I have installed the following systems and on each did the following: - zypper rm open-vm-tools-desktop open-vm-tools, libvmtools0 - install VMware Tools 11.0.1 Installed SLES 12 SP4 desktop - partitioned - BTRFS =================================================== - BTRFS is mounted on partition /dev/sda2 From /proc/mounts ----------------- /dev/sda2 / btrfs rw,relatime,space_cache,subvolid=257, subvol=/@ 0 0 ... From /proc/self/mountinfo ------------------------ 64 0 0:38 /@ / rw,relatime shared:1 - btrfs /dev/sda2 rw,space_cache,subvolid=257, subvol=/@ ... From the vmware.log file ------------------------- > 020-02-04T17:05:34.690Z| vcpu-1| I125: Guest: [debug] [guestinfo] GuestInfoSendDiskInfoV1: sending diskInfo RPC: 'SetGuestDiskInfo { > 020-02-04T17:05:34.690Z| vcpu-1| I125+ "version":"1", > 020-02-04T17:05:34.690Z| vcpu-1| I125+ "disks":[ > 020-02-04T17:05:34.690Z| vcpu-1| I125+ {"name":"Lw==","free":"4170145792","size":"10730078208","fstype":"btrfs","devices":["scsi0:0"]}, > 020-02-04T17:05:34.690Z| vcpu-1| I125+ {"name":"L3Vzci9sb2NhbA==","free":"4170145792","size":"10730078208","fstype":"btrfs","devices":["scsi0:0"]}, > 020-02-04T17:05:34.690Z| vcpu-1| I125+ {"name":"L3RtcA==","free":"4170145792","size":"10730078208","fstype":"btrfs","devices":["scsi0:0"]}, > 020-02-04T17:05:34.690Z| vcpu-1| I125+ {"name":"L3Zhci9saWIvbGlidmlydC9pbWFnZXM=","free":"4170145792","size":"10730078208","fstype":"btrfs","devices":["scsi0:0 > 020-02-04T17:05:34.690Z| vcpu-1| I125+ {"name":"L3Zhci90bXA=","free":"4170145792","size":"10730078208","fstype":"btrfs","devices":["scsi0:0"]}, > 020-02-04T17:05:34.690Z| vcpu-1| I125+ {"name":"L3Zhci9vcHQ=","free":"4170145792","size":"10730078208","fstype":"btrfs","devices":["scsi0:0"]}, > 020-02-04T17:05:34.690Z| vcpu-1| I125+ {"name":"L3Zhci9jcmFzaA==","free":"4170145792","size":"10730078208","fstype":"btrfs","devices":["scsi0:0"]}, > 020-02-04T17:05:34.690Z| vcpu-1| I125+ {"name":"L3Zhci9saWIvbWFjaGluZXM=","free":"4170145792","size":"10730078208","fstype":"btrfs","devices":["scsi0:0"]}, > 020-02-04T17:05:34.690Z| vcpu-1| I125+ {"name":"L3Zhci9sb2c=","free":"4170145792","size":"10730078208","fstype":"btrfs","devices":["scsi0:0"]}, > 020-02-04T17:05:34.690Z| vcpu-1| I125+ {"name":"L2Jvb3QvZ3J1YjIveDg2XzY0LWVmaQ==","free":"4170145792","size":"10730078208","fstype":"btrfs","devices":["scsi0:0 > 020-02-04T17:05:34.690Z| vcpu-1| I125+ {"name":"L3Zhci9saWIvbWFpbG1hbg==","free":"4170145792","size":"10730078208","fstype":"btrfs","devices":["scsi0:0"]}, > 020-02-04T17:05:34.690Z| vcpu-1| I125+ {"name":"L3Zhci9zcG9vbA==","free":"4170145792","size":"10730078208","fstype":"btrfs","devices":["scsi0:0"]}, > 