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Chris_S_UK
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Boot CD upgrade from 3.0.1 to 3.0.2 complains that /usr insufficient space

I have updated about 10 hosts so far from 3.0.1 to 3.0.2 without a problem. In all cases, I have used the boot CD.

However, one host is having a problem. The install process claims that there is insufficient space on /usr, and that it needs 305mb free.

However, there is much more than that available. The install has also worked on servers with almost exactly the same space available on /usr as this host has (owing to the standard build).

I guess I'll try the tarball approach, but has anyone else seen this?

Chris

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Chris_S_UK
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Update - tar method went through fine...go figure!

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daniel_uk
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Bit ambitous to be patching this many so early on in release Smiley Wink

Im testing this in dev first...

Dan

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Texiwill
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Hello,

If your /usr is a separate partition or part of / then the ISO is effectively computing how much space is required for the entire update and it finds you are short. Most likely because the ISO is looking at EVERYTHING and then adding in some other items.

The reason it works per the tar file is that esxupdate computes space based on each individual RPM and that has a different requirement than all en masse.

If this is a standard install of ESX with no special partitioning and /var, /usr, and /tmp are all part of the same partition, remove files from /tmp, /usr/tmp, and /var/core before upgrading. Those places can hold large files.

Best regards,

Edward

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Chris_S_UK
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All our servers have a separate 2GB partition for /usr and this server had 700mb free. I'm just puzzled why it worked fine ok on other hosts with the same config/free space...

Thanks

Chris

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wallbreaker
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anything to remove after upgrading from 3.0.1 to 3.0.2 ?

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Texiwill
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Hello,

On the host if you run 'vdf -h' how much free space is on the /usr partition? Note that there is a /usr/tmp directory and /usr/local or /usr/opt is a common place for agents to live or your own tools.

What is your free space on /usr... It may just be too tight.... Not sure why it worked on one thing and not another, could be that this one machine needs more upgrades.

Best regards,

Edward

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bbowling
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How much disk space do you need for the upgrade?

Bill

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Texiwill
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Hello,

THat really depends on how much of your system is patched vs unpatched. If it is from VI3 3.0.1 unpatched it will be more than patched generally. I have not run the tests to determine this. I also upgraded my systems using the tarball.

Best regards,

Edward

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