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  • 1.  SD-Cards and ESXi 7 - beware

    Posted Jul 22, 2021 10:09 PM

    Anybody else been bit by this bug? Luckily we only have one cluster on 7.x but it is still a pain. VMware support told me they are releasing a fix for it by mid August. 

    https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/70788

    https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/83376

    https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2149257

    Apparently due to replacing vfat with ntfs-l on boot media there is a lot more IO generated against /bootbank vmfs partitions which eventually renders an APD and the host disconnects from vcenter.



  • 2.  RE: SD-Cards and ESXi 7 - beware

    Posted Jul 22, 2021 10:54 PM

    NM I should have searched first.. obviously plenty of people have hit this bug.. get that patch released VMWARE!

    https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/SD-Boot-issue-Solution-in-7-x/m-p/2852850#M276630

     



  • 3.  RE: SD-Cards and ESXi 7 - beware

    Posted Aug 18, 2021 09:44 PM

    YES !!!!!

    5 Hosts upgraded to 7.x before i caught this. It has been a nightmare!!! Booting from usb/sd/etc was ESXi's strong point. If this isnt fixed, we'll be considering other alternatives.

    I have 4 hacks now: Logs, Scratch, swap and the new one, RamDiskTools. I have also started moving to U3 high endurance sd in hopes the patch gets done!!!!!!!

    ps...there is a World filled with Hosts booting sd and/or usb.



  • 4.  RE: SD-Cards and ESXi 7 - beware

    Posted Aug 19, 2021 04:47 AM

    Where is the update to fix this!?!?!?!?!??!?!?



  • 5.  RE: SD-Cards and ESXi 7 - beware

    Posted Aug 21, 2021 10:09 PM

    This issue will be fixed by the last week of August 2021 by 7.0 P03

    Thanks,
    Srijith Karamchander
    Technical Support Engineer
    Global Support Services, VMware Inc.
    Office Hours: Monday - Friday 8 AM - 5 PM EST
    Review your Support Requests Online: http://support.vmware.com/selfsupport/



  • 6.  RE: SD-Cards and ESXi 7 - beware

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  • 7.  RE: SD-Cards and ESXi 7 - beware

    Posted Aug 24, 2021 04:44 PM

    here you go



  • 8.  RE: SD-Cards and ESXi 7 - beware

    Posted Aug 24, 2021 04:57 PM

    This will be very, very Welcome news if true !!

    I will certainly check this out, and see about applying! Thank You!!

     

    JM



  • 9.  RE: SD-Cards and ESXi 7 - beware

    Posted Aug 25, 2021 08:10 PM

    pkvmw-

    Can you (or anyone else here) provide the basic process to test this on one host that is:

    1. air-gapped

    2. Running the Dell customized 7.0.u2

    I was able to find the depot .zip file for u2c, but since this is not the Dell spin, I am not sure if applying the update via ssh is the right thing to do.

    Any help appreciated.

    JM



  • 10.  RE: SD-Cards and ESXi 7 - beware

    Posted Aug 26, 2021 08:04 AM

    Most hardware vendors support patching their customized images using e.g. the VMware offline bundle as long as you stay within the same "Update".
    For you air-gapped host the esxcli software profile update command (as shown in the release notes) should be fine.

    André