Ubuntu failed to get udev uid: Invalid argument

Su una macchina virtuale VMware, anche subito dopo l’installazione probabilmente troverete il file syslog pieno di questi errori

Jul 16 14:15:42 database06 multipathd[383021]: sdb: triggering change event to reinitialize
Jul 16 14:15:42 database06 multipath: sdb: failed to get udev uid: Invalid argument
Jul 16 14:15:42 database06 multipath: sdb: failed to get sysfs uid: Invalid argument
Jul 16 14:15:42 database06 multipath: sdb: failed to get sgio uid: No such file or directory
Jul 16 14:15:42 database06 multipathd[383021]: sdb: failed to get udev uid: Invalid argument
Jul 16 14:15:42 database06 multipathd[383021]: sdb: failed to get unknown uid: Invalid argument
Jul 16 14:15:42 database06 multipathd[383021]: sdb: failed to get path uid
Jul 16 14:15:42 database06 multipathd[383021]: uevent trigger error

Il problema è risolvibile modificando la configurazione del servizio multipathd, ed in particolare aggiungendo le seguenti righe al file /etc/multipath.conf

blacklist {
    device {
        vendor "VMware"
        product "Virtual disk"
    }
}

successivamente riavviare il servizio

service /etc/init.d/multipath-tools restart