Linux guest message.log file shows: vmsvc [warning] [guestinfo] RecordRoutingInfo: Unable to collect IPv4 routing table

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:

• In the Linux guest operating system, the messages.log file contains repeating entries similar to:
  
  vmsvc [warning] [guestinfo] RecordRoutingInfo: Unable to collect IPv4 routing table.
  
  
• Adding rtc.diffFromUTC=0 to the .vmx file of the affected virtual machine does not help.

For more information, see Linux virtual machine's boot is slow and displays the warning: RecordRoutingInfo: Unable to collect IPv4 routing table (2048572).

Environment

VMware vSphere ESXi 5.5
VMware vSphere ESXi 5.1
VMware vSphere ESXi 5.0

Resolution

This is a known issue affecting ESXi 5.x.

Currently, there is no workaround.

The messages.log file entries are cosmetic and can be safely ignored.

Additional Information

Linux virtual machine's boot is slow and displays the warning: RecordRoutingInfo: Unable to collect IPv4 routing table
Linux ゲスト OS 上の messages.log ファイルに次の内容が出力される： vmsvc [warning] [guestinfo] RecordRoutingInfo: Unable to collect IPv4 routing table