From e15d2f40abb59159aac81cc559ab8179d2f828a0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Friedrich Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2018 11:42:00 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Docs: Add an additional note for VMWare timeouts on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Spotted through our community channels. --- doc/05-service-monitoring.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/05-service-monitoring.md b/doc/05-service-monitoring.md index 855b75b53..004bf4581 100644 --- a/doc/05-service-monitoring.md +++ b/doc/05-service-monitoring.md @@ -260,6 +260,8 @@ Instead, choose a plugin and configure its parameters and thresholds. The follow **Tip**: If you are encountering timeouts using the VMware Perl SDK, check [this blog entry](https://www.claudiokuenzler.com/blog/650/slow-vmware-perl-sdk-soap-request-error-libwww-version). +Ubuntu 16.04 LTS can have troubles with random entropy in Perl asked [here](https://monitoring-portal.org/t/check-vmware-api-slow-when-run-multiple-times/2868). +In that case, [haveged](http://issihosts.com/haveged/) may help. ### SAP Monitoring