"claimed by multiple non-overlay VIBs" error when upgrading ESXi 6.7 to 8.0

[Edwin Wong]

Hi All,

I'm upgrading ESXi 6.7 to 8.0, the server hardware is HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen10, but got below error message, could anyone help? thanks!

esxi:~] esxcli software profile update -p HPE-Custom-AddOn_803.0.0.11.8.0-6 -d /data_store/VMware-ESXi-8.0.3-24280767-HPE-803.0.0.11.8.0.6-Oct2024-depot.zip --dry-run
 [ProfileValidationError]
 File path of '/usr/lib/vmware/hostd/vimLocale/ko/event.vmsg' is claimed by multiple non-overlay VIBs: {'VMware_bootbank_esx-base_8.0.3-0.35.24280767', 'VMware_bootbank_esxio-base_8.0.3-0.35.24280767'}
 File path of '/usr/lib/vmware/hostd/vimLocale/it/event.vmsg' is claimed by multiple non-overlay VIBs: {'VMware_bootbank_esx-base_8.0.3-0.35.24280767', 'VMware_bootbank_esxio-base_8.0.3-0.35.24280767'}
 File path of '/usr/lib/vmware/hostd/vimLocale/en/event.vmsg' is claimed by multiple non-overlay VIBs: {'VMware_bootbank_esx-base_8.0.3-0.35.24280767', 'VMware_bootbank_esxio-base_8.0.3-0.35.24280767'}
 File path of '/usr/lib/vmware/hostd/vimLocale/fr/event.vmsg' is claimed by multiple non-overlay VIBs: {'VMware_bootbank_esx-base_8.0.3-0.35.24280767', 'VMware_bootbank_esxio-base_8.0.3-0.35.24280767'}
 File path of '/usr/lib/vmware/hostd/vimLocale/de/event.vmsg' is claimed by multiple non-overlay VIBs: {'VMware_bootbank_esx-base_8.0.3-0.35.24280767', 'VMware_bootbank_esxio-base_8.0.3-0.35.24280767'}
 File path of '/lib64/python3.11/gevent/os.py' is claimed by multiple non-overlay VIBs: {'VMware_bootbank_esx-base_8.0.3-0.35.24280767', 'VMware_bootbank_esxio-base_8.0.3-0.35.24280767'}
 File path of '/lib64/python3.11/gevent/signal.py' is claimed by multiple non-overlay VIBs: {'VMware_bootbank_esx-base_8.0.3-0.35.24280767', 'VMware_bootbank_esxio-base_8.0.3-0.35.24280767'}
 File path of '/usr/lib/vmware/hostd/vimLocale/ja/event.vmsg' is claimed by multiple non-overlay VIBs: {'VMware_bootbank_esx-base_8.0.3-0.35.24280767', 'VMware_bootbank_esxio-base_8.0.3-0.35.24280767'}
 File path of '/usr/lib/vmware/hostd/vimLocale/es/event.vmsg' is claimed by multiple non-overlay VIBs: {'VMware_bootbank_esx-base_8.0.3-0.35.24280767', 'VMware_bootbank_esxio-base_8.0.3-0.35.24280767'}
 File path of '/lib64/python3.11/wave.pyc' is claimed by multiple non-overlay VIBs: {'VMware_bootbank_esx-base_8.0.3-0.35.24280767', 'VMware_bootbank_esxio-base_8.0.3-0.35.24280767'}
 File path of '/etc/pam.d/vmtoolsd' is claimed by multiple non-overlay VIBs: {'VMware_bootbank_esx-base_8.0.3-0.35.24280767', 'VMware_bootbank_esxio-base_8.0.3-0.35.24280767'}
 File path of '/lib64/python3.11/re/_casefix.pyc' is claimed by multiple non-overlay VIBs: {'VMware_bootbank_esx-base_8.0.3-0.35.24280767', 'VMware_bootbank_esxio-base_8.0.3-0.35.24280767'}
 File path of '/usr/lib/vmware/hostd/bin/upgrade-endpoints.conf.sh' is claimed by multiple non-overlay VIBs: {'VMware_bootbank_esx-base_8.0.3-0.35.24280767', 'VMware_bootbank_esxio-base_8.0.3-0.35.24280767'}
 File path of '/usr/lib/vmware/configmanager/apply_modules/esx/network/etc_hosts/locale/ja/plugin.vmsg' is claimed by multiple non-overlay VIBs: {'VMware_bootbank_esx-base_8.0.3-0.35.24280767', 'VMware_bootbank_esxio-base_8.0.3-0.35.24280767'}

...

 File path of '/etc/rp.d/kmxd.yml' is claimed by multiple non-overlay VIBs: {'VMware_bootbank_esx-base_8.0.3-0.35.24280767', 'VMware_bootbank_esxio-base_8.0.3-0.35.24280767'}
 File path of '/etc/vmware-tools/script-data/sandybridge.txt' is claimed by multiple non-overlay VIBs: {'VMware_bootbank_esx-base_8.0.3-0.35.24280767', 'VMware_bootbank_esxio-base_8.0.3-0.35.24280767'}
 Please refer to the log file for more details.

[Pawel Koc]

https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article/344817/esxcli-software-profile-installupdate-co.html

It looks like a known issue with option --dry-run

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