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ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1004211: SNMP Traps Generated During VMotion; VMware Tools Not Installed on Virtual Machines; Powered Off Virtual Machines Unregistered in Maintenance Mode; ESX Server 3.0.x Hosts Managed by VirtualCenter 2.5 Might Not Respond

Details

Release Date: 05/01/08

Document Last Updated: 05/01/08

Download Size:
92 MB
Download Filename:
ESX-1004211.tgz
md5sum:

c072677d55bb929acd30ec0f52d48bf4

Product Versions	ESX Server 3.0.2
Patch Classification	General
Supersedes	ESX-1003513
Virtual Machine Migration or Reboot Required	No
ESX Server Host Reboot Required	No
PRs Fixed	189334,226109,246259,249326
Affected Hardware	N/A
Affected Software	Unknown
RPMs Included	VMware-esx-hostd
Related CVE numbers	N/A

Summary

This patch fixes the following issues:

Power On / Off Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) traps are generated for virtual machines during VMotion.
Unable to install VMware Tools on virtual machines via Web Access because VMware Tools state shows as not running rather than not installed.
Unable to unregister powered-off virtual machines from the ESX Server host when in maintenance mode.
Some ESX Host Agent patches for ESX Server 3.0.x hosts might overwrite configuration changes made by VirtualCenter 2.5, which causes the ESX Server host to go into a not responding state. This patch provides a fix to the workaround in KB 1004137 .

Solution

Symptoms

The following issues occur without this patch:

During VMotion, SNMP trap power OFF messages are generated in the source ESX Server host, and SNMP trap power ON messages are generated in the target ESX Server host.
In Web Access, VMware Tools cannot be installed on a virtual machine because because Install VMware Tools link does not appear.
Users trying to unregister virtual machines on an ESX Server host in maintenance mode might see the error: A general system error:Invalid fault.
ESX Server 3.0.x hosts in a VirtualCenter 2.5 environment might stop responding after applying hostd patches.

Deployment Considerations

N/A

Download Instructions

Download and verify the patch bundle as follows:

1. Download patch ESX-1004211 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-1004211.tgz

The md5 checksum output should match the following:

c072677d55bb929acd30ec0f52d48bf4 ESX-1004211.tgz

7. Extract the compressed tar archive:

# tar -xvzf ESX-1004211.tgz

8. Change to the newly created directory, /var/updates/ESX-1004211:

# cd ESX-1004211

Installation Instructions

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-1004211 update

For example, if the host is called depot:

# esxupdate -r file:///depot/var/updates/ESX-1004211 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-1004211 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

esxpatch;esx302;alertz;urlz

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KB Article: 1004211
Updated: Aug 14, 2009

Products:
VMware ESX
Product Versions:
VMware ESX 3.0.x

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