Knowledge Base

Summaries and Symptoms

Issues fixed in this patch (and their relevant symptoms, if applicable) include:

• A virtual machine might fail after the Storage Port controller is reset on ESX hosts that have the HPSA driver connected to an SAS array.
• Fixes an issue where hosts cannot detect more than 2 HPSA controllers due to the limited driver heap size. This patch includes a fix that increases the driver heap, which allows the host to use more than 2 HP Storage Array HBAs.
  

Deployment Considerations

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

Patch Download and Installation

See the VMware vCenter Update Manager Administration Guide for instructions on using Update Manager to download and install patches to automatically update ESX 4.0 hosts.

To update ESX 4.0 hosts when not using Update Manager, download the patch zip file from http://support.vmware.com/selfsupport/download/ and install the bulletin using esxupdate from the command line of the host. For more information, see the ESX 4 Patch Management Guide.