Plesk upgrade/update/repair fails: No space left on device

Symptoms

• Plesk upgrade or update fails with the following error in /tmp/autoinstaller3.log:

  CONFIG_TEXT: dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/wpb-designs-00_12.0.4-43480.14051315_all.deb (--unpack):error creating directory `./usr/local/sb/htdocs/templates/generic/presets_default/resume/00_1': No space left on device

• Plesk repair fails:

  # plesk repair all -y
  Reconfiguring the Plesk installation ............................ Error: No space left on device 

• Inodes limit check shows the following:

  # df -i
  Filesystem Inodes IUsed IFree IUse% Mounted on
  /dev/vzfs 800000 800000 0 100% /
  none 2097152 95 2097057 1% /dev

• yum utility fails with the following error:

  # yum whatprovides /usr/local/psa/admin/plib/Extension/Driver.php
  Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
  Could not create lock at /var/run/yum.pid: [Errno 122] Disk quota exceeded: '/var/run/yum.pid'​

• After starting MySQL, Plesk shows the following error message:

  PLESK_INFO: General error: 1 Can't create/write to file '/tmp/#sql_5450_0.MYI' (Errcode: 28)

Cause

Inodes limit has been exceeded or insufficient of free inodes on some partition.

Resolution

To solve the issue, increase the inodes limit.

For a Virtuozzo container log in to Virtuozzo server using SSH and use the following command:

# vzctl set <CT> --save --diskinodes 850000:900000

Where <CT> is the corresponding ID of the container with Plesk.