Setting OCP TuneD profile to use realtime kernel fails on VMware

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • Unable to isolate CPU cores
  • TuneD pod fails to apply with error

    ERROR    tuned.plugins.plugin_sysctl: Failed to set sysctl parameter 'kernel.nmi_watchdog' to '0': [Errno 524] Unknown error 524
    

Environment

  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (OCP)
    • 4.10
    • 4.12
  • VMware vSphere
  • Applying a TuneD profile

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