VMs with RDMs report GuestInfo: Failed to convert UUID 'CK M0 xx xx xx xx xx' to binary

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

On Virtual Machines with RDMs attached, the vmware.log files report a spew of entries similar to :

 

vmx - GuestInfo: Failed to convert UUID 'CK M0 xx xx xx xx xx   ' to binary

Environment

VMware vSphere ESXi 8.0

Cause

Pass-through RDM disks are not supported by VM GuestInfo's 'Disk Info' feature

   

Resolution

The logging may be eliminated by disabling the 'Disk Info' data collection, if this is not needed.

 

To do so, add the following lines to the VMware Tools tools.conf configuration file:

 

[guestinfo]
disable-query-diskinfo=true

 

Default tools.conf location:

Guest OS                                                   : Location
Windows XP, Windows Server 2000, and Windows Server 2003     C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\VMware\VMware Tools\tools.conf
Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008          : C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware Tools\tools.conf [4]
Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD                                 : /etc/vmware-tools/tools.conf
FreeBSD with open-vm-tools 10.1.x or later                 : /usr/local/share/vmware-tools/tools.conf
Mac OS X                                                   : /Library/Application Support/VMware Tools/tools.conf

Additional Information

Using VMware Tools Configuration Utility