If the available appliance disk space is low, you can remove obsolete or unnecessary files.
Procedure
- Clear the VMware Cloud Director Availability appliance service logs.
- Connect to the VMware Cloud Director Availability appliance by using a Secure Shell (SSH) client and authenticate as the root user.
- Navigate to the following folders and remove the service logs that are old or unnecessary.
- /opt/vmware/h4/cloud/log
- /opt/vmware/h4/manager/log
- /opt/vmware/h4/replicator/log
- /opt/vmware/h4/tunnel/log
- Clear the VMware Cloud Director Availability appliance support bundles.
- In a Web browser, go to https://Appliance-IP-Address/ui/admin and log in as the root user or as a single sign on user.
- In the left pane, click Support and delete all unnecessary support bundles.
- Log in to the VMware Cloud Director Availability appliance by using a Secure Shell (SSH) client and authenticate as the root user.
- Navigate to the following folders and remove the support bundles that are not available under the Support bundles page.
- /opt/vmware/h4/cloud/support
- /opt/vmware/h4/manager/support
- /opt/vmware/h4/replicator/support
- /opt/vmware/h4/tunnel/support
- For dedicated Replicator Appliance instances, remove the core dumps.
- Connect to each Replicator Appliance by using a Secure Shell (SSH) client and authenticate as the root user.
- Navigate to the /var/core/ folder and remove the HBR core* files.
Results
The available disk space on the VMware Cloud Director Availability appliance is increased.
What to do next
You can also check the /var/log and the /tmp folders for unnecessary files and delete them.