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19 Replies Last post: Nov 28, 2008 8:00 AM by jandie
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ESXi Update 3 - How Many of You Have Upgraded Yet? Issues?

Nov 8, 2008 7:44 AM

Click to view s1xth's profile Expert s1xth 475 posts since
Jul 29, 2008

Hey guys...

I just wanted to see how many people have upgraded their servers to the new Update 3 which came out on Nov. 6 and how their upgrade went. I have only seen one post in the ESXi forums so far with an issue so I wanted to see if everyone is updating yet and how it went.

So far I have upgraded two Dell PE2950's (no vm's were on them yet so it wasnt a good test), with no issues.

Jonathan

Reply Re: ESXi Update 3 - How Many of You Have Upgraded Yet? Issues? Nov 8, 2008 7:56 AM
Click to view Kuntzelman's profile Novice Kuntzelman 3 posts since
Nov 8, 2008
So far I've been unable to upgrade on my test machine, a Dell PowerEdge SC440. ESXi Update 2 installed just fine and works great (other than the fact that Ubuntu 8.10 guests are iffy), but ESXi Update 3 just stops with "Installation operation Failed!". It says it's unable to find a supported device to write the VMware ESX Server 3i 3.5.0 image to - even though Update 2 exists and boots fine if I take the install CD out.
Reply Re: ESXi Update 3 - How Many of You Have Upgraded Yet? Issues? Nov 8, 2008 8:10 AM
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Click to view Formatter's profile Hot Shot Formatter 224 posts since
Jul 27, 2008
Updated my whitebox no issues, updated pe2850 no issues all vm's ok so far...
Reply Re: ESXi Update 3 - How Many of You Have Upgraded Yet? Issues? Nov 8, 2008 9:51 AM
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Click to view guyrleech's profile Virtuoso guyrleech 1,770 posts since
Mar 6, 2006

Lost my two local SATA VMFSs - http://communities.vmware.com/message/1094410 :(


Reply Re: ESXi Update 3 - How Many of You Have Upgraded Yet? Issues? Nov 8, 2008 10:14 AM
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Click to view guyrleech's profile Virtuoso guyrleech 1,770 posts since
Mar 6, 2006

But now back again thanks to this article:

http://communities.vmware.com/thread/72948
Reply Re: ESXi Update 3 - How Many of You Have Upgraded Yet? Issues? Nov 8, 2008 11:16 AM
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Click to view Dave.Mishchenko's profile Guru Dave.Mishchenko 8,867 posts since
Nov 15, 2005 Moderator
You don't actually want to use the CD to upgrade to update 3. The only options for the CD are a repair or new install. For ESXi standalone, you can use one of these methods to update your host - http://www.vm-help.com/esx/esx3i/Patch_3i_without_VC.html.
Reply Re: ESXi Update 3 - How Many of You Have Upgraded Yet? Issues? Nov 8, 2008 11:18 AM
Click to view girishv's profile Novice girishv 15 posts since
Sep 11, 2008
upgraded my whitebox... no issues at all...went pretty smooth so i am happy..


shut down the machines


enter maintanance mode


update through VIU


Restarted ESXi


Datastore and all the machines were all intact

exit maintanance mode

Resarted VM's and they started just fine


B-) good luck to all the rest of you who'll be upgrading.

Reply Re: ESXi Update 3 - How Many of You Have Upgraded Yet? Issues? Nov 9, 2008 1:58 AM
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Click to view CWatson's profile Lurker CWatson 4 posts since
Nov 8, 2008
Upgraded my HP Proliant ML110 G5 fine with no problems via the VMWare Infrastructure Update utility today, took 10 minutes, maybe less to complete.

Updated ESX, restarted, restarted the VM's, installed the new VMWare Tools.

So far so good. No problems with datastores, VM's disappearing, just worked fine.

Chris.
Reply Re: ESXi Update 3 - How Many of You Have Upgraded Yet? Issues? Nov 8, 2008 6:18 PM
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Click to view s1xth's profile Expert s1xth 475 posts since
Jul 29, 2008

Thanks for the responses guys, just wanted to start a tally of how everyone's upgrades went!

Some of you put your host's in maintenance mode before applying the upgrade, does everyone do that? (I actually never have, just applied the updates).


Reply Re: ESXi Update 3 - How Many of You Have Upgraded Yet? Issues? Nov 13, 2008 1:29 PM
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Click to view s1xth's profile Expert s1xth 475 posts since
Jul 29, 2008
Just wondering about my above question....if people put their servers in maintenance mode before applying updates to your servers?
Reply Re: ESXi Update 3 - How Many of You Have Upgraded Yet? Issues? Nov 13, 2008 2:27 PM
Click to view tchiew_a's profile Enthusiast tchiew_a 21 posts since
Jun 12, 2008
Since like this update has some positive feedback. Guess the DEV/QA pay more attention on their code. Going to try to build two with my spare blades. Thanks for the feedback.
Reply Re: ESXi Update 3 - How Many of You Have Upgraded Yet? Issues? Nov 13, 2008 2:45 PM
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Click to view scarlson's profile Lurker scarlson 1 posts since
Apr 21, 2005
I don't think you can load the patches or updates without putting the machine in maintenance mode. I've always put the server in maintenance mode because that's what the instructions said. Anyway, I built a ESX 3.5 U3 server from scratch and migrated VMs over from a ESXi 3.5 U2 server without any problems (Generic Linux 2.4 kernel machines and Vista 32-bit). I also upgraded a ESXi 3.5 U2 server to U3 without any issues (Ubuntu 8.04, generic Linux 2.4 kernel, and Server 2008). I know, not much rhyme or reason to the upgrades, it just wat I had in a test environment.
Reply Re: ESXi Update 3 - How Many of You Have Upgraded Yet? Issues? Nov 13, 2008 5:14 PM
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Click to view s1xth's profile Expert s1xth 475 posts since
Jul 29, 2008
I have it running on two 'new' machines, fresh installs with three VM's on each. I am going to upgrade a smaller server this weekend. See how it goes, but this update 'refresh' seems pretty solid.
Reply Re: ESXi Update 3 - How Many of You Have Upgraded Yet? Issues? Nov 13, 2008 5:17 PM
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Click to view BThunderW's profile Novice BThunderW 15 posts since
Apr 11, 2005
Updated via Infrastructure Update, No Issues.
Reply Re: ESXi Update 3 - How Many of You Have Upgraded Yet? Issues? Nov 13, 2008 7:14 PM
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Click to view chiptransisto's profile Novice chiptransisto 23 posts since
Aug 22, 2008
I didn't put mine in maintenance mode before updating. Updat seemed to work fine. Rebooted, everything is where it should be.
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