VMware virtual machine hangs due to high load average

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • VMware virtual machine hung with a high load average. The console is not responsive, and unable to log in using ssh.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • VMware Virtual Platform
  • open-vm-tools
  • Out-of-tree (O) kernel module: [gsch]

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