VMware ESXi 6.0, Patch Release ESXi-6.0.0-20171101001s-standard
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VMware ESXi 6.0, Patch Release ESXi-6.0.0-20171101001s-standard

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Article ID: 334822

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Products

VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

Profile NameESXi-6.0.0-20171101001s-standard
Build6856897
VendorVMware, Inc.
Release DateNovember 9, 2017
Acceptance LevelPartnerSupported
Affected HardwareN/A
Affected SoftwareN/A
Affected VIBs
  • VMware_bootbank_esx-base_6.0.0-3.76.6856897
  • VMware_bootbank_vsan_6.0.0-3.76.6769077
  • VMware_bootbank_vsanhealth_6.0.0-3000000.3.0.3.76.6769078
  • VMware_bootbank_esx-xserver_6.0.0-3.76.6856897
  • VMware_bootbank_esx-ui_1.22.0-6282878
  • VMware_locker_tools-light_6.0.0-3.76.6856897
PRs Fixed1687174, 1798797, 1838634, 1857357, 1858464, 1869733, 1872344, 1876115, 1876119, 1915672, 1927430, 1945019, 1949900, 1950987, 1950993, 1962961, 1964226, 1968450, 1973827, 1857357, 1892733, 1901724, 1944109, 1927430
Related CVE numbersN/A


Environment

VMware vSphere ESXi 6.0

Resolution

Summaries and Symptoms

This patch updates the following issues:

  • The OpenSSH version is updated to 7.5p1.

  • The libPNG library is updated to libpng-1.6.29.

  • Frequent enable and disable calls of a VM to the VMXNET3 device might cause an ESXi host to fail with a purple screen due to the high consumption of heap memory to generate events to the VMkernel. This fix introduces a node to the VMkernel Sys Info Shell (VSISH) at /config/Net/intopts/Vmxnet3DevEnableDelay and limits the maximum number of enable and disables to 33 per second. If you face a use case where a workload needs more than 33 enable and disables per second, you can tune this parameter.

  • Hostd might run out of memory due to vNIC link flap, because if multiple virtual machines connected to a distributed virtual switch generate frequent vNIC flaps, this might result in a large number of events posted to hostd that might exceed its memory limit.

  • Xorg cannot locate any graphics device due to an error in the initialization script in ESXi 6.0 Update 3a.

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.
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