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Elhadi88
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Root Disk Exhaustion on vcenter

Hello,

I have a warning on my vcenter (Root Disk Exhaustion on vcenter name), when I check the remaining disk space I have what you see in the screenshot.

Best regards,

VAMI:

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vsphere Web Client :

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CLI:

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Ajay1988
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Just delete everything under /var/log/journal and you should be good

Can u also check /etc .. run same command as below.

 [ /etc ]# find . -type f -size +50M -exec ls -lh {} \;

 

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ashilkrishnan
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Hi @Elhadi88 ,

This should not impact vCenter functions. Please refer this article --> https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/57829 

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Ok.. Root Disk Exhaustion > "/" root is close to 80% and so the warning. Let's find what is taking space under root . 

Run du -shc * to find what is taking space. Or try du -h under /var/log or under /var/ run "find . -type f -size +100M -exec ls -lh {} \;"

Ideal location which get filled up are below.
/var/log/audit/
/var/spool
/var/log/journal

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Elhadi88
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Hi @Ajay1988 

Here are the results of the CLI requests: 

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Ajay1988
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For sure /var/log/journal can be deleted . (Take snapshot) . Rest from the output seems okay to me.

Also do check under /var/spool if anything is taking too much space

 

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Elhadi88
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@Ajay1988 

Sorry :),

here is the result :

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Ajay1988
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Just delete everything under /var/log/journal and you should be good

Can u also check /etc .. run same command as below.

 [ /etc ]# find . -type f -size +50M -exec ls -lh {} \;

 

If you think your queries have been answered
Mark this response as "Correct" or "Helpful".

Regards,
AJ
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