You can modify the disk size of the Automation Orchestrator Appliance by editing the disk size settings of the Automation Orchestrator Appliance virtual machine in vSphere.

Prerequisites

Verify that the Automation Orchestrator Appliance SSH service is enabled. See Activate or Deactivate SSH Access to the Automation Orchestrator Appliance.

Procedure

  1. Verify the currently available disk space in the Automation Orchestrator Appliance.
    Note: The Automation Orchestrator Appliance disks need at least 20 percent free disk space.
    1. Log in to the Automation Orchestrator Appliance command line over SSH as root.
    2. Run the vracli disk-mgr command.
  2. Resize the disk of the Automation Orchestrator Appliance virtual machine in vSphere.
    1. Log in to the vSphere Client as an administrator.
    2. Right-click on the virtual machine and select Edit Settings.
    3. On the Virtual Hardware tab, expand Hard disk to view and change the disk settings, and click OK.
      For more information on changing the disk size of vSphere virtual machines, see Change the Virtual Disk Configuration in vSphere Virtual Machine Administration.
  3. Trigger the automatic resize in the Photon OS.
    1. Log in to the Automation Orchestrator Appliance command line over SSH as root.
    2. Run the vracli disk-mgr resize command.
      Note: You can track the progress of the disk resize procedure at /var/log/vmware/prelude/disk_resize.log.
      You have resized the Automation Orchestrator Appliance disks.
  4. Verify that the success of the disk resize procedure by running the disk-mgr command. 
    vracli disk-mgr

What to do next

To troubleshoot problems with the disk resize procedure, see KB 79925.