020-02-04T17:05:34.690Z| vcpu-1| I125+ {"name":"L3Zhci9saWIvbWFyaWFkYg==","free":"4170145792","size":"10730078208","fstype":"btrfs","devices":["scsi0:0"]}, > 020-02-04T17:05:34.690Z| vcpu-1| I125+ {"name":"L29wdA==","free":"4170145792","size":"10730078208","fstype":"btrfs","devices":["scsi0:0"]}, > 020-02-04T17:05:34.690Z| vcpu-1| I125+ {"name":"L3Zhci9saWIvbmFtZWQ=","free":"4170145792","size":"10730078208","fstype":"btrfs","devices":["scsi0:0"]}, > 020-02-04T17:05:34.690Z| vcpu-1| I125+ {"name":"L3Zhci9saWIvbXlzcWw=","free":"4170145792","size":"10730078208","fstype":"btrfs","devices":["scsi0:0"]}, > 020-02-04T17:05:34.690Z| vcpu-1| I125+ {"name":"L2Jvb3QvZ3J1YjIvaTM4Ni1wYw==","free":"4170145792","size":"10730078208","fstype":"btrfs","devices":["scsi0:0"]}, > 020-02-04T17:05:34.690Z| vcpu-1| I125+ {"name":"L3Zhci9saWIvcGdzcWw=","free":"4170145792","size":"10730078208","fstype":"btrfs","devices":["scsi0:0"]}, > 020-02-04T17:05:34.690Z| vcpu-1| I125+ {"name":"L2hvbWU=","free":"4170145792","size":"10730078208","fstype":"btrfs","devices":["scsi0:0"]}, > 020-02-04T17:05:34.690Z| vcpu-1| I125+ {"name":"L3Nydg==","free":"4170145792","size":"10730078208","fstype":"btrfs","devices":["scsi0:0"]}, > 020-02-04T17:05:34.690Z| vcpu-1| I125+ {"name":"L3Zhci9jYWNoZQ==","free":"4170145792","size":"10730078208","fstype":"btrfs","devices":["scsi0:0"]} > 020-02-04T17:05:34.690Z| vcpu-1| I125+ ]}' Installed SLES 12 SP4 server - LVM - BTRFS =========================================== - BTRFS is mounted on partition /dev/mapper/system-root From /proc/mounts ----------------- /dev/mapper/system-root / btrfs rw,relatime,space_cache,subvolid=257, subvol=/@ 0 0 ... From /proc/self/mountinfo ------------------------ 64 0 0:38 /@ / rw,relatime shared:1 - btrfs /dev/mapper/system-root rw,space_cache,subvolid=257, subvol=/@ ... From the vmware.log file ------------------------- > 2020-02-04T17:05:54.206Z| vcpu-0| I125: Guest: [debug] [guestinfo] GuestInfoSendDiskInfoV1: sending diskInfo RPC: 'SetGuestDiskInfo { > 2020-02-04T17:05:54.206Z| vcpu-0| I125+ "version":"1", > 2020-02-04T17:05:54.206Z| vcpu-0| I125+ "disks":[ > 2020-02-04T17:05:54.206Z| vcpu-0| I125+ {"name":"Lw==","free":"6358917120","size":"10729029632","fstype":"btrfs","devices":["scsi0:0"]}, > 2020-02-04T17:05:54.206Z| vcpu-0| I125+ {"name":"L3Zhci9jYWNoZQ==","free":"6358917120","size":"10729029632","fstype":"btrfs","devices":["scsi0:0"]}, > 2020-02-04T17:05:54.206Z| vcpu-0| I125+ {"name":"L29wdA==","free":"6358917120","size":"10729029632","fstype":"btrfs","devices":["scsi0:0"]}, > 2020-02-04T17:05:54.206Z| vcpu-0| I125+ {"name":"L3Zhci9saWIvbWFjaGluZXM=","free":"6358917120","size":"10729029632","fstype":"btrfs","devices":["scsi0:0"]}, > 