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Update ESXi with vihostupdate.pl fails

Hi,

I'm trying to update one of my ESX 3i Embedded hosts to the same level as the two other hosts I've got. I'm trying to update from this:

VMware ESX Server 3i 3.5.0 build-110271

Installed packages:

viclient 103682

tools 103909

firmware 110271

to this:

VMware ESX Server 3i 3.5.0 build-110271

Installed packages:

viclient 103682

tools 110271

firmware 110271

As you can see under, the first package (firmware package) was upgraded, but while upgrading the VMware-Tools package, something went wrong.

C:\PROGRA1\VMware\VMWARE3\bin> vihostupdate.pl -server 172.27.58.41 -username root -password MyPassWord -i -b "C:\VMWare\ESX-Embedded-Update2\ESXe350-200808201-O-UG.zip"

Not applicable : ESXe350-200808201-I-UG. Skipped. <<-- this one was successfully updated

Installing : ESXe350-200808202-T-UG

Copy to server : VMware-tools.tar.gz ...

Copy to server : descriptor.xml ...

Copy to server : install.sh ...

Copy to server : contents.xml.sig ...

Copy to server : contents.xml ...

Can't call method "fault_string" without a package or object reference at C:\PROGRA1\VMware\VMWARE3\bin\vihostupdate.pl line 271.

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Anyone got any idea what to do here ?

/Kiil

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SOLVED!

After snooping around, I found out that I got short on RAM. Installed a gig more, and then the upgrade went through...

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