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ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1004181: Virtual Machine Migration Might Cause ESX Server to Stop Responding

Details

Release Date: 05/01/08

Document Last Updated: 05/01/08

Download Size:
32 MB
Download Filename:
ESX-1004181.tgz
md5sum:

af87fbec7303273009265cbff492eee3

Product Versions	ESX Server 3.0.1
Patch Classification	Critical
Supersedes	ESX-1003518
Virtual Machine Migration or Reboot Required	Yes
ESX Server Host Reboot Required	Yes
PRs Fixed	186115
Affected Hardware	N/A
Affected Software	Unknown
RPMs Included	VMware-esx-vmkernel
Related CVE numbers	N/A

Summary

Migrating or forcibly stopping a virtual machine on ESX Server might cause ESX Server to stop responding.

Solution

Symptoms

When a virtual machine is migrated to an ESX Server host, the error message WARNING: Alloc: vm 1574: 2087: ppn=0x21f4cf out of range: is repeatedly logged in /var/log/vmkernel .

Deployment Considerations

N/A

Download Instructions

Download and verify the patch bundle as follows:

1. Download patch ESX-1004181 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.

6. Verify the integrity of the downloaded tar file:

# md5sum ESX-1004181.tgz

The md5 checksum output should match the following:

af87fbec7303273009265cbff492eee3 ESX-1004181.tgz

7. Extract the compressed tar archive:

# tar -xvzf ESX-1004181.tgz

8. Change to the newly created directory, /var/updates/ESX-1004181:

# cd ESX-1004181

Installation Instructions

Note: All virtual machines on the host must be either shut down or migrated using VMotion before applying the patch. A reboot of the ESX Server host is required after applying this patch.

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-1004181 update

For example, if the host is called depot:

# esxupdate -r file:///depot/var/updates/ESX-1004181 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-1004181 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 .

Keywords

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