. SSH into the VR appliance as root.

6. Validate if the physical volume has expanded: lsblk

7. If not reflected, expand the physical volume: pvresize /dev/sdb

8. Expand the logical volume (/dev/mapper/support_vg-support): lvextend -L<New_Size>G /dev/mapper/support_vg-support

   (Replace <New_Size> with the intended size in GB)

9. Expand the filesystem: resize2fs /dev/mapper/support_vg-support

10. Validate that the expansion has completed: df -h

Additional Information

If you require further assistance or need to speak with a Support Engineer, see Contact Broadcom Support.