Knowledge Base

Summaries and Symptoms

This patch adds prebuilt modules for Ubuntu 9.04 and fixes the following issue:
When diskinfo query is run, VMware Tools installed on Solaris 10.x virtual machines reports incorrect virtual disk size information. Also, some Linux virtual machines do not report correct logical volume manager (LVM) partitions.

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://www.vmware.com/download/vi/vi3_patches_35.html and install the bundle using esxupdate from the command line of the host. For more information, see the ESX Server 3 Patch Management Guide.