"Shutting down the VC as there is not enough free space for the Database" error

Products

• VMware vCenter Server

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:

• You are unable to connect to the vCenter Server through the vSphere Webclient.
• Checking the service status using service-control --status shows vmware-vpxd in a "Stopped" state.
• In the /var/log/vpxd.log file, you see errors similar to:

2019-01-25T02:20:22.462+11:00 info vpxd[7F22CD9E3800] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Shutting down VMware VirtualCenter
2019-01-25T02:20:23.676+11:00 info vpxd[7F22BD874700] [Originator@6876 sub=drmLogger opID=lro-2-6e1be026] termCond is 0 and VC shutting down is true. Return
2019-01-25T02:20:23.676+11:00 info vpxd[7F22BD874700] [Originator@6876 sub=drmLogger opID=lro-2-6e1be026] _termCond: 0, VC shutting down: true, breaking from the while loop.
2019-01-25T08:24:24.435+11:00 error vpxd[7F2C5588F700] [Originator@6876 sub=vpxdVdb] Shutting down the VC as there is not enough free space for the Database (used: 95%; threshold: 95%).
2019-01-25T08:24:29.104+11:00 info vpxd[7F2C646D8800] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Shutting down VMware VirtualCenter

Environment

VMware vCenter Server 6.7.x
VMware vCenter Server 6.5.x
VMware vCenter Server Appliance 6.5.x

Cause

This issue is caused by the vCenter Server Appliance /storage/db storage is above 95% usage, causing the vpxd process to shutdown.

Resolution

To resolve this issue, increase disk space of the vCenter Server Appliances /storage/db partition. For more information, see Increasing the disk space for the VMware vCenter Server Appliance in vSphere 6.5 (2145603).