ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-2066306: Kernel Crashes on AMD Hosts and Some Virtual Machines Crash During Migration

Applicability

This patch is for ESX Server 3.0.1 only.

Installing the Patch

Download Instructions

Download and verify the patch bundle as follows:

1. Download patch ESX-2066306 from http://www.vmware.com/download/vi/vi3_patches.html.
   
2. Log into the ESX Server service console as root.
   
3. Create a local depot directory.

   # mkdir /var/updates

   Note: VMware recommends you use the updates directory.
   
4. Change your working directory to /var/updates.
   
   
   # cd /var/updates
   
5. Download the tar file into the /var/updates directory.
   
6. Verify the integrity of the downloaded tar file.
   
   
   # md5sum ESX-2066306.tgz
   

   The md5 checksum output should match the following:
   
   

   2b8a9a6d9beb82476e1a7e8eafbb18d7 ESX-2066306.tgz
    
7. Extract the compressed tar archive.
   
   
   # tar -xvzf ESX-2066306.tgz
   
8. Change to the newly created directory, /var/updates/ESX-2066306.
   
   # cd ESX-2066306

Installation Instructions

Once you have downloaded and extracted the archive, and if you are in the directory you created above, install the update by using the following command:

# esxupdate update

If you want to run esxupdate from a different directory, you must specify the bundle path in the command:

For example, if the host is called depot:

During the update process, logs appear on the terminal. You can specify the verbosity of esxupdate logs by using the -v option as shown below:

For more information on using esxupdate, refer to the Patch Management for ESX Server 3 tech note at http://www.vmware.com/pdf/esx3_esxupdate.pdf.