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Virtuoso
Virtuoso

VC 2.5U3 and ESX 3.5U3 Install results

I built an entirely new environment over the weekend using VC 2.5U3 and ESX 3.5U3

Issue #1 - Downloaded and Installed VC Net New and build number does not match website. Website reports Latest Version: 2.5 Update 3 | 2008/10/03 | Build: 119825 Installed version 119598 (upgrade of VC 2.50 also shows the same build number)

Issue #2 - Built a new x3550 server with ServRAID 8k controller. After installing ESX and adding the Host in VC I was unable to see any storage to create a datastore (local to Server). For giggles I connected directly to host and was able to create the datastore as per normal. Once back in VC mode I was then able to see the datastore.

I am pretty sure the datastore piece is a bug and my guess is the Website build number is just wrong....

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NZSolly
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I have noticed that also, however I wasnt @ 2.5u3 &3.5u3...guess its a bug period.....I have added several datastores and every time I have to connect directly to the Host in order to find the new arrays for datastores.....

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RParker
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This was brought up in an earlier post, apparently because the rest of us feel the same way, their version numbers make no sense. 119825 is the installation build of theproduct used to compile and 119598 is the actual build of the product.

Why they think the installation build is important, really has me baffled. I guess to them they build the product and bundle it, and 119825 is significant to them, so for tracking purposes that's how they look at, that's all I can figure.

But you are not alone, the build numbers don't match, and as someone else point out, VC 2.5 is U3, so why isn't VC 2.53? There is a lot of confusion and it's totally different than the way the standard is for versions of products.

119598 is the latest build.. There is a new build coming out... (soon?). They still have LOTS of bugs to fix. One thing I have mentioned before is why there are so many of us that use these products DAILY, and we interact, and tweak, and find better ways to do things, we we aren't included in a pre-release look at the product BEFORE the general public gets to it? For one thing I KNOW that people like you, MGower, myself, SBeaver, and a bunch of others would have caught that date bomb bug before the rest of the world did... That could have saved them a world of hurt. Also like this new release coming out, it's still a release, why not let us look at it for 2 weeks, and make sure it's polished, kinda like a private QA team. Who else has more vested interest in seeing that EVERTHING is perfect before it's released than us?!?! NO ONE! I don't want my stuff broken any more than others, but it would be nice to get a heads up AND give feedback directly to the VM programmers to let them know it needs this or it needs that.. That's what we need now.

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mcowger
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Immortal

1) I agree - their build numbering makes no sense. Seriously - just called it 3.5.3, and have ALL your stuff call it the same thing, not build XYZQLR. If you really need it deeper, call it 3.5.3.XYZ

2) Why does everyone think my username is mgower? its mcowger Smiley Happy






--Matt

--Matt VCDX #52 blog.cowger.us
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lundpaulsen
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Contributor

Yes the U3 has a bug! Smiley Sad

I have lost my NFS VCB volume after the upgrade!

And that`s not all: I can not add it using VC2.5U3 build 119598 I get a error: "During the configuration of the host; can not communicat with volum /vmfs/xxxx

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alex555550
Enthusiast
Enthusiast

Hi,

please open an srp, to let them now. What is the firmware of the 8k? There where some tweaks in the newer versions.

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