VMware ESXi 6.0, Patch Release ESXi600-201710001

Products

VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

Release Date: October 5, 2017

NOTE: This patch release contains a fix for a rare but highly critical vSAN bug. For more information, see KB 2151043.
The vSAN issue outlined in KB 2151043 manifests itself only under highly specific operations and IO patterns.

Users with the following vSAN versions and configuration must upgrade immediately to this patch release:

All-Flash configurations with deduplication enabled, and any of the following ESXi and vSAN versions: ESXi 6.0, Patch Release ESXi600-201611001, ESXi 6.0 Update 3 and ESXi 6.0, Patch Release ESXi600-201706001.

Download Filename:
ESXi600-201710001.zip

Build:

6765062

Download Size:

359.1 MB

md5sum:

d56f5670b13c20094d047903bea939b8

sha1checksum:

1ef73f6bfc99bcb3fca8eb4173bf605d0e280384

Host Reboot Required: Yes

Virtual Machine Migration or Shutdown Required: Yes

Bulletins

This release contains general and security-only bulletins. Security-only bulletins are applicable to new security fixes only. No new bug fixes are included, but bug fixes from earlier patch and update releases are included.

If the installation of all new security and bug fixes is required, you must apply all bulletins in this release. In some cases, the general release bulletin will supersede the security- only bulletin. This is not an issue as the general release bulletin contains both the new security and bug fixes.

The security-only bulletins are identified by bulletin IDs that end in "SG".

Bulletin ID	Category	Severity	Knowledge Base Article
ESXi600-201710301-BG	Bugfix	Critical	2151043

Image Profiles

VMware patch and update releases contain general and critical image profiles.
Application of the general release image profile applies to new bug fixes.

Image Profile Name	Knowledge Base Article
ESXi-6.0.0-20171003001-standard	2151044
ESXi-6.0.0-20171003001-no-tools	2151045

For information on patch and update classification, see KB 2014447.

Environment

VMware vSphere ESXi 5.5
VMware ESXi 4.0.x Embedded
VMware ESXi 4.1.x Installable
VMware vSphere ESXi 5.0
VMware vSphere ESXi 6.0
VMware ESXi 3.5.x Installable
VMware ESXi 4.0.x Installable
VMware ESXi 3.5.x Embedded
VMware vSphere ESXi 6.5
VMware vSphere ESXi 5.1
VMware ESXi 4.1.x Embedded

Resolution

This patch release contains bug fixes for ESXi. For more information, see the KB articles for the individual bulletins.

For information about the issues fixed with the ESXi-6.0.0-20171003001-standard image profile, see KB 2151044.
For information about the issues fixed with the ESXi-6.0.0-20171003001-no-tools image profile, see KB 2151045.

Deployment Considerations

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

Patch Download and Installation

The typical way to apply patches to ESXi hosts is through the VMware vSphere Update Manager. For details, see the Installing and Administering VMware vSphere Update Manager.

ESXi hosts can be updated by manually downloading the patch ZIP file from the VMware download page and installing the VIB by using the esxcli software vib command. Additionally, the system can be updated using the image profile and the esxcli software profile command. For details, see the vSphere Command-Line Interface Concepts and Examples and the vSphere Upgrade Guide.