I recently downloaded the image bundles for vRealize components while working in my newly deployed VCF 4.4 environment, not realizing that SDDC Manager does not orchestrate the deployment of any vRealize suite component except the vRealize Suite Life-Cycle Manager. I came across a useful out-of-the-box SDDC Manager feature when looking for a way to clean out the unneeded image bundles.
The process outlined in this post will assist you in clearing out any partially downloaded image bundles or unnecessary bundles that SDDC Manager is not currently using.
Step 1: SSH into SDDC Manager using the vcf user and switch to root user by running the command: su – root
Step 2: Grab the unwanted image bundle id from UI
Step3: Run the following command to clean up the unwanted bundle
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# python /opt/vmware/vcf/lcm/lcm-app/bin/bundle_cleanup.py <bundle_id> |
where bundle_id is the Id of the unwanted bundle
Example:
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root@sddc-manager [ ~ ]# python /opt/vmware/vcf/lcm/lcm-app/bin/bundle_cleanup.py a980d29f-7548-4b0e-bc94-aa690ffb7966 ----------------------------------------------------- LOG FILE : /var/log/vmware/vcf/lcm/bundle_cleanup.log ----------------------------------------------------- 2022-04-23 06:06:06,716 [INFO] root: Performing cleanup for bundle with IDs : ['a980d29f-7548-4b0e-bc94-aa690ffb7966'] 2022-04-23 06:06:08,100 [INFO] root: Bundle cleanup complete. |
Temporarily you will be unable to see any image bundle in UI and might see the below exception. Don’t panic as this exception clears out in a couple of minutes.
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