open-vm-tools repeatedly logs "[guestinfo] Failed to get disk info."

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Issue

  • A RHEL 7.x guest running in a VMware environment with Guest Tools installed, repeatedly logs "vmsvc[PID]: [ warning] [guestinfo] Failed to get disk info."

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • open-vm-tools

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