Error Codes

The following codes can be seen when executing esxupdate:

• NotRootError(EsxupdateError):
  description = 'The current user is not UID 0 (root).'
  errno = 1
  
  
• LockingError(EsxupdateError):
  description = 'Another instance of esxupdate is currently running.'
  errno = 3
  
  
• MetadataDownloadError(EsxupdateError):
  description = 'Failed to download metadata.'
  errno = 4
  
  
• MetadataFormatError(EsxupdateError):
  description = 'The format of the metadata is invalid.'
  errno = 5
  
  
• VibDownloadError(EsxupdateError):
  description = 'Failed to download VIB.'
  errno = 7
  
  
• VibFormatError(EsxupdateError):
  description = 'The format of the VIB is invalid.'
  errno = 8
  
  
• VibIOError(EsxupdateError):
  description = 'Error reading or writing VIB data.'
  errno = 9
  
  
• FileIOError(EsxupdateError):
  description = 'Unable to create, write or read a file as expected.'
  errno = 10
  
  
• DatabaseFormatError(EsxupdateError):
  description = 'The format of the database is invalid.'
  errno = 11
  
  
• DatabaseIOError(EsxupdateError):
  description = 'Unable to read or write to database.'
  errno = 12
  
  
• NoMatchError(EsxupdateError):
  description = 'No matching bulletin or VIB was found in the metadata.'
  errno = 13
  
  
• DependencyError(EsxupdateError):
  description = 'There was an error resolving dependencies.'
  errno = 14
  
  
• PackageManagerError(EsxupdateError):
  description = 'The package manager transaction failed.'
  errno = 15
  
  
• ConfigError(EsxupdateError):
  description = 'Failed to parse configuration files.'
  errno = 16
  
  
• VisorSetupError(EsxupdateError):
  description = 'There was an error setting up ESXi installation destination'
  errno = 17
  
  
• MaintenanceModeError(EsxupdateError):
  description = 'Maintenance mode is not enabled or could not be determined.'
  errno = 18
  
  
• PostScriptError(EsxupdateError):
  description = 'A post-transaction script failed with a nonzero exit code. '\
  'Examine esxupdate logs for more details. '
  errno = 19
  
  
• VibSignatureError(EsxupdateError):
  """ Base for all Vib signature errors """
  pass
  
  
• VibSigMissingError(VibSignatureError):
  description = 'Vib signature is missing.'
  errno = 20
  
  
• VibSigVersionError(VibSignatureError):
  description = 'Unsupported Vib signature version.'
  errno = 21
  
  
• VibSigFormatError(VibSignatureError):
  description = 'pkcs7.sig file is too short or corrupted.'
  errno = 22
  
  
• VibSigInvalidError(VibSignatureError):
  description = 'PKCS7 certificate is not valid (expired, etc) or ' \
  'the public key is missing.'
  errno = 23
  
  
• VibSigDigestError(VibSignatureError):
  description = 'Vib digest does not match the digest in the PKCS7 signature.'
  errno = 24
  
  
• UnsatisfiedDependencies(EsxupdateError):
  description = 'Additional VIBs are required to satisfy dependencies.'
  errno = 25
  
  
• BundleDownloadError(EsxupdateError):
  description = 'Failed to download offline bundle .zip.'
  errno = 26
  
  
• BundleFormatError(EsxupdateError):
  description = 'Invalid bundle ZIP archive, or missing metadata.zip inside.'
  errno = 27
  
  
• UnsupportedCommandError(EsxupdateError):
  description = 'The requested command is not supported on the platform.'
  errno = 28
  

Warning Error Codes

• NeedsRebootResult(NormalExit):
  description = 'The update completed successfully, ' \
  'but the system needs to be ' \
  'rebooted for the changes to be effective.'
  errno = 80
  
  
• HostdRestartResult(NormalExit):
  description = 'Hostd needs to be restarted to complete installation.'
  errno = 81
  
  
• HostNotChanged(NormalExit):
  description = 'Host was not updated, no changes required.'
  errno = 82