Problems with updating ESX 3.5 to 3.5 update 1

[Grzesiekk]

Hi all,

i wanted to update one of my esx'es. It is 3.5, i wanted to update it to update 1 ver. In order to do so, i created a baseline and with update manger plugin using VI client, i wanted to update the version. I received errors:

2008-05-27 15:45:33 (6538) INFO : Calling prep script: iso-initrd /tmp/initrd.mnt.lZ6557 2.4.21-47.0.1.ELvmnix

2008-05-27 15:45:33 (6538) INFO : Calling prep script: prepinitrd /tmp/initrd.mnt.lZ6557 2.4.21-47.0.1.ELvmnix

2008-05-27 15:45:33 (6538) INFO : More than one vmkernel found.

2008-05-27 15:45:33 (6538) INFO : prepinitrd failed.

2008-05-27 15:45:33 (6538) INFO : Command returned with non-zero status: exit status 1

2008-05-27 15:45:33 (6538) ERROR: Execution of '/sbin/vmware-mkinitrd -f -v /tmp/vmware.1.tmp '2.4.21-47.0.1.ELvmnix'' failed. See log messa

ges above.

2008-05-27 15:45:33 (6538) ERROR: Could not write out new initrds.

2008-05-27 15:45:33 (6538) INFO : Releasing lock on file '/etc/vmware/esx.conf'.

2008-05-27 15:45:33 (6538) ERROR: /usr/sbin/esxcfg-boot failed, examine /var/log/vmware/esxcfg-boot.log for details.

1) I checked free space, that is not the problem i think.

2) uname -r

2.4.21-47.0.1.ELvmnix

Thanks in advance.

Greg

[A13x]

I had similar issues trying to use update manager also, i ended up giving up and using the bootable ISO and chosing update. Do you have a copy of the log files?

[Grzesiekk]

Yes, i extracted some of /var/log/vmware/esxcfg-boot.log

Do you need some other logs ? From what i know my coleague tried updating it from the cd and it ended in the same way.

Regards,

Greg