Thanks. At least it's useful to know that the message can be ignored as it comes out EVERY 30 SECONDS (not every 30 min) !!
I found that the suggested rsyslog /etc/rsyslog.d/40-discard.conf did not work (on Ubuntu 12.04.5 with Trusty kernel and rsyslog version 5.8.6-1ubuntu8.9), so I used the file below instead - see : http://www.rsyslog.com/discarding-unwanted-messages/ # Discard unwanted message from vmtoolsd # Ubuntu open-vm-tools-lts-trusty has bug that writes message every 30sec: # "vmsvc[1070]: [ warning] [guestinfo] Failed to get vmstats." # # See https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+bug/1322897 # :msg, contains, "[ warning] [guestinfo] Failed to get vmstats." ~ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1322897 Title: syslog spam Failed to get vmstats. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+bug/1322897/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
