• To restore the functionality of the Aria Suite Lifecycle, increase the free space on the '/storage' partition of Aria Suite Lifecycle appliance.
  1. Increasing disk size of '/storage' partition:
     • This would be the preferred method if '/storage' is at 100% utilization, as the postgres service may be unhealthy to access db and clear table entries.
     • Note: The disk cannot be increased when a snapshot exists on the virtual machine. It is recommended to have daily backups of the system using any supported 3rd party utility that can manage vSphere snapshots as a backup provider before proceeding with these changes.
       1. Login using root credentials to the Aria Suite Lifecycle Appliance using SSH.
       2. Check the disk space utilization consuming high space: df -h . Validate that ' /storage ' partition is at high utilization.
       3. Run either of the below commands to identify the disk on which "/storage" is configured:
          • lsblk

NAME                              MAJ:MIN RM  SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda                                 8:0    0 10.6G  0 disk
├─sda1                              8:1    0    4M  0 part
├─sda2                              8:2    0   10M  0 part /boot/efi
├─sda3                              8:3    0  512M  0 part /boot
└─sda4                              8:4    0   10G  0 part
└─system-system_0               254:5    0   10G  0 lvm  /
sdb                                 8:16   0 50.1G  0 disk
└─data-data_0                     254:4    0   50G  0 lvm  /data
sdc                                 8:32   0 10.1G  0 disk
└─storage-storage_0               254:3    0   10G  0 lvm  /storage
sdd                                 8:48   0  8.1G  0 disk
└─swap-swap_0                     254:2    0    8G  0 lvm  [SWAP]
sde                                 8:64   0 10.1G  0 disk
└─vg_alt_root-lv_alt_root         254:1    0   10G  0 lvm  /storage/alt_root
sdf                                 8:80   0  8.1G  0 disk
└─vg_lvm_snapshot-lv_lvm_snapshot 254:0    0    8G  0 lvm  /storage/lvm_snapshot
sr0                                11:0    1 1024M  0 rom

          • l vdisplay
--- Physical volume ---
PV Name               /dev/sdc
VG Name               storage
PV Size               10.06 GiB / not usable 4.00 MiB
Allocatable           yes
PE Size               4.00 MiB
Total PE              2575
Free PE               15
Allocated PE          2560
LV UUID               [UUID]

          • pvdisplay
--- Logical volume ---
LV Path                /dev/storage/storage_0
LV Name                storage_0
VG Name                storage
LV UUID                [UUID]
LV Write Access        read/write
LV Creation host, time photon, 2024-05-10 09:13:55 +0000
LV Status              available
# open                 1
LV Size                10.00 GiB
Current LE             2560
Segments               1
Allocation             inherit
Read ahead sectors     auto
- currently set to     256
Block device           254:3

The ' /storage ' partition is usually mounted on the /dev/sdc.
            Note: Incase there are 2 disks with same storage size check by running lsscsi -v , this will show controller ID.
            
            
       4. Log in to vCenter and locate the Aria Suite Lifecycle virtual machine.
       5. Shutdown Aria Suite Lifecycle using a graceful Guest Operating system shut down.
       6. Right-click on the Aria Suite Lifecycle appliance and select Edit Settings.
       7. Navigate to the Hard Disk section and increase the size (By 10Gb More) of the disk that corresponds to the full partition.
       8. Add more disk space to this drive from vCenter.
          
          
          From the above examples, it can be identified that the /storage is /dev/sdc - Hence, to increase the ' /storage' partition space, the /dev/sdc needs to be extended, in this case, Hard disk 3 .
          
          
       9. Save the changes and power on the Aria Suite Lifecycle appliance.
          When rebooted, the autogrow script detects the change in the logical volume and increases the size automatically.
          
          • If the partitions are not updated after the reboot, manually run /etc/bootstrap/everyboot.d/20-autogrow-disk.
       10. Log in to the Aria Suite Lifecycle Appliance using root credentials and run the command to validate that the root partition has been increased:
           df -h
       11. Run the command to validate that all the services are running as expected:
           • root@vrlcm [ - ] #vrlcm-cli -- health-status
bootstrap ------------------------ SUCCESS
postgres ------------------------- Running
vrlcm-server -------------------- Running
blackstone ---------------------- Running
       12. Validate that the Aria Suite Lifecycle UI should be accessible now.
           
           
  2. Cleaning up tables in the Aria Suite Lifecycle DB:
     • This method would only be possible if the postgres service is running and the '/storage' partition is not at 100% utilization.
       1. Ensure valid snapshot and backups are in place.
       2. Log in to the Aria Suite Lifecycle Appliance using root credentials.
       3. Connect to the Aria Suite Lifecycle DB:
          su - postgres
cd /opt/vmware/vpostgres/11/bin
./psql -d vrlcm
          
          
       4. Run VACUUM FULL VERBOSE ANALYZE vm_rs_request ; to clean up DB.
          
       5. run \q to quit the database
       6. exit the psql bash.
       7. Validate that the UI is accessible.

Note : All screenshots are from lab environment