Symptoms
After an Upgrade to v8.x the disk space is increased to a default disk size which is not ideal for some databases.
Impact
The disk space is increased to a default disk size which is more for some BIG-IQ's
Conditions
BIG-IQ is upgraded to v8.x
Workaround
1. Check the data size using below command in BIG-IQ
ls -al /var/lib/pgsql/ | grep data
2. Run the below command after upgrade if there is a need to free the space occupied by bloated tables
psql -U postgres bigiq_db -c " vacuum full; "
Note: Time for vacuum process may vary based on the database size.