FWIW I hacked together a little script that downgrades the VIB for me.
# Add the VMware Modules
if ( !(Get-Module -Name VMware.VimAutomation.Core -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) ) {
. “C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\Infrastructure\PowerCLI\Scripts\Initialize-PowerCLIEnvironment.ps1”
. “C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\Infrastructure\vSphere PowerCLI\Scripts\Initialize-PowerCLIEnvironment.ps1”
}
# Variables
# localpath cannot be a remote disk(such as SMB).
# TempDatastoreName should be a disk on the ESX server
[String]$ClusterName = "vsan-cl-01"
#[String]$LocalPath = "d:\temp\VMW-ESX-6.5.0-lsi_msgpt3-14.00.04.00-offline_bundle-5292647.zip"
#[String]$DepotName = "VMW-ESX-6.5.0-lsi_msgpt3-14.00.04.00-offline_bundle-5292647.zip"
[String]$LocalPath = "d:\temp\VMW-ESX-6.5.0-lsi_mr3-7.701.17.00-offline_bundle-6546028.zip"
[String]$DepotName = "VMW-ESX-6.5.0-lsi_mr3-7.701.17.00-offline_bundle-6546028.zip"
[String]$TempDatastoreName = "datastore*"
[String]$remVIB = "lsi-mr3"
$VMhosts = Get-Cluster -Name $ClusterName | Get-VMHost
foreach ($VMhost in $VMhosts) {
# Enter Maintenance Mode
write-host "Entering Maintenance mode on $VMhost"
Set-VMhost (get-vmhost $VMhost) -State maintenance -Evacuate -VsanDataMigrationMode EnsureAccessibility | Out-Null
# Remove old VIBs
write-host "Removing old VIB"
$esxcli2 = Get-ESXCLI -VMHost $VMhost -V2
$esxcli2.software.vib.remove.Invoke(@{"vibname" = $remVIB})
# Upload VIB
write-host "Uploading new VIB"
$Datastore = $VMhost | Get-Datastore -Name $TempDatastoreName
$DatastoreDriveName = "HostStore_" + $VMhost.Name.Split(".")[0]
$Datastore | New-DatastoreDrive -Name $DatastoreDriveName | Out-Null
Copy-DatastoreItem -Item $LocalPath -Destination $($DatastoreDriveName + ":\") -Force:$true -Confirm:$false
Remove-PSDrive -Name $DatastoreDriveName
# Install new VIB
write-host "Installing new VIB"
$HostPath = $Datastore.ExtensionData.Info.Url.remove(0,5) + $DepotName
$CreateArgs = $esxcli2.software.vib.install.CreateArgs()
$CreateArgs.depot = $HostPath
$InstallResponse = $esxcli2.software.vib.install.Invoke($CreateArgs)
# Restart Host if needed
if ($InstallResponse.RebootRequired -eq $true) {
Write-Host "Rebooting '$($VMHost.Name)'..."
Write-Host "VIBs Installed:"
$InstallResponse.VIBsInstalled
$VMhost | Restart-VMHost -Confirm:$false | Out-Null
# Wait for Server to show as down
do {
sleep 60
$ServerState = (get-vmhost $VMHost).ConnectionState
}
while ($ServerState -ne "NotResponding")
Write-Host "$VMHost is Down"
# Wait for server to reboot
do {
sleep 90
$ServerState = (get-vmhost $VMHost).ConnectionState
Write-Host "Waiting for Reboot …"
}
while ($ServerState -ne "Maintenance")
Write-Host "$VMHost is back up"
# Exit Maintenance Mode
write-host "Exiting Maintenance mode on $VMhost"
Set-VMhost (get-vmhost $VMhost) -State Connected | Out-Null
Write-Host "Pausing 5 minutes for DRS"
sleep 300
}
else {
Write-Host "No Reboot for '$($VMHost.Name)' required..."
}
}
