Mounted directory becomes Read-only file system in a vm hosting with Vmware ESX

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Issue

  • We have virtual machines with Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Two of them have recently suffered from 'Read-only file system'.
# touch /var/test
touch: cannot touch `/var/test': Read-only file system

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Vmware ESX

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