Knowledge Base

Summary

ESX Server 3.0.3 hosts are temporarily disconnected from Virtual Center Server 2.5 when the ESX Server hosts encounter a failure during a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) handshake. This patch fixes the issue.

Symptom

Error messages similar to the following might be logged in the vpxd log files of vCenter Server:

[2009-03-11 09:20:21.640 'App' 7752 info] [VpxdHostSync] Synchronizing host: smvmwesx082.ultra.corp (172.20.22.82)
[2009-03-11 09:20:21.765 'App' 7608 error] SSLStreamImpl::SSLRead ( D8B02B8) SSL_read failed. Dumping SSL error queue:
[2009-03-11 09:20:21.765 'App' 7608 error] [0] error:1408F10B:SSL routines:SSL3_GET_RECORD:wrong version number
[2009-03-11 09:20:21.765 'App' 7752 error] [VpxdVmomi] Got vmacore exception: SSL Exception: error:1408F10B:SSL routines:SSL3_GET_RECORD:wrong version
[2009-03-11 09:20:21.765 'App' 7752 error] [VpxdVmomi] Backtrace: number
backtrace[00] eip 0x0128e8b6 ?GenerateCoreDump@System@Vmacore@@YAXXZ

Deployment Considerations

N/A

Patch Download and Installation

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.