Upgrade of ESXi 5.5 host fails altbootbank error

[ankitrtr]

Hello Guys,

I was patching some host with esxi 5.5 to the latest patches. All my 8 hosts were upgraded fine except one. I got an Installation Error related to altbootbank. I also did some initial troubleshooting by automatically repairing the /altbootbank by using dosfsck -a -w /dev/disks/mpx.vmhba32:C0:T0:L0:5 (which is my altbootbank partition). The repair halts and states Connection timed out error. Can someone help me in resolving the issue?

I have attached the screenshot below.

Thank you

[SupreetK]

Most likely, there is an issue in reading the blocks. When the file system check fails, what errors do we see in the vmkernel.log?

Cheers,

Supreet

[ankitrtr]

In the vmkernel log I see the following.

[SupreetK]

Hate to say this but, a re-installation might be the order of the day :smileyplain:

Cheers,

Supreet

[ankitrtr]

I just can't reinstall because it again shows the same error

[SupreetK]

Is the host booting off an SD card? If yes, it might have turned faulty. Try to reseat it once.

Cheers,

Supreet

[ankitrtr]

Yes it is booting on SD card. Actually the host is at remote location.Hence it isn't possible to reseat the SD card