vCSA 6.7 – Health Status Storage Alert /storage/archive

This post is applicable to customers using the VMware vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) 6.7.

Update: This KB indicates VMware Engineering is aware of the issue and has been fixed. The workaround detailed below may not be supported, so implement it at your own risk.

Problem:

  1. vCenter Server Appliance 6.7 deployed and in use.
  2. Login to vSphere Client: https:// <IP Address or hostname of vCenter Server>
  3. vSphere Client System Configuration reports Node Health is Degraded. Access this page from Administration, Deployment, System Configuration.
  4. Login to vCenter Server Appliance VAMI: https:// <IP Address or hostname of vCenter Server>:5480
  5. vCenter Server Appliance VAMI Health Status reports an Alert for Storage: “File system /storage/archive is low on storage space. Increase the size of the disk /storage/archive.” Access this page from Summary, Health Status.
  6. VMware has not created an updated KB article explaining how to remediate this particular issue.

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