Knowledge Base

Symptoms  

The error message VMControl error -5: Not connected is displayed when the above commands are executed.  

Download and verify the patch bundle as follows :

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

7.      Extract the compressed tar archive:

# tar -xvzf ESX-1004825.tgz

8.      Change to the newly created directory, /var/updates/ESX-1004825:

# cd ESX-1004825

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-1004825 update

For example, if the host is called depot:

# esxupdate -r file:///depot/var/updates/ESX-1004825 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-1004825 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 .