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4 Replies Last post: Apr 16, 2008 8:51 AM by jtonic
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ESX 3.5 updates failing

Apr 15, 2008 4:35 PM

Click to view jtonic's profile Novice jtonic 5 posts since
Jan 8, 2008

We have two ESX 3.5 servers here, no virtual center. We use esxupdate with an FTP depot to apply all patches. Trying to apply the April patches we started receiving the following error:

ERROR: Descriptor release (ESX350-Update01) doesnt match directory name (/var/spool/esxupdate)

Tech support told me " Apparently we are still experiencing some issues with update 1 web site. I will update you as soon as they resolve the issue."

I am not sure what the website has to do with the error...

Is anyone else experiencing this issue?

Screenshot attached if you want to see the error and the associated command.


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Reply Re: ESX 3.5 updates failing Apr 15, 2008 7:50 PM
Click to view kjb007's profile Guru kjb007 5,476 posts since
Sep 18, 2006

There have been issues to the released patches, which were apparently resolved today by the below thread. If you downloaded the update before today, you may want to re-download and try your install again. Consequently, there have been successful reports of the patches applied via Update Manager.

http://communities.vmware.com/thread/139468

-KjB

Reply Re: ESX 3.5 updates failing Apr 15, 2008 9:43 PM
Click to view mike.laspina's profile Virtuoso mike.laspina 2,253 posts since
May 26, 2006
Hi,

Not sure why they said that since the issue was fixed today.

You will need to download the updated patch zip file since you downloaded on Apr08. (Flush your browser cache first)

Reply Re: ESX 3.5 updates failing Apr 15, 2008 10:37 PM
Click to view mcwill's profile Expert mcwill 396 posts since
Mar 13, 2006
The download problems relate to VC so won't apply here. Probably wrong, but have you checked how much free disk space you have on the host console?
Reply Re: ESX 3.5 updates failing Apr 16, 2008 8:51 AM
Click to view jtonic's profile Novice jtonic 5 posts since
Jan 8, 2008
Thank you all for the input. I re-downloaded all the patches again this morning, unpacked them, placed them in the depot and the updates ran flawlessly.
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