Sometime we used to get issue where were are not able to perform vMotion or logging was unable to write under /var/log.. While trying to do some normal things – like vMotion. I noticed an error which states just “A general system error occurred.” On further investigation, I found that the underlying message was an out of disk space message while trying to proceed with a Storage vMotion. Observations during issue While vMotion – “A general system error occurred:” While performing Storage vMotion – “/var/log/vmware/journal/xxxx error writing file. There is no space left on the device.” Steps during troubleshooting Go to Configuration tab on host in vCenter client, go to Security Profile, click Properties link on the Services section. Scroll down to SSH and highlight – click options – click start to start SSH service. Use putty or reflections to ssh to the host. If you get a connection rejected – root filesystem ramdisk is probably full. Go to console (either throug