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VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200901404-BG: Updates VMware Tools (1006654)

Details

Release Date: Jan. 30, 2009

Download Size:
105MB
Download Filename:
ESX350-200901404-BG.zip
md5sum:
eaf6adf56f9753a83dec59051c97c72e

Product Versions	ESX 3.5
Patch Classification	Critical
Supersedes	None
Requires	ESX350-200810201-UG ESX350-200811401-SG ESX350-200901402-SG
Virtual Machine Migration or Shutdown Required	No
Host Reboot Required	No
PRs Fixed	301443
Affected Hardware	N/A
Affected Software	N/A
RPMs Included	VMware-esx-tools
Build	143198 Also see KB 1001179.
Related CVE numbers	None

Solution

Summaries and Symptoms

This patch fixes the following issue:

The ordering of shutdown scripts installed by VMware Tools prevented some Linux guests from shutting down properly. This problem occurred when vmxnet was unloaded before networking was shut down. This patch updates the VMware Tools shutdown scripts so that vmxnet is not unloaded at shutdown. To support tools upgrade, the vmxnet driver is now unloaded in the VMware Tools config and uninstall scripts.

Symptoms seen without this patch: Linux guests might fail to reboot when a vmxnet adapter is used to access NFS mounts. The following message is seen when the guest is shutting down:

Error: unregister_netdevice: waiting for eth0 to become free. Usage count = 1

Deployment Considerations

None beyond the required patch bundles and reboot information listed in the table, above.

Patch Download and Installation

See the VMware Update Manager Administration Guide for instructions on using Update Manager to download and install patches to automatically update ESX Server 3.5 hosts.

To update ESX Server 3.5 hosts when not using Update Manager, download the most recent patch bundle from http://support.vmware.com/selfsupport/download/ and install the bundle using esxupdate from the command line of the host. For more information, see the ESX Server 3 Patch Management Guide.

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