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Oracle Linux: VMware Guest VM Error: "systemd-udevd[xxxx]: inotify_add_watch(x, /dev/dm-xx, xx) failed: No such file or directory" Entry in /var/log/messages Log (Doc ID 2432679.1)

Last updated on AUGUST 09, 2018

Applies to:

Linux OS - Version Oracle Linux 7.0 with Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel [3.8.13] to Oracle Linux 7.5 with Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel [4.14.35] [Release OL7 to OL7U5]
Linux x86-64
Linux x86

Symptoms

 On a VMware virtual machine running an Oracle Linux, the following filesystem had found deleted or missing.

"/boot and /etc were not found and had been deleted."

Further details are found in the /var/log/messages:

Jun 28 14:35:10 vmware-guestvm systemd-udevd[xxxx]: inotify_add_watch(x, /dev/dm-xx, xx) failed: No such file or directory
Jun 28 14:35:11 vmware-guestvm systemd-udevd[xxxx]: inotify_add_watch(x, /dev/dm-xx, xx) failed: No such file or directory
Jun 28 14:35:14 vmware-guestvm systemd-udevd[xxxx]: inotify_add_watch(x, /dev/dm-xx, xx) failed: No such file or directory
Jun 28 14:35:15 vmware-guestvm systemd-udevd[xxxx]: inotify_add_watch(x, /dev/dm-xx, xx) failed: No such file or directory

 

Cause

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