The message '/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/static-nodes-permissions.conf:17: Failed to resolve group 'kvm'' is being displayed on the vCenter Server

Products

• VMware vCenter Server
• VMware vCenter Server 8.0

Issue/Introduction

• The following message was generated in the vCenter Server journal logs:

YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.277680+00:00 VCENTER systemd-tmpfiles[########]: /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/static-nodes-permissions.conf:17: Failed to resolve group 'kvm'.

• The entry "z /dev/kvm 0666 - kvm -" is defined in the /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/static-nodes-permissions.conf file.

Environment

vCenter Server

Cause

1) vCenter Server does not use KVM.

2) "/dev/kvm" is not connected (or does not exist).

# ls /dev/ | grep "kvm"
#  

The message occurs because the system cannot resolve the 'kvm' group defined in static-nodes-permissions.conf due to the absence of /dev/kvm

Resolution

•  This message can be safely ignored.
•  Workaround:

1. Edit the configuration file: In /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/static-nodes-permissions.conf, comment out the KVM entry:

#vi /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/static-nodes-permissions.conf

From: 

z /dev/kvm 0666 - kvm -

To: 

# z /dev/kvm 0666 - kvm -

Restart the service: Execute the following command to apply the changes: systemctl restart systemd-tmpfiles-clean.service