Unable to install ESX410-201204401-SG patch on ESX 4.1 Host !

[TonyJK]

Hi,

Upgrade of the latest patches (dated 26/4) failed.  From Update Manager, the message is

Remediate entity ESXHost.mycompany.com

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.

Then I try to use esxupdate manaully and get the following error message:

rpm_kernel_410.2.6.18-274.2.21.620978@x86_64: Unpacking error

Details is as follow:

[root@ESXHost tmp]# esxupdate --bundle file:///tmp/ESX410-201204001.zip scan

Applicable bulletins with updates are listed.

----Bulletin ID---- --------Date------- ----------------Summary-----------------

ESX410-201204401-SG 2012-04-26T08:00:00 Updates VMkernel, VMKLinux, Tools,others

Esxupdate local cache states:

Location: /tmp/updatecache

Available space: 1632 [MB]

[root@ESXHost tmp]# esxupdate --bundle file:///tmp/ESX410-201204001.zip stage

Host was not updated, no changes required.

Skipping bulletin ESX410-201204403-BG; it is installed or obsoleted.

Host was not updated, no changes required.

Skipping bulletin ESX410-201204402-SG; it is installed or obsoleted.

kernel-410.2.6.18-274.2.21.65.. ######################################## [100%]

Unpacking rpm_kernel_410.2.6... ######################################## [100%]

[root@ESXHost tmp]# esxupdate --bundle file:///tmp/ESX410-201204001.zip update

Host was not updated, no changes required.

Skipping bulletin ESX410-201204403-BG; it is installed or obsoleted.

Host was not updated, no changes required.

Skipping bulletin ESX410-201204402-SG; it is installed or obsoleted.

Installing kernel               ######################################## [100%]

Encountered error PackageManagerError:

The error data is:

   Vibs        - [rpm_kernel_410.2.6.18-274.2.21.620978@x86_64:uninstalled,

                 staged]

   Message     - Errors reported by RPM transaction callback:

                 (rpm_kernel_410.2.6.18-274.2.21.620978@x86_64: Unpacking error)

   Errno       - 15

   Description - The package manager transaction failed.

[root@ESXHost tmp]#

Message was edited by: TonyJK

[saurabhbhattach]

This issue occurs when you run the esxupdate command on an ESX host that has the async driver packages already installed.

ESX 4.1 Update 1 includes the 3ware SCSI 2.26.08.036vm40 and Neterion vxge 2.0.28.21239-p3.0.1.2 drivers. In earlier releases, these drivers were only available as separate downloads.

To resolve this issue, remove either the 3ware SCSI driver, the neterion-vxge driver, or both.

To remove previously installed packages:

1. Log in to the ESX host console.
2. Remove the appropriate adapter(s), by running these command(s):
   
   
   1. esxupdate --bundle AMCC_2.26.08.036vm40 remove
   2. esxupdate --bundle NTN-neterion-vxge-2.0.28.21239 remove
      
      
3. Reboot your ESX host.
4. Begin the update process, by running this command:
   
   esxupdate --bundle update-from-esx4.1-4.1_update01.zip update

[TonyJK]

Hi,

Thanks for your advice.  I also find the information in KB2008306.

I have tried but both packages cannot be found.  I guess, it is due to the fact that the ESX Hosts are already running ESX 4.1 Update 2.

However, it appears that it is not the cause of the problem I encountered.  I am not able to find the error message from esxupdate.log file

conflicts with file from package  vmware-esx-drivers-net-vxge-400.2.0.28.21239-1OEM.x86_64; file  /usr/lib/vmware/vmkmod /3w-9xxx.o from install of  oem-vmware-esx-drivers-scsi-3w-9xxx-400.2.26.08.036vm40-1OEM.x86_64  conflicts with file from package  vmware-esx-drivers-scsi-3w-9xxx-400.2.26.08.036vm40-1OEM.x86_64

Thanks

Message was edited by: TonyJK