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ESX Server 3.0.0 Patch ESX-2666943: Patch for esxupdate

Details

Resolved Issues

This patch addresses an issue encountered when esxupdate autoreboot does not complete properly and an error message is displayed. Upon rebooting the ESX Server host, newly installed patches do not show in the list when an esxupdate query is performed and incorrect information might be shown in place of the correct information.

This patch addresses the possible errors in the esxupdate query instruction by having esxupdate write to the update list before rebooting. After applying the patch, no error message is shown during the reboot, and esxupdate query shows the correct update information after rebooting. This update does not reboot the ESX Server host.

Solution

Applicability

This patch is for ESX Server 3.0.0 only. The issue is already addressed in ESX Server 3.0.1.

Installing the Patch

Download Instructions

Download and verify the patch as follows:
  1. Download patch ESX-2666943 from http://www.vmware.com/download/vi/vi3_patches.html.
  2. Log into the ESX Server service console as root.
  3. Create a local depot directory.

    # mkdir /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.
  6. Verify the integrity of the downloaded tar file.

    # md5sum ESX-2666943.tgz

  7. The md5 checksum output should match the following:

    7373a2a1d4c5bd8f29d5d8c559109dd8 ESX-2666943.tgz

  8. Extract the compressed tar archive.

    # tar -xvzf ESX-2666943.tgz

  9. Change to the newly created directory, /var/updates/ESX-2666943.

    # cd ESX-2666943

Installation Instructions

After you have downloaded and extracted the archive, and if you are in the directory you created above, install the update using the following command:

# esxupdate update

If you want to run esxupdate from a different directory, you must specify the bundle path in the command:

# esxupdate -r file://<directory>/ESX-2666943 update

For example, if the host is called depot:

# esxupdate –r file:///depot/var/updates/ESX-2666943 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 -r file:<directory>/ESX-2666943 update

For more information on using esxupdate, please refer to the Patch Management for ESX Server 3 tech note at http://www.vmware.com/pdf/esx3_esxupdate.pdf.

Keywords

esx300;esxpatch

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  • KB Article: 2666943
  • Updated: Apr 17, 2008
  • Products:
    VMware ESX
  • Product Versions:
    VMware ESX 3.0.x