Sorry, I was assuming a newer version. That should work on 14.04, but your syntax will work on both I believe. Glad you found what you needed.
On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 4:11 AM WIll Salmon <will.sal...@ncl.ac.uk> wrote: > 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 subscribed to the bug > report. > 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 > -- 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 ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
