Hi all,
we are on updating the package HPutils (vib) of all our ESXi 5.5 Hosts (mostly HP380-G6, G7 and G8).
On most hosts it works fine.
But some throw an error when using the "esxcli software vib install..." command.
[InstallationError]
No image profile is found on the host or image profile is empty. An image profile is required to install or remove VIBs. To install an image profile, use the esxcli image profile install command.
Please refer to the log file for more details.
On these host "esxcli software vib list" seems to be broken too. This is the complete output of it:
~ # esxcli software vib list
Name Version Vendor Acceptance Level Install Date
----------- ------------------ ------ ---------------- ------------
tools-light 5.5.0-2.33.2068190 VMware VMwareCertified 2014-10-08
~ #
The only way to resolve the issue is completly reinstall the ESX Host at the moment.
Did someone else encounter this problem?
Any help would be appreciated!
Chris
Were the hosts throwing the error probably (accidentally) installed/upgraded using a not-customized VMWare image (the one directly from VMWare) and the others with a HP customized VMWare image?
Hi,
no, the hosts were all installed or updated with the not-customized vmware image ESXi5.5-U2.
Chris
I have experienced the exact same problem yesterday when trying to remediate one of my HP DL380p Gen 8 Rackmount Hosts.
VMware Update Manager was throwing the following error in the vSphere Cient:
The host returns esxupdate error code:15.
The package manager transaction is not successful.
Check the Update Manager log files and esxupdate log files for more details.
When I looked at the esxupdate.log on the Host I could see the following lines:
2015-09-22T15:15:15Z esxupdate: HostImage: DEBUG: Live image has been updated but /altbootbank image has not. This means a reboot is not safe.
2015-09-22T15:15:15Z esxupdate: imageprofile: INFO: Adding VIB VMware_locker_tools-light_5.0.0-3.68.2509828 to ImageProfile (Updated) HP-ESXi-5.0.2-standard-iso
2015-09-22T15:15:15Z esxupdate: HostImage: DEBUG: Live image has been updated but /altbootbank image has not. This means a reboot is not safe.
The Funny thing is that it has worked flawlessly on the second Host in the Cluster which is the exact same server model.
I tried with to fix this with an Update Manager Expert in the VMware Support Organisation, but there was no way to fix it.
It seems that the whole Image Profile on the Host has disappeared!
you can see this by running the command "df -h" and look at the fist vFat Partition in the list and compare this with your other Hosts:
Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on
vfat 249.7M 1.5M 248.2M 1% /vmfs/volumes/08f4f5e0-5b7b00c2-8a0f-0504b88f0c3c
vfat 249.7M 169.3M 80.4M 68% /vmfs/volumes/5d59c6eb-b0cee482-c196-37c9b0d08443
vfat 285.8M 195.9M 89.9M 69% /vmfs/volumes/51137f0c-c41939f3-2648-ac162d727eb5
It is basically empty!
When I run a "esxcli software profile get" I get the following output:
[Exception]
No host image profile defined
Please refer to the log file for more details.
When I run a "esxcli software vib list" I get only the VMware-Tools-Light vib displayed:
Name Version Vendor Acceptance Level Install Date
----------- ------------------ ------ ---------------- ------------
tools-light 5.0.0-3.68.2509828 VMware VMwareCertified 2015-08-18
Seeing that User "kri-2" has the exact same problem that happen to emerge on the same type of server-model, an HP DL380 Rackmount Host, it makes me think this is a problem with this particular HP-Server-Model.
BTW:
I updated a bunch of HP BL490c G7 Blades using the exact same Update Manager Baseline applying the exact same Patches and it worked on all of them.
Can you upload the /bootbank/imgdb.tgz file
I am experiencing this same issue with a Dell R730 server running vSphere 5.5u2.
Did anyone find a cause or resolution to this issue?
Thanks
I have the very same problem with DELL R730 and ESXi 6.0.0 U1
Any help guys?
I have the same on a Dell R730, removed NVIDIA Tesla vib and rebooted to find esxcli broken..
Same with Cisco UCS B200 M2
This link helped me fix the issue: No image profile is found on the host or image profile is empty. An image profile is required to ins...
I am having the same issue. HPE host was on ESXi 5.5
esxcli software profile update -p "(Updated) HPE-ESXi-6.5.0-Update3-iso-Gen9plus-650.U3.10.5.5.16" -d /vmfs/volumes/5b196996-e129f2d8-
30e7-ecb1d7b298a0/ISOs/esxi.zip
[NoMatchError]
No image profile found with name '\(Updated\) HPE-ESXi-6.5.0-Update3-iso-Gen9plus-650.U3.10.5.5.16'
id = \(Updated\) HPE-ESXi-6.5.0-Update3-iso-Gen9plus-650.U3.10.5.5.16
Please refer to the log file for more details.
I have tried the above with " ' and no spaces around the Updated name however none work. Run this command and this confirms the profile name:
esxcli software profile get
(Updated) HPE-ESXi-6.5.0-Update3-iso-Gen9plus-650.U3.10.5.5.16
Name: (Updated) HPE-ESXi-6.5.0-Update3-iso-Gen9plus-650.U3.10.5.5.16
Vendor: Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Creation Time: 2020-07-21T15:45:54
Modification Time: 2020-07-21T15:45:54
Stateless Ready: False
Description:
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2020-07-21T12:23:21.047288+00:00: The following VIBs are
installed:
nvme 1.2.2.28-2vmw.650.3.129.16389870
vsan 6.5.0-3.129.16389871
vsanhealth 6.5.0-3.129.16389873
esx-tboot 6.5.0-3.129.16389870
esx-base 6.5.0-3.129.16389870
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2020-07-21T12:21:51.106638+00:00: The following VIBs are
installed:
scsi-hpsa 6.0.0.84-1vmw.650.0.0.4564106
elxnet 11.1.91.0-1vmw.650.0.0.4564106
vsanhealth 6.5.0-3.126.15965596
scsi-mpt2sas 19.00.00.00-1vmw.650.0.0.4564106
vsan 6.5.0-3.126.15965595
lpfc 11.4.33.25-14vmw.650.3.96.13932383
qlnativefc 2.1.73.0-5vmw.650.3.96.13932383
lsi-mr3 7.708.07.00-3vmw.650.3.96.13932383
brcmfcoe 11.4.1078.25-14vmw.650.3.96.13932383
esx-tboot 6.5.0-3.126.16207673
esx-base 6.5.0-3.126.16207673
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2020-07-21T11:44:32.510232+00:00: Host is upgraded with
following VIBs from original image profile (Updated)
ESXi-5.5U2-2069112-RollupISO-standard:
net-tg3 3.136h.v55.1-1OEM.550.0.0.1331820
scsi-celerity16fc 1.06-1OEM.550.0.0.1331820
Any ideas how to upgrade via CLI from 6.5 to 6.7??