The following log shows the issue before the fix, an upgrade to the version in proposed and then the fixed situation after the fix.
We checked the same code generally from the identical PPA we built before. ubuntu@node-1:~$ for i in /sys/block/sd*/device/timeout; do echo $i; cat $i; done /sys/block/sda/device/timeout 30 /sys/block/sdb/device/timeout 30 /sys/block/sdc/device/timeout 30 /sys/block/sdd/device/timeout 30 ubuntu@node-1:~$ sudo apt install open-vm-tools Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Suggested packages: open-vm-tools-desktop The following packages will be upgraded: open-vm-tools 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 58 not upgraded. Need to get 542 kB of archives. After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-proposed/main amd64 open-vm-tools amd64 2:10.3.0-0ubuntu1~18.04.2 [542 kB] Fetched 542 kB in 1s (524 kB/s) (Reading database ... 102200 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../open-vm-tools_2%3a10.3.0-0ubuntu1~18.04.2_amd64.deb ... Unpacking open-vm-tools (2:10.3.0-0ubuntu1~18.04.2) over (2:10.3.0-0ubuntu1~18.04.1) ... Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-20) ... Setting up open-vm-tools (2:10.3.0-0ubuntu1~18.04.2) ... Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.28-0ubuntu1) ... Processing triggers for systemd (237-3ubuntu10.3) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.3-2) ... ubuntu@node-1:~$ sudo reboot Connection to 10.245.205.25 closed by remote host. Connection to 10.245.205.25 closed. [✗=255]─[paelzer@lap:~]──[42736]──[18:05 Do Sep 20]── $ ssh ubuntu@10.245.205.25 Welcome to Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS (GNU/Linux 4.15.0-34-generic x86_64) * Documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com * Management: https://landscape.canonical.com * Support: https://ubuntu.com/advantage System information as of Thu Sep 20 16:41:11 UTC 2018 System load: 0.02 Processes: 102 Usage of /: 20.9% of 29.40GB Users logged in: 0 Memory usage: 1% IP address for ens160: 10.245.205.25 Swap usage: 0% Get cloud support with Ubuntu Advantage Cloud Guest: http://www.ubuntu.com/business/services/cloud * Canonical Livepatch is available for installation. - Reduce system reboots and improve kernel security. Activate at: https://ubuntu.com/livepatch 58 packages can be updated. 16 updates are security updates. Last login: Thu Sep 20 16:34:38 2018 from 10.172.196.172 ubuntu@node-1:~$ for i in /sys/block/sd*/device/timeout; do echo $i; cat $i; done /sys/block/sda/device/timeout 180 /sys/block/sdb/device/timeout 180 /sys/block/sdc/device/timeout 180 /sys/block/sdd/device/timeout 180 Overall: verified ** Tags removed: verification-needed verification-needed-bionic ** Tags added: verification-done verification-done-bionic -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1790145 Title: 99-vmware-scsi-udev.rules has no effect - timeout by 30 not 180 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+bug/1790145/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs