vCenter Server Appliance or Platform Service controller deployment stuck at 6%

vCenter Server Appliance or Platform Service controller deployment stuck at 6%

"/storage/db/vmware-vmdir/data.mdb', '[Errno 28] No space left on device"

/var/log/firstboot/vmafd-firstboot.py_XXXX_stderr.log contains the following error message:

Error: [('/storage/db/cis-export-folder/vmafd/data/vmdir/data.mdb', '/storage/db/vmware-vmdir/data.mdb', '[Errno 28] No space left on device')]

Multiple issues can occur if a Platform Services Controller has more than 100,000 tombstone entries, below this threshold the symptoms in this article are likely unrelated.

To determine the number of tombstone entries on a Platform Services Controller Appliance, run this command:

/opt/likewise/bin/ldapsearch -H ldap://PSC_FQDN -x -D "cn=administrator,cn=users,dc=vsphere,dc=local" -w 'password' -b "cn=Deleted Objects,dc=vsphere,dc=local" -s sub "" -e 1.2.840.113556.1.4.417 dn| perl -p00e 's/\r?\n //g' | grep '^dn' | wc -l

for more information find the KB 52387

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