"File system /storage/archive is low on storage space" warning in vCenter Server Appliance 6.7/7.x
Article ID: 318803
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Products
VMware vCenter Server
Issue/Introduction
Symptoms:
- The VAMI page shows the warning message:
File system /storage/archive is low on storage space. Increase the size of disk /storage/archive.
- The /storage/archive partition near or is at 100% utilization.
- The appliance monitoring reports warnings.
Environment
VMware vCenter Server Appliance 6.7.x
VMware vCenter Server 7.0.x
VMware vCenter Server 7.0.x
Cause
This issue does not affect any operations of vCenter Server as the /storage/archive partition can be full by design.
This volume stores as much WAL history as possible, and is automatically cleaned up by the archiver service by automatically removing the oldest WAL segments.
This volume stores as much WAL history as possible, and is automatically cleaned up by the archiver service by automatically removing the oldest WAL segments.
Resolution
This volume will not register alarms as of vCenter Server 6.7 Update 1b available at VMware Downloads.
After installing the new version, there will no longer be warnings in the Health Status portion of the Summary Tab in the VAMI. There will be no alarm even if partition is 100% full - as this is by design, and has no impact on the running of the vCenter.
For vRealize Operations Manager alarms refer article : Continuous disk space alerts for /storage/archive Guest File System in vRealize Operations Manager
After installing the new version, there will no longer be warnings in the Health Status portion of the Summary Tab in the VAMI. There will be no alarm even if partition is 100% full - as this is by design, and has no impact on the running of the vCenter.
For vRealize Operations Manager alarms refer article : Continuous disk space alerts for /storage/archive Guest File System in vRealize Operations Manager
Additional Information
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Impact/Risks:
This issue is an erroneous alarm that does not affect the operations of vCenter Server.
There is no impact to the vCenter Server
If on vCenter 6.7 version less than U1b - you can safely ignore the alarm.
Impact/Risks:
This issue is an erroneous alarm that does not affect the operations of vCenter Server.
There is no impact to the vCenter Server
If on vCenter 6.7 version less than U1b - you can safely ignore the alarm.
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