https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Troubleshooting/Dynatrace-Managed-Linux-file-system-quot-var-opt-dynatrace/ta-p/213098 <H4>Dynatrace Managed cluster nodes are filled with old downloaded packages in&nbsp;"<U>/var/opt/dynatrace-managed/agents</U>". It is totally filled with 50 GB+ data. What to do?&nbsp;</H4> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><SPAN>Note that it not recommended to directly delete the old packages from this directory. Installers in "/var/opt/dynatrace-managed/agents" will be automatically deleted when they are no longer in use and all the running agents are updated properly. There is a 30 days grace period before the actual deletion will happen.&nbsp;</SPAN></P> <P><SPAN>Also note that for automatic deletion to work, <U>there should be automatic updates everywhere</U> - Cluster, Oneagent and ActiveGates. If there is just one instance which is using some lower version it will not get deleted automatically. If you will look in /var/opt/dynatrace-managed/agents you will see folders by release versions. If something inside it, is being used, it will not auto-delete after 30 days. So, just automatic update is not enough - lower versions should not be in active state on any machine.&nbsp;</SPAN></P> <P><SPAN><U>If cluster is not up to date or has manual update set up, the other way to tackle is to exclude the packages manually from CMC:</U>&nbsp;</SPAN></P> <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="CMC.png" style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/11857i8BE419A22EE9E386/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="CMC.png" alt="CMC.png" /></span></P> <P><SPAN><EM>We have this feature (Self-service update packages management) enabled in CMC since Dynatrace Managed 1.216</EM>&nbsp;:</SPAN></P> <P><A href="https://www.dynatrace.com/support/help/shortlink/release-notes-managed-sprint-216#cluster-management-console" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.dynatrace.com/support/help/shortlink/release-notes-managed-sprint-216#cluster-management-console</A></P> <P>I hope it helps in managing the&nbsp;"/var/opt/dynatrace-managed/agents" and cleaning up some space on Managed Cluster nodes.&nbsp;</P> <P>If you require more assistance please get in touch with our product/tech support.&nbsp;</P> Thu, 25 May 2023 05:04:26 GMT nadeem_m 2023-05-25T05:04:26Z https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Troubleshooting/Dynatrace-Managed-Linux-file-system-quot-var-opt-dynatrace/ta-p/213098 <H4>Dynatrace Managed cluster nodes are filled with old downloaded packages in&nbsp;"<U>/var/opt/dynatrace-managed/agents</U>". It is totally filled with 50 GB+ data. What to do?&nbsp;</H4> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><SPAN>Note that it not recommended to directly delete the old packages from this directory. Installers in "/var/opt/dynatrace-managed/agents" will be automatically deleted when they are no longer in use and all the running agents are updated properly. There is a 30 days grace period before the actual deletion will happen.&nbsp;</SPAN></P> <P><SPAN>Also note that for automatic deletion to work, <U>there should be automatic updates everywhere</U> - Cluster, Oneagent and ActiveGates. If there is just one instance which is using some lower version it will not get deleted automatically. If you will look in /var/opt/dynatrace-managed/agents you will see folders by release versions. If something inside it, is being used, it will not auto-delete after 30 days. So, just automatic update is not enough - lower versions should not be in active state on any machine.&nbsp;</SPAN></P> <P><SPAN><U>If cluster is not up to date or has manual update set up, the other way to tackle is to exclude the packages manually from CMC:</U>&nbsp;</SPAN></P> <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="CMC.png" style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/11857i8BE419A22EE9E386/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="CMC.png" alt="CMC.png" /></span></P> <P><SPAN><EM>We have this feature (Self-service update packages management) enabled in CMC since Dynatrace Managed 1.216</EM>&nbsp;:</SPAN></P> <P><A href="https://www.dynatrace.com/support/help/shortlink/release-notes-managed-sprint-216#cluster-management-console" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.dynatrace.com/support/help/shortlink/release-notes-managed-sprint-216#cluster-management-console</A></P> <P>I hope it helps in managing the&nbsp;"/var/opt/dynatrace-managed/agents" and cleaning up some space on Managed Cluster nodes.&nbsp;</P> <P>If you require more assistance please get in touch with our product/tech support.&nbsp;</P> Thu, 25 May 2023 05:04:26 GMT https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Troubleshooting/Dynatrace-Managed-Linux-file-system-quot-var-opt-dynatrace/ta-p/213098 nadeem_m 2023-05-25T05:04:26Z https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Troubleshooting/Dynatrace-Managed-Linux-file-system-quot-var-opt-dynatrace/tac-p/213128#M230 <P>great write up&nbsp;<a href="https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/47494">@nadeem_m</a>&nbsp;thanks for sharing this!&nbsp;</P> Thu, 25 May 2023 11:46:04 GMT https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Troubleshooting/Dynatrace-Managed-Linux-file-system-quot-var-opt-dynatrace/tac-p/213128#M230 ChadTurner 2023-05-25T11:46:04Z