systemctl times out with McAfee software active

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Running systemctl commands return with time out errors while McAfee software is running.

  • This issue may present itself in various forms, such as:

    'systemctl list-units --failed' timed out after 300s
'systemctl list-units --all' timed out after 300s
'systemctl list-unit-files' timed out after 300s
'systemctl show-environment' timed out after 300s

  • OR

    systemd: Job dev-mapper-vg\lv00.device/start timed out.
systemd: Timed out waiting for device dev-mapper-vg\lv00.device.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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