ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1005101: IBM SVC Returns Check Condition Error; Warning Messages Appear After Installing HP Insight Management Agents 7.90

Symptoms

• The IBM LUN will not be marked when the LUN is unmapped (that is, no failover occurs).
  
  
• Warning messages similiar to the following are logged in /var/log/vmkwarning:
  
  Sep 4 10:21:22 hostname vmkernel: 0:00:04:24.610 cpu1:1038)WARNING: Util: 694: No memory?
  Sep 4 10:21:27 hostname vmkernel: 0:00:04:29.616 cpu1:1038)WARNING: Util: 694: No memory?
  Sep 4 10:21:27 hostname vmkernel: 0:00:04:29.626 cpu1:1038)WARNING: Util: 694: No memory?

Deployment Considerations

N/A

Download Instructions

Download and verify the patch bundle as follows:

1. Download patch ESX-1005101 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-1005101.tgz
   
   The md5 checksum output should match the following:
   
   86530c1fe4dad21563467ec696efcc66 ESX-1005101.tgz
   
   
7. Extract the compressed tar archive:
   
   # tar -xvzf ESX-1005101.tgz
   
   
8. Change to the newly created directory, /var/updates/ESX-1005101:
   
   # cd ESX-1005101

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-1005101 update

For example, if the host is called depot:

# esxupdate -r file:///depot/var/updates/ESX-1005101 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-1005101 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.