Why system receives error message "kernel: sd x:x:x:x: timing out command, waited Xs" ?
Issue
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IO operation on filesystems created over VMware Virtual disks are failing and following errors are logged in
/var/log/messages:Oct 3 22:45:37 node1 kernel: sd 2:0:0:0: timing out command, waited 7s Oct 3 22:45:44 node1 kernel: sd 2:0:0:0: timing out command, waited 7s
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- VMware Virtual Platform
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