Upgrade to vRealize Operations 8.x fails due to low space on /dev/sda
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Upgrade to vRealize Operations 8.x fails due to low space on /dev/sda

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Article ID: 318951

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Products

VMware Aria Suite

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:
  • The size of / on any vRealize Operations node is less than 20GB
Note: Hard drive 1 (/dev/sda) needs to be at least 20gb. The root filesystem (typically /dev/sda4) within, needs to be at least 16gb
  • The vRealize Operations Admin UI is inaccessible.
  • Logging into the vRealize Operations Primary node Console as root shows the error:
ERROR install.sh: Re-create partition table on /dev/sda


Environment

VMware vRealize Operations 8.0.x
VMware vRealize Operations 8.x
VMware vRealize Operations 8.1.x

Cause

vRealize Operations 6.0.x nodes have a /dev/sda3 file system, mounted as the / partition, with a size of 12GB while PhotonOS requires at least 20GB for the / partition.
This difference in size will cause the upgrade to vRealize Operations 8.x to hang, as Photon OS requires more space.

Note: Hard drive 1 (/dev/sda) needs to be at least 20gb. the root (typically /dev/sda4) filesystem within, needs to be at least 16gb

Environments that started with nodes on vRealize Operations 6.0.x will encounter this issue.

Resolution

To resolve this issue, increase the size of Hard disk 1.
Choose the section below that applies to your vRealize Operations environment and follow the steps.
 

Before vRealize Operations 8.x Upgrade

  1. Log into the vRealize Operations admin UI as the local admin user.
  2. Click Take Offline under Cluster Status.
Note: Wait for Cluster Status to show as Offline.
  1. Log into the vSphere UI as an administrator.
  2. Right-Click the vRealize Operations node and choose Power > Shut Down Guest OS.
  3. Right-Click the vRealize Operations node and choose Edit Settings.
  4. Locate Hard disk 1 and set the size to 20GB, then click OK.
Note: You cannot resize the disk if there are snapshots on the VM.  To resize the disk, delete the snapshots first.
  1. Right-Click the vRealize Operations now and choose Power > Power On.
  2. Repeat steps 4-7 on all other vRealize Operations nodes, including Remote Collectors, to ensure Hard disk 1 is at least 20GB.
  3. Take a snapshot of the vRealize Operations nodes following How to take a Snapshot of vRealize Operations.
  4. Log into the vRealize Operations admin UI as the local admin user.
  5. Click Bring Online under Cluster Status.
Note: Wait for the Cluster Status to show as Online.
  1. Start the vRealize Operations 8.x Upgrade.
 

During vRealize Operations 8.x Upgrade

  1. Revert to the snapshots taken before the upgrade.
  2. Log into the vRealize Operations admin UI as the local admin user.
Note: If the cluster is already Offline, steps 2 and 3 can be skipped.
  1. Click Take Offline under Cluster Status.
Note: Wait for Cluster Status to show as Offline.
  1. Log into the vSphere UI as an administrator.
  2. Right-Click the vRealize Operations node and choose Power > Shut Down Guest OS.
  3. Right-Click the vRealize Operations nodes and choose Edit Settings.
  4. Locate Hard disk 1 and set the size to 20GB, then click OK.
Note: You cannot resize the disk if there are snapshots on the VM.  To resize the disk, delete the snapshots first.
  1. Right-Click the vRealize Operations now and choose Power > Power On.
    1. Repeat steps 4-7 on all other vRealize Operations nodes, including Remote Collectors, to ensure Hard disk 1 is at least 20GB.
  2. Take a snapshot of the vRealize Operations nodes following How to take a Snapshot of vRealize Operations.
  3. Log into the vRealize Operations admin UI as the local admin user.
  4. Click Bring Online under Cluster Status.
Note: Wait for the Cluster Status to show as Online.
  1. Start the vRealize Operations 8.x Upgrade.


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