FYI:
19.04:
ii dmidecode 3.2-2 amd64 SMBIOS/DMI table decoder
$ sudo cat /sys/class/dmi/id/product_serial
VMware-42 18 59 50 7a fe ee b9-86 41 a6 c8 5a 5a 23 a6
$ sudo dmidecode | grep -i serial | grep VM
Serial Number: VMware-42 18 59 50 7a fe ee b9-86 41 a6 c8 5a 5a 23 a6
Bionic:
ii dmidecode 3.1-1 amd64 SMBIOS/DMI table decoder
$ sudo cat /sys/class/dmi/id/product_serial
VMware-42 18 ac 2f fd b1 53 1b-8d ba ba ce ed cd d5 4b
$ sudo dmidecode | grep -i serial | grep VM
Serial Number: VMware-42 18 ac 2f fd b1 53 1b-8d ba ba ce ed cd d5 4b
I can not see the issue over here at least
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1851676
Title:
dmidecode does not byte-swap for SMBIOS >= 2.6
Status in dmidecode package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
Hi,
On VMWare 6.5 and higher (HW version 13 and higher) when decoding
/sys/class/dmi/id/product_serial dmidecode produces an output whereby
the first 16 characters have been reversed in comparison to
/sys/class/dmi/id/product_uuid.
This manifests itself by breaking provisioning in Kubernetes and could
cause other issues down the line. Other OS such as redhat have already
patched this in their releases.
A demonstration of the issue can be found in this pastebin:
https://pastebin.canonical.com/p/qRfrpHXwGs/
VMWare Issue: https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/53609
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