ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1006511: Update for the e1000 Driver

Download Instructions

Download patch ESX-1006511 from http://www.vmware.com/download/vi/vi3_patches.html.

Proceed as follows to extract the file:

1. Log in to the ESX Server service console as root.
2. Create a local depot directory.
   
   # mkdir /var/updates
   
   Note: VMware recommends that you use the updates directory.
3. Change your working directory to /var/updates.
   
   # cd /var/updates
   
4. Download the tar file into the /var/updates directory.
5. Verify the integrity of the downloaded tar file.
   
   # md5sum ESX-1006511.tgz

   The md5 checksum output should match the following:

   efa86b4e30e7700e186c8040fde93381 ESX-1006511.tgz

6. Extract the compressed tar archive.
   
   # tar -xvzf ESX-1006511.tgz
   
7. Change to the newly created directory, /var/updates/ESX-1006511.
   
   # cd ESX-1006511

Installation Instructions

Once you have downloaded and extracted the archive, and if you are in the directory you created above, install the update using the following command:

# esxupdate update

If you want to run esxupdate from a different directory, you must specify the bundle path in the command:

# esxupdate -r file:<directory>/ESX-1006511 update

For example, if the host is called depot, use the command:

# esxupdate –r file:///depot/var/updates/ESX-1006511 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 -r file:<directory>/ESX-1006511 update

For more information on using esxupdate, refer to the Patch Management for ESX Server 3 tech note at http://www.vmware.com/pdf/esx3_esxupdate.pdf.