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VMware ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200803213-UG: Driver Versioning Method Changes

Details

Release Date: 10 APR 2008
Document Last Updated: 10 APR 2008

 

Download Size:
2.2 MB
Download Filename:
ESX350-200803213-UG.zip
md5sum:
d0ef8e4cec3477ef9bee6ea21bb63100


Product Versions ESX Server 3.5
Patch Classification Update
Supersedes None
Requires ESX350-200803211-UG
Virtual Machine Migration or Reboot Required Yes
ESX Server Host Reboot Required Yes
PRs Fixed

233638

Affected Hardware
Affected Software
RPMs Included See the list below
Related CVE numbers N/A


Summary

This patch provides RPM packages for mutiple drivers. No changes are being made to this driver from the version distributed with ESX Server 3.5, but the way that the RPM version is tracked is being changed in order to eliminate possible ESX Server software upgrade issues.

The versioning method of the following RPMs has been changed:

VMware-esx-drivers-block-DAC960
VMware-esx-drivers-block-cciss
VMware-esx-drivers-ioat
VMware-esx-drivers-net-3c90x
VMware-esx-drivers-net-e100
VMware-esx-drivers-net-e1000
VMware-esx-drivers-net-forcedeth
VMware-esx-drivers-net-igb
VMware-esx-drivers-net-s2io
VMware-esx-drivers-net-unm_nic
VMware-esx-drivers-scsi-aacraid_esx30
VMware-esx-drivers-scsi-adp94xx
VMware-esx-drivers-scsi-ahci
VMware-esx-drivers-scsi-aic79xx
VMware-esx-drivers-scsi-aic7xxx
VMware-esx-drivers-scsi-ata_piix
VMware-esx-drivers-scsi-ips
VMware-esx-drivers-scsi-megaraid2
VMware-esx-drivers-scsi-megaraid_sas
VMware-esx-drivers-scsi-sata_nv
VMware-esx-drivers-scsi-sata_promise
VMware-esx-drivers-scsi-sata_sil
VMware-esx-drivers-scsi-sata_svw
VMware-esx-drivers-scsi-sata_vsc
VMware-esx-drivers-scsi-vmkiscsi

Solution

Symptoms

There are no symptoms available for the updates provided by this patch.

Deployment Considerations

None.

Patch Download and Installation

For information on using VMware Update Manager to automatically update ESX Server 3.5 hosts see the VMware Update Manager Administration Guide for instructions on using Update Manager to download and install patches.

To update ESX Server 3.5 hosts when not using Update Manager, download the most recent patch bundle from http://www.vmware.com/download/vi/vi3_patches_35.html and install the bundle using the the esxupdate tool from the command line of the host. For more information on using esxupdate to manage patches on ESX Server 3.5 hosts, see the ESX Server 3 Patch Management Guide.

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  • KB Article: 1003720
  • Updated: Aug 14, 2009
  • Products:
    VMware ESX
  • Product Versions:
    VMware ESX 3.5.x