Conflicting VIBs

[jasmuri]

We have HP ProLiant Gen 9 servers running hyp 6.0 and while upgrading it to 6.5u3, we encountered an error for conflicting VIBs. HTML5 for 6.5 is not completely supported therefore it does not populate the conflicting VIBs during failure. Is there anyway that we can check the conflicting VIBs in the logs or anything that the vCenter run/ log during ESXi upgrade through VUM? Any help is much appreciated. 

[sujish_sk]

var/run/log/esxupdate.log : this log could give you details at the ESXi side and for update-manager logs you could find under /var/log/vmware/vmware-updatemgr/

[a_p_]

Assuming that you don't need additional drivers for the components in your hosts, you may run the upgrade from the command line as follows:

Download the HPE customized Offline Bundle (.zip file) from the VMware Web Site, and upload it to a folder on your host(s).

Determine the Offline Bundle's profile name

esxcli software sources profile list -d /vmfs/volumes/datastore/<folder>/<offline-bundle.zip>

Run the upgrade

esxcli software profile install -d /vmfs/volumes/datastore/<folder>/<offline-bundle.zip> -p <profilename> --ok-to-remove --dry-run

Note: --dry-run is an option to show what the upgrade process will do, without actually doing anything. If the command's output is what you expect, then repeat the command without --dry-run.

Verify that the command returns with "Message: The update completed successfully, but the system needs to be rebooted ..." then type "reboot" to reboot the host.

Note: The latest HPE customized Offline Bundle may not contain the latest patches, so consider to apply these using Update Manager after the upgrade.

André

[a_p_]

Assuming that you don't need additional drivers for the components in your hosts, you may run the upgrade from the command line as follows:

Download the HPE customized Offline Bundle (.zip file) from the VMware Web Site, and upload it to a folder on your host(s).

Determine the Offline Bundle's profile name

esxcli software sources profile list -d /vmfs/volumes/datastore/<folder>/<offline-bundle.zip>

Run the upgrade

esxcli software profile install -d /vmfs/volumes/datastore/<folder>/<offline-bundle.zip> -p <profilename> --ok-to-remove --dry-run

Note: --dry-run is an option to show what the upgrade process will do, without actually doing anything. If the command's output is what you expect, then repeat the command without --dry-run.

Verify that the command returns with "Message: The update completed successfully, but the system needs to be rebooted ..." then type "reboot" to reboot the host.

Note: The latest HPE customized Offline Bundle may not contain the latest patches, so consider to apply these using Update Manager after the upgrade.

André