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VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200812407-BG: Required Patch for IBM FAStT Storage Arrays (DS3000, DS4000, DS5000 families) to Correct an Issue with Failover; Fix for a VMFS Issue (1007216)

Details

Release Date: 12/30/08
Document Last Updated: 12/30/08
 

33 MB
Download Filename:
ESX303-200812407-BG.zip
md5sum:
fabb119889eeb05e02cbe3e7e76fc355
Product Versions ESX Server 3.0.3
Patch Classification General
Supersedes ESX303-200810505-BG
Requires

ESX303-200811401-BG, ESX303-200812402-BG

Virtual Machine Migration or Reboot Required Yes
ESX Server Host Reboot Required Yes
PRs Fixed 328999, 342052
Affected Hardware N/A
Affected Software N/A
RPMs Included VMware-esx-vmkernel
Related CVE numbers N/A

Solution

Summary

This patch fixes the following issues:
  • The IBM FAStT arrays execute only one LUN Ownership transfer command (ModeSelect(2C) ) at a time. Subsequent ModeSelect(2C) commands will receive a CHECK_CONDITION, ASC/ASCQ x9136 error code. This fix serializes ModeSelect(2C) commands and allows failover to complete reliably, especially when more than one ESX Server is attached to an storage array. This is a critical patch and must be applied to all ESX Server hosts attached to IBM FAStT DS3000, DS4000, or DS5000 storage arrays.
  • If there are intermittent SAN issues, the VMFS filesystem loses access to its journal block and suddenly all metadata operations such as file creation etc on the VMFS filesystems fail. With this fix, after the intermittent SAN conditions are resolved, the VMFS filesystem allocates a new journal block for itself, and metadata operations do not fail.

Deployment Considerations

N/A

Patch Download and Installation

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.
 
See the VMware Update Manager Administration Guide for instructions on using VMware Update Manager to download and install patches to automatically update ESX Server 3.0.3 hosts.

To update ESX Server 3.0.3 hosts when not using VMware 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 .

Keywords

esx303

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