I've removed the vib's from all servers:
~ # esxcli software vib remove -n vr2c-firewall
Removal Result
Message: Operation finished successfully.
Reboot Required: false
VIBs Installed:
VIBs Removed: VMware_bootbank_vr2c-firewall_5.8.0.1-2170514
VIBs Skipped:
But as soon as a new task runs (for example creating or removing a snapshot) it's installed again.
And again, and again, and again.
2015-02-10T13:44:32Z esxupdate: downloader: DEBUG: Downloading from https://10.1.137.31:8043/vib/vr2c-firewall.vib...
2015-02-10T13:44:32Z esxupdate: Transaction: INFO: Skipping installed VIBs VMware_bootbank_vr2c-firewall_5.8.0.1-2170514
2015-02-10T13:44:32Z esxupdate: Transaction: INFO: Final list of VIBs being installed:
Actions for the last few hours:
~ # grep "Final list of VIBs being installed" /var/log/esxupdate.log
2015-02-10T11:23:50Z esxupdate: Transaction: INFO: Final list of VIBs being installed:
2015-02-10T11:24:50Z esxupdate: Transaction: INFO: Final list of VIBs being installed:
2015-02-10T11:25:49Z esxupdate: Transaction: INFO: Final list of VIBs being installed:
2015-02-10T11:52:41Z esxupdate: Transaction: INFO: Final list of VIBs being installed:
2015-02-10T11:53:41Z esxupdate: Transaction: INFO: Final list of VIBs being installed:
2015-02-10T11:54:51Z esxupdate: Transaