VMware guest hangs when rtcwake is used to standby the VM during second attempt.
Issue
- The command
rtcwake -vm standby -s 60
works for the first execution - But when run for the second time, prompt does not get back and VMware guest goes hung.
# rtcwake -vm standby -s 60
Using UTC time.
delta = 0
tzone = 0
tzname = UTC
systime = 1701792414, (UTC) Tue Dec 5 16:06:54 2023
rtctime = 1701792414, (UTC) Tue Dec 5 16:06:54 2023
alarm 0, sys_time 1701792414, rtc_time 1701792414, seconds 60
rtcwake: wakeup from "standby" using /dev/rtc0 at Tue Dec 5 16:07:55 2023
suspend mode: standby; suspending system
<<<Hang Here>>>
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.9
- VMware Virtual machine
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