Knowledge Base

The VMware Knowledge Base provides support solutions, error messages and troubleshooting guides

Search the VMware Knowledge Base (KB)

View by Article ID

VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-201002411-BG: Updates ATA PIIX SCSI driver

Details

Release Date: February 16, 2010

Download Size:
440KB

Download Filename:
ESX350-201002411-BG.zip

md5sum:

3fe249562fb1f855bd6431781bac5c44

Product Versions	ESX 3.5
Build	226117
Patch Classification	Critical
Supersedes	ESX350-200810206-UG ESX350-200901408-BG ESX350-200903209-UG ESX350-200911216-UG
Requires	ESX350-200911202-UG ESX350-201002403-BG
Virtual Machine Migration or Reboot Required	Yes
Host Reboot Required	Yes
PRs Fixed	387037
Affected Hardware	N/A
Affected Software	N/A
RPMs Included	VMware-esx-drivers-scsi-ahci VMware-esx-drivers-scsi-ata_piix VMware-esx-drivers-scsi-sata_nv VMware-esx-drivers-scsi-sata_promise VMware-esx-drivers-scsi-sata_sil VMware-esx-drivers-scsi-sata_svw VMware-esx-drivers-scsi-sata_vsc
Related CVE Numbers	N/A

Solution

Summaries and Symptoms

This patch fixes an issue where the ata_piix driver is unable to claim SATA resources and control the CD-ROM devices.

Symptom
After the installation of ESX 3.5 Update 3 on an HP Proliant DL580 G5 Server, when the HP Proliant DL580 G5 Server boots up for the first time, the ESX host does not recognize the SATA CD-ROM device and is unable to read any CDs in the drive.

Deployment Considerations

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

Patch Download and Installation

Note: All virtual machines on the ESX host must be either shut down or migrated using VMotion before applying the patch. A reboot of the ESX host is required after applying this patch.

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

To update ESX 3.5 hosts without 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.

Request a Product Feature

To request a new product feature or to provide feedback on a VMware product, please visit the Request a Product Feature page.

Feedback

1 2 3 4 5

1 2 3 4 5

Actions

Bookmark Document

Did this article help you?
This article resolved my issue. This article did not resolve my issue. This article helped but additional information was required to resolve my issue.
What can we do to improve this information? (4000 or fewer characters)