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VMware ESXi 4.1, Patch ESXi410-201208202-UG: Updates the VMware ESXi 4.1 Tools (2020375)

Details

Product Version
ESXi 4.1 Update 3
Patch Classification
 Critical
Build Information
For build information, see KB 2020373.
Host Reboot Required
No
Virtual Machine Migration or Shutdown Required
No
PRs Fixed
732114, 789532, 817677, 833365, 836439, 854922, 867742, 890681
Affected Hardware
N/A
Affected Software
N/A
VIBs Included
vmware-esx-tools-light
Related CVE numbers
N/A

Solution

This patch resolves the following issues:

  • PR732114: VMware Snapshot Provider service (vmvss) is not removed while uninstalling VMware Tools on Windows 2008 R2 guest operating systems.

  • PR789532: After you upgrade VMware Tools on certain SLES virtual machines such as SLES 10 SP4 and SLES 11 SP2, attempts to restart the virtual machine might fail with a waiting for sda2....... not responding error message. This issue occurs because the INITRD_MODULES options in /etc/sysconfig/kernel are deleted during the VMware Tools uninstall process.

    This issue is resolved in this release. However, the issue might still occur if you upgrade from an earlier version of VMware Tools to the version of VMware Tools available in this release. See Technical Information Document (TID) 7005233 on the Novell website.

  • PR817677: The VMware Tools service (vmtoolsd.exe) fails during the Windows 2008 R2 guest operating system start up process. However, you can start this service manually after the operating system start up process is complete.

  • PR833365: Any changes that you make to the /etc/modprobe.conf file might be overwritten when you uninstall VMware Tools.

  • PR836439: IP virtualization, which allows you to allocate unique IP addresses to RDP sessions, might not work on a Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit running on ESXi 4.0 Update 1. This happens because the vsock dlls were registered by separate 32-bit and 64-bit executable file. This makes the catalog IDs to be out-of-sync between 32-bit and 64-bit Winsock catalogs for vSock LSP.

  • PR854922: Network connectivity to guest operating systems using kernel versions 2.6.34 and higher, and configured to use IPv6 might not work after you install VMware Tools.

  • PR867742: On some guest operating systems, IPv6 addresses might not be displayed in the vSphere Client as well as the command vmware-vim-cmd.

  • PR890681: When you upgrade VMware Tools from an earlier version to a later version, IP virtualization fails. This happens because, the ESXi host fails to check for the new VMCI driver version and is unable install the vsock DLL files.

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