2020-02-04T17:05:54.206Z| vcpu-0| I125+ {"name":"L3Zhci9saWIvbGlidmlydC9pbWFnZXM=","free":"6358917120","size":"10729029632","fstype":"btrfs","devices":["scsi0:0 > 2020-02-04T17:05:54.206Z| vcpu-0| I125+ {"name":"L3Zhci9saWIvbmFtZWQ=","free":"6358917120","size":"10729029632","fstype":"btrfs","devices":["scsi0:0"]}, > 2020-02-04T17:05:54.206Z| vcpu-0| I125+ {"name":"L3Zhci9saWIvcGdzcWw=","free":"6358917120","size":"10729029632","fstype":"btrfs","devices":["scsi0:0"]}, > 2020-02-04T17:05:54.206Z| vcpu-0| I125+ {"name":"L3RtcA==","free":"6358917120","size":"10729029632","fstype":"btrfs","devices":["scsi0:0"]}, > 2020-02-04T17:05:54.206Z| vcpu-0| I125+ {"name":"L3Zhci9sb2c=","free":"6358917120","size":"10729029632","fstype":"btrfs","devices":["scsi0:0"]}, > 2020-02-04T17:05:54.206Z| vcpu-0| I125+ {"name":"L3Nydg==","free":"6358917120","size":"10729029632","fstype":"btrfs","devices":["scsi0:0"]}, > 2020-02-04T17:05:54.206Z| vcpu-0| I125+ {"name":"L3Zhci9saWIvbWFyaWFkYg==","free":"6358917120","size":"10729029632","fstype":"btrfs","devices":["scsi0:0"]}, > 2020-02-04T17:05:54.206Z| vcpu-0| I125+ {"name":"L2hvbWU=","free":"6358917120","size":"10729029632","fstype":"btrfs","devices":["scsi0:0"]}, > 2020-02-04T17:05:54.206Z| vcpu-0| I125+ {"name":"L3Zhci9saWIvbWFpbG1hbg==","free":"6358917120","size":"10729029632","fstype":"btrfs","devices":["scsi0:0"]}, > 2020-02-04T17:05:54.206Z| vcpu-0| I125+ {"name":"L2Jvb3QvZ3J1YjIveDg2XzY0LWVmaQ==","free":"6358917120","size":"10729029632","fstype":"btrfs","devices":["scsi0:0 > 2020-02-04T17:05:54.206Z| vcpu-0| I125+ {"name":"L3Vzci9sb2NhbA==","free":"6358917120","size":"10729029632","fstype":"btrfs","devices":["scsi0:0"]}, > 2020-02-04T17:05:54.206Z| vcpu-0| I125+ {"name":"L3Zhci90bXA=","free":"6358917120","size":"10729029632","fstype":"btrfs","devices":["scsi0:0"]}, > 2020-02-04T17:05:54.206Z| vcpu-0| I125+ {"name":"L2Jvb3QvZ3J1YjIvaTM4Ni1wYw==","free":"6358917120","size":"10729029632","fstype":"btrfs","devices":["scsi0:0"]}, > 2020-02-04T17:05:54.206Z| vcpu-0| I125+ {"name":"L3Zhci9zcG9vbA==","free":"6358917120","size":"10729029632","fstype":"btrfs","devices":["scsi0:0"]}, > 2020-02-04T17:05:54.206Z| vcpu-0| I125+ {"name":"L3Zhci9jcmFzaA==","free":"6358917120","size":"10729029632","fstype":"btrfs","devices":["scsi0:0"]}, > 2020-02-04T17:05:54.206Z| vcpu-0| I125+ {"name":"L3Zhci9saWIvbXlzcWw=","free":"6358917120","size":"10729029632","fstype":"btrfs","devices":["scsi0:0"]}, > 2020-02-04T17:05:54.206Z| vcpu-0| I125+ {"name":"L3Zhci9vcHQ=","free":"6358917120","size":"10729029632","fstype":"btrfs","devices":["scsi0:0"]} > 2020-02-04T17:05:54.206Z| vcpu-0| I125+ ]}' I am unable to reproduce the failure.