open-vm-tools shows VMDK mapping unavailable every 30 seconds

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • After updating open-vm-tools, the following message repeated in /var/log/vmare-vmsvc-root.log every 30 seconds:
[ warning] [guestinfo] GuestInfoGetDiskDevice: Missing disk device name; VMDK mapping unavailable for "<mountpoint>", fsName: "<device>"

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • open-vm-tools 11.0.5-3.el7

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