vSphere 4.0 U1 patch installation issue

[zenomorph]

I just completed an install of vSphere 4.0 U1 Enterprise and applying patches, initially I was using Update Manager which was fine but there's this patch which I cannot seem to apply

One patch that was causing the issue "Patch

ESX400-200912401-BG" it keeps on saying there's a conflict but I cannot

identify what the conflict is,

The selected Update conflicts with following Updates in VMware

vCenter Update Manager patch repository:

VEM400-200904001-BG, VEM400-200906002-BG, VEM400-200907001-BG,

VEM400-200909001-BG, VEM400-200911014-BG, VEM400-201002001-BG,

VEM400-201002011-BG.

These patch repository conflicts will NOT affect stage and remediation

unless the conflicting Updates are contained in the baseline(s)

.

However the problem is I'm not updating any VEM and I'm not running

Cisco Nexus either.

I also tried manually installing the patch by copying to the vSphere and

running

• esxupdate --bundle "package" info which wen ok.

Then tried to stage it

-esxupdate --bundle ESX400-200912401-BG.zip stage

and I got this error

root@server tmp# esxupdate --bundle

ESX400-200912001.zip stage

ESX400-200912001.zip ########################################

100%

The following problems were encountered trying to resolve dependencies:

cross_emulex-cim-provider_400.2.0.27.1-164009 provides

'emulex-cim-provider >= 400.2.0.27.1' (required by

rpm_vmware-esx-cim_4.0.0-1.10.219382@i386), but is obsoleted by the

host

root@server tmp#

here's the dump from the esxupdate.log

Expanding Vibs for bulletin ESX400-200912401-BG

[2010-03-16

00:39:39|http://communities.vmware.com/community-document-picker.jspa?communityID=&subject=2010-03-16+00%3A39%3A39] DEBUG: cmdline: Applicable=5 Conflicting=0

Installed=21 Obsolete=1

[2010-03-16

00:39:39|http://communities.vmware.com/community-document-picker.jspa?communityID=&subject=2010-03-16+00%3A39%3A39] DEBUG: cmdline: Vibs from bulletins: set(--rpm_vmware-esx-perftools_4.0.0-1.10.219382@i386:uninstalled,

rpm_vmware-esx-vmkernel64_4.0.0-1.10.219382@i386:uninstalled,

rpm_dhcp-cos_4.0.0-1.1625.vmw2@i686:uninstalled,

rpm_nspr_4.7.6-1.2213.vmw@x86_64:uninstalled,

rpm_vmware-esx-cim_4.0.0-1.10.219382@i386:uninstalled,

rpm_nss_3.12.3.99.3-1.2157.vmw@x86_64:uninstalled,

rpm_vmware-esx-tools_4.0.0-1.10.219382@i386:uninstalled,

rpm_vmware-esx-drivers-vmklinux-vmklinux_4.0.0-1.10.219382@x86_64:uninstalled,

rpm_openssl097a_0.9.7a-9.el5_2.1@x86_64:uninstalled,

rpm_openssl097a_0.9.7a-9.el5_2.1@i386:uninstalled--)

[2010-03-16

00:39:39|http://communities.vmware.com/community-document-picker.jspa?communityID=&subject=2010-03-16+00%3A39%3A39] ERROR: esxupdate: An esxupdate error exception was

caught:

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "/usr/sbin/esxupdate", line 242, in ?

cmd.Run()

File

"/usr/lib/vmware/python2.4/site-packages/vmware/esx4update/cmdline.py",

line 357, in Run

deps = solver.Resolve()

File

"/usr/lib/vmware/python2.4/site-packages/vmware/esx4update/depsolver.py",

line 453, in Resolve

raise errors.DependencyError(problems)

DependencyError: cross_emulex-cim-provider_400.2.0.27.1-164009 provides

'emulex-cim-provider >= 400.2.0.27.1' (required by

rpm_vmware-esx-cim_4.0.0-1.10.219382@i386), but is obsoleted by the host

My vSphere is version 4.0 U1, many thanks for any suggestions.....

[PaulSvirin]

What about this situation: http://communities.vmware.com/thread/249759

It seems that it's a known error one can run into while update.

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[zenomorph]

Paul,

Thanks for the reply - unfortunately I tried the suggestion in the link:

1. esxupdate query --vib-view

but couldn't find anything mentioning Cisco in it, and I'm actually on 4.0 U1 already so just applying a patch but it doesn't want to install for some reason.

Many thanks,

[nkrishnan]

Hi,

Please follow the below steps,

1. Download https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/OFFLINE/release-181-20091231-153046/ESX400-200912001.zip and copy to the server

2. run esxupdate --bundle ESX400-200912001.zip scan

3. Make sure that bulletin named ESX400-200912401-BG is listing

4. Run esxupdate --bundle ESX400-200912001.zip -b ESX400-200912401-BG stage

5. Once the staging completed successfully, run esxupdate --bundle ESX400-200912001.zip -b ESX400-200912401-BG update.

Before doing the above operation, we would like to look in to the logs and some of the details. Please collect esxupdate.log, esxupdate -a query, esxupdate --vib-view query , rpm -qa , vnware -v, vmware -l and upload it.

Thanks

[Kastigar12]

Hello.

I have the same problem with this patch. And I do not have any cisco patch installed.

Here are my logs:

[Kastigar12]

I have the same with three updates:

ESX400-200912401-BG

ESX400-201002401-BG

ESX400-201003401-BG

Should I install all manualy on all ESX? It must be another way.

[zenomorph]

Actually for me after I placed a call with VMware the engineer told me was my installation of vSphere already had that component covered in the release of vSphjere I installed and asked me to exclude it from the vCentre Update Manager.