Automation Suite Validation fails because /Var directory is too small

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What are the steps to expand /var after Automation Suite validation fails disk error?

Issue:

Automation Suite install will fail if /var is less than 10gb. Many cloud providers will deploy VMs with a minimal amount of space for common directories such as /var

Resolution:

  1. Identity /var
#df -h
  1. extend logical volume for var to equal or above 10gb
# lvextend -L +7G /dev/mapper/rhel/var
# resize2fs /dev/mapper/rhel/var
  1. Confirm expand
lsblk
  1. Continue with installation