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Release Date: 10/29/07 Product Versions ESX Server 3.0.2* Patch Classification General Supersedes ESX-1002088 Virtual Machine Migration or Reboot Required Yes ESX Server Host Reboot Required Yes PRs Fixed 183575 Affected Hardware N/A Affected Software Unavailable RPMs Updated VMware-hostd-esx Related CVE numbers This patch fixes the following issues: *This patch is included in ESX Server 3.0.2 Update 1 release. For more information about this update, see the ESX Server 3.0.2 Update 1 release notes at http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/releasenotes_esx302_update1.html.
Document Last Updated: 10/29/07
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ESX-1001905.tgz
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Summary
Installation of 64-bit distribution of Windows or Linux operating systems on virtual machines fails with a message similar to the following:
“The CPU of the host is incompatible with the CPU feature requirements of the Virtual Machine; Problem detected at CPUID level 0x80000001 register 'edx'.”
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Download and verify the patch bundle as follows:
1. Download patch ESX-1001905 from http://www.vmware.com/download/vi/vi3_patches.html .
2. Log in to the ESX Server service console as root.
3. Create a local depot directory.
# mkdir -p /var/updates
Note: VMware recommends that you use the updates directory.
4. Change your working directory to /var/updates.
# cd /var/updates
5. Download the tar file into the /var/updates directory.
7. Extract the compressed tar archive:
# tar -xvzf ESX-1001905.tgz
8. Change to the newly created directory, /var/updates/ESX-1001905:
# cd ESX-1001905
After you download and extract the archive, and if you are in the directory that you previously created, use the following command to install the update:
# esxupdate update
To run esxupdate from a different directory, you must specify the bundle path in the command:
# esxupdate -r file://<directory>/ESX-1001905 update
For example, if the host is called depot:
# esxupdate -r file://depot/var/updates/ESX-1001905 update
During the update process, logs appear on the terminal. You can specify the verbosity of esxupdate logs by using the -v option as shown below.
# esxupdate -v 10 file://<directory>/ESX-1001905 update
For more information how to use esxupdate, see the Patch Management for ESX Server 3 tech note at http://www.vmware.com/pdf/esx3_esxupdate.pdf .