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  • 1.  storage log almost full and VCSA on vSAN

    Posted Mar 26, 2021 06:16 PM

    File system /storage/log is low on storage space. Increase the size of disk /storage/log  - Should I increase the related vdisk size or delete any logs?

    on another note - do you see any issues if I migrate (storage vmotion) the VCSA to vSAN? (do not think there is any reason why it is not recommended right?)

    Thanks

     



  • 2.  RE: storage log almost full and VCSA on vSAN

    Broadcom Employee
    Posted Mar 27, 2021 08:33 AM

    Try to find what is taking space on /storage/log  . The below will help 
    du -shc *
    du -skhxc /storage/log/vmware/* | sort -n

    I don't see issues with VCSA on VSAN



  • 3.  RE: storage log almost full and VCSA on vSAN

    Posted Mar 27, 2021 05:11 PM
    Thank you for the confirmation regarding storage vmotion the VCSA to vSAN

    /storage partition is at 91% usage, is there any from the following which is safe to delete (see some folders are in Gigabytes) ?

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  • 4.  RE: storage log almost full and VCSA on vSAN

    Broadcom Employee
    Posted Mar 30, 2021 12:16 PM

    U can delete old logs and crash dumps.  Investigate the highlighted one's and majorly  /storage/log/vmware/eam 

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  • 5.  RE: storage log almost full and VCSA on vSAN

    Posted Mar 30, 2021 06:36 PM

    there looks to be around 25 or so of similar files:

    -rw-r--r-- 1 eam users 147M Feb 10 23:59 localhost_access.2021-02-10.log

    Are these ok to delete?

    How much % free space should I get it back to?

     

    Thanks



  • 6.  RE: storage log almost full and VCSA on vSAN
    Best Answer

    Broadcom Employee
    Posted Mar 31, 2021 07:45 AM

    Yes. They seem okay to delete

    In ur case ; Investigate /storage/log/vmware/eam .
    cd to /storage/log/vmware/eam and run du -shc * to check the culprit.



  • 7.  RE: storage log almost full and VCSA on vSAN

    Posted Apr 01, 2021 12:39 PM

    ok it is down to 67% usage and warning has cleared.

    Will it just be a matter of time before the logs will accumulate again and I am again with the same issue?

    Is this related to any bug or maybe a fix is available by upgrading to a specific VCSA version? (Currently on: Build 17327517)

     

    Thanks



  • 8.  RE: storage log almost full and VCSA on vSAN

    Broadcom Employee
    Posted Apr 01, 2021 02:34 PM

    Depends on what was cleared and what created them unless it was just old logs not rolled over or cleared.



  • 9.  RE: storage log almost full and VCSA on vSAN

    Posted Mar 30, 2021 01:26 PM

    Since upgrading a lot of my VCSAs to 7.0.2, I've been running into more issues where the 10GB disk for logs is now operating consistently in the mid-80% range of utilization and there are no obvious junk files to clean up.

    As they've hit the threshold, I've been adding a few extra gigs (usually going from 10 to 14GB) to that drive per this article:

    https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2145603



  • 10.  RE: storage log almost full and VCSA on vSAN

    Broadcom Employee
    Posted Mar 30, 2021 01:59 PM

    Please report via a Support Request and upload the VCSA log bundle



  • 11.  RE: storage log almost full and VCSA on vSAN

    Posted Jun 06, 2023 07:29 AM
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    Hello. I have problem with storage log space. 

    VMWare is 6.7.0.53000 and i would like to know what I can do with old logs, because they are filling my disk.

    33GB is used by 2 files. I don't want to expand disk no more as solution. Can I delete some of this files or run some kind of working script?

    Screenshot and used space in attachment

     

    Thank you in advance



  • 12.  RE: storage log almost full and VCSA on vSAN

    Broadcom Employee
    Posted Jun 06, 2023 07:34 AM

    the big files are content-library-runtime.log.stdout. * . 

    You are hitting this problem. Follow workaround or upgrade to 6.7 U3s or 7.0 U3 latest  :https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/89009