CLI check for updates failing since 8.0 U2

[pmhausen]

Hi all,

I used to use these commands to check for available updates:

[root@esxi:~] esxcli network firewall ruleset set -e true -r httpClient
[root@esxi:~] esxcli software sources profile list -d https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/PRODUCTION/main/vmw-depot-index.xml

Since I updated to U2 the result instead of a list of profiles is:

 [MemoryError]
 Please refer to the log file for more details.

 Which log is this message referring to? I could not find anything by just searching in /var/log/*. The system is not short on neither RAM nor storage.

Any hints?

Thanks,
Patrick

[jruk]

I am seeing the exact same issue. Does anybody have a solution?

[adkorkic]

same here

[johan_vg]

I have the same issue, so i will follow for a solution

[jruk]

In the /var/log/esxupdate.log file I see:

2023-12-17T17:27:32Z In(14) esxupdate[529591]: Error parsing https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/PRODUCTION/main/esx/vmw/vmw-ESXi-8.0.0-metadata.zip:
2023-12-17T17:27:32Z In(14) esxupdate[529591]: Successfully executed cmd: localcli --plugin-dir /usr/lib/vmware/esxcli/int/ networkinternal firewall firewallRuleset set --ruleset-id esxupdate --service-name esxupdate --enabled false
2023-12-17T17:27:32Z Er(11) esxupdate[529591]: Traceback (most recent call last):
2023-12-17T17:27:32Z Er(11) esxupdate[529591]: File "/usr/lib/vmware/esxcli-software", line 1135, in <module>
2023-12-17T17:27:32Z Er(11) esxupdate[529591]: main()
2023-12-17T17:27:32Z Er(11) esxupdate[529591]: File "/usr/lib/vmware/esxcli-software", line 1122, in main
2023-12-17T17:27:32Z Er(11) esxupdate[529591]: ret = CMDTABLE[command](options)
2023-12-17T17:27:32Z Er(11) esxupdate[529591]: File "/usr/lib/vmware/esxcli-software", line 601, in SourcesProfileListCmd
2023-12-17T17:27:32Z Er(11) esxupdate[529591]: dc = Transaction.Transaction.ParseDepots(depoturls)
2023-12-17T17:27:32Z Er(11) esxupdate[529591]: File "/lib64/python3.8/site-packages/vmware/esximage/Transaction.py", line 154, in ParseDepots
2023-12-17T17:27:32Z Er(11) esxupdate[529591]: dc.ConnectDepots(depotUrls, ignoreerror=False)
2023-12-17T17:27:32Z Er(11) esxupdate[529591]: File "/lib64/python3.8/site-packages/vmware/esximage/DepotCollection.py", line 339, in ConnectDepots
2023-12-17T17:27:32Z Er(11) esxupdate[529591]: return self._connectDepots(depotUrls, timeout,
2023-12-17T17:27:32Z Er(11) esxupdate[529591]: File "/lib64/python3.8/site-packages/vmware/esximage/DepotCollection.py", line 437, in _connectDepots
2023-12-17T17:27:32Z Er(11) esxupdate[529591]: metanode = self.ParseMetadata(metaurl, metaFile,
2023-12-17T17:27:32Z Er(11) esxupdate[529591]: File "/lib64/python3.8/site-packages/vmware/esximage/DepotCollection.py", line 1004, in ParseMetadata
2023-12-17T17:27:32Z Er(11) esxupdate[529591]: self._buildCollections(scanvibs=False)
2023-12-17T17:27:32Z Er(11) esxupdate[529591]: File "/lib64/python3.8/site-packages/vmware/esximage/DepotCollection.py", line 1612, in _buildCollections
2023-12-17T17:27:32Z Er(11) esxupdate[529591]: collection += self._getByChannelId(channel, inventoryName)
2023-12-17T17:27:32Z Er(11) esxupdate[529591]: File "/lib64/python3.8/site-packages/vmware/esximage/ConfigSchema.py", line 274, in __iadd__
2023-12-17T17:27:32Z Er(11) esxupdate[529591]: self.AddConfigSchema(cs)
2023-12-17T17:27:32Z Er(11) esxupdate[529591]: File "/lib64/python3.8/site-packages/vmware/esximage/ConfigSchema.py", line 291, in AddConfigSchema
2023-12-17T17:27:32Z Er(11) esxupdate[529591]: cscopy = ConfigSchema(cs._filteredSchemaStr)
2023-12-17T17:27:32Z Er(11) esxupdate[529591]: File "/lib64/python3.8/site-packages/vmware/esximage/ConfigSchema.py", line 205, in __init__
2023-12-17T17:27:32Z Er(11) esxupdate[529591]: self._filteredSchemaStr = json.dumps(
2023-12-17T17:27:32Z Er(11) esxupdate[529591]: File "/lib64/python3.8/json/__init__.py", line 231, in dumps
2023-12-17T17:27:32Z Er(11) esxupdate[529591]: File "/lib64/python3.8/json/encoder.py", line 199, in encode
2023-12-17T17:27:32Z Er(11) esxupdate[529591]: File "/lib64/python3.8/json/encoder.py", line 257, in iterencode
2023-12-17T17:27:32Z Er(11) esxupdate[529591]: MemoryError

It's confusing because on the one hand it looks like a metadata issue with the vmw-ESXi-8.0.0-metadata.zip file but the final message suggests some sort of memory error. There is plenty of free RAM on the host so I don't think it's an out of memory condition. Maybe the meta data is corrupted at the depot? I've still not found a solution to this problem.

[jruk]

Anybody?

[johan_vg]

• No answer yet on my post. And the issue is still not solved.
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[Rathna V]

Suggested workaround is to download the required offline depot on host and use it for esxcli profile list.

[LucD]

See Quick Tip - Using ESXCLI to upgrade ESXi 8.x throws MemoryError or Got no data from process (williamlam.com)

[epretorious2]

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 wrote:

Hi all,

I used to use these commands to check for available updates:

 

[root@esxi:~] esxcli network firewall ruleset set -e true -r httpClient
[root@esxi:~] esxcli software sources profile list -d https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/PRODUCTION/main/vmw-depot-index.xml

 

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When I attempt these two commands on ESXi 8.0.2 I receive this error:

 

[root@esxi-2:~] esxcli software sources profile list -d https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/PRODUCTION/main/vmw-depot-index.xml
Got no data from process.
Command "LANG=en_US.UTF-8 /usr/lib/vmware/esxcli-software sources.profile.list  -d "https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/PRODUCTION/main/vmw-depot-index.xml" "
еxited with error code: 1

 

And I found this in /var/log/esxupdate.log:

 

2024-03-18T22:54:46Z In(14) esxupdate[8420759]: Error parsing https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/PRODUCTION/main/esx/vmw/vmw-ESXi-8.0.0-metadata.zip: 

 

Ideas? Suggestions?

TIA,
Eric Pretorious
Reno, Nevada

 

[pmhausen]

Refer to the post directly above yours. Things should work if you follow William's instructions.

I am not using ESXi anymore for obvious reasons, so thanks to , but ... *shrug* ...

[epretorious2]

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 wrote:

Refer to the post directly above yours. Things should work if you follow William's instructions.

Thanks,  - That worked perfectly!

Eric P.

[johan_vg]

thx that did the trick , everything works fine now .

[Nicholson215]

We're fortunate to have someone like you who is eager to share their knowledge. Thank you!