VMware NSX manager 'Operations Db Disk Usage High' or 'Operations DB Disk Usage Very High' alarms are triggered

Products

• VMware NSX

Issue/Introduction

• 'Operations Db Disk Usage High' or 'Operations DB Disk Usage Very High' alarms are triggered.
• You see that the /nonconfig partition on the NSX Manager node is more than 10% utilized. Login to NSX manager over SSH as root and run the following command:
  

  df -h

• /nonconfig/diskonlycorfutable/idps/*/LOG files on the NSX manager are taking up most of the space comparing to the output of the above command.  Run the following command while logged in as root over SSH session to NSX Manager:
  

   find /nonconfig/diskonlycorfutable/idps/ -name LOG -exec ls -lh {} \; 

Environment

VMware NSX-T Data Center 3.2
VMware NSX 4.0
VMware NSX 4.1

Cause

The alarm triggers due to the /nonconfig partition space used has grown to 10% or more, due to IDPS log files growing excessively large.

Resolution

This issue is resolved in VMware NSX 3.2.4, available at Broadcom downloads.
This issue is resolved in VMware NSX 4.2.0, available at Broadcom downloads.

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Workaround:

To trim down /nonconfig/diskonlycorfutable/idps/*/LOG files and reduce the usage of /nonconfig, run "restart service idps-reporting" in NSX CLI on each Manager nodes.

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Additional Information

A similar issue is seen in this KB :  "Operations DB Disk Usage Very High" Alarm Triggered due to large search index