systemd-modules-load: Failed to find module 'vmcp'

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • We migrated from RHEL 6.6 to RHEL 7.4.
  • In Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, the vmcp kernel module is built into the kernel. This ensures that the vmcp device node is always present, and users can send
    IBM z/VM hypervisor control program commands without having to load the vmcp kernel module first.
  • The entry for vmcp was removed from '/etc/modules-load.d/aetna.conf'but the message is still being generated when the platform is rebooted.
journalctl _SYSTEMD_UNIT=systemd-modules-load.service

XXX systemd-modules-load[72]: Inserted module 'dummy'
XXX systemd-modules-load[72]: Inserted module 'appldata_os'
XXX systemd-modules-load[72]: Inserted module 'appldata_mem'
XXX systemd-modules-load[72]: Inserted module 'appldata_net_sum'
XXX systemd-modules-load[72]: Failed to find module 'vmcp'
XXX systemd-modules-load[72]: Inserted module 'prng'

Current contents of '/etc/modules-load.d/aetna.conf'

# pwd
/etc/modules-load.d

# ls -al
total 16
drwxr-xr-x.  2 root root   24 Nov  5 13:42 .
drwxr-xr-x. 81 root root 8192 Oct 29 11:46 ..
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  145 Nov  5 13:42 aetna.conf

# cat aetna.conf 
# for static VIPA dummy0
dummy

# Load routines for Performance Monitoring
appldata_os
appldata_mem
appldata_net_sum
# End of local perfdata mod
  • Module prng is located in /usr/lib/modules-load.d/libica.conf.
  • Module vmcp is available
# vmcp q v crypto
AP 001 CEX6A Domain 001 shared
  • We are trying to understand why we are still getting the
XXX systemd-modules-load[72]: Failed to find module 'vmcp'

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4
  • Systemd

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