Failed to create journal file provider: There is no space left on the device

[GeertBertens]

Hi

I have a VMware cluster with two ESXi hosts, when I try to create a new virtual machine, I get the following error message:

A general system error occurred: Failed to create journal file provider: Failed to open "/var/log/vmware/journal/1365501764.5" for write: There is no space left on the device

I logged in two both ESXi hosts, they all have enough free disk space:

ESXI1:

~ # stat -f /
File: "/"
ID: 100000000 Namelen: 127     Type: visorfs
Block size: 4096
Blocks: Total: 255385     Free: 116802     Available: 116802
Inodes: Total: 524288     Free: 515949
~ #

ESXI2:

~ # stat -f /
File: "/"
ID: 100000000 Namelen: 127     Type: visorfs
Block size: 4096
Blocks: Total: 255385     Free: 116757     Available: 116757
Inodes: Total: 524288     Free: 515542
~ #

I've tried searching for files I could remove but there aren't any, everything's clean...

How do I proceed?

[JCMorrissey]

Hi,

What version of ESX you running? if 4.x check the following

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=1007638&sl...

or covers 5.x

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=100356...

as there is different reasons other than pure lack of file space.

ta

[William22]

Hi

Welcome to the communities.

please let us know one basic things  how you have provision the storage ?

"With normal actions you get   normal  results."