The VMware Tools from ESX 4 can not set the SCSI-timeout for block devices using udev on RHEL4
Issue
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The VMware-tools can not set the SCSI-timout using udev on Red Hat Enterprise 4.8.
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It is needed to set the SCSI-timout, i.e. by executing the following command at boot (
$DEVPATHshould be set to/block/sdaor similar):
echo 180 >/sys$DEVPATH/device/timeout
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.8
- VMware ESX 4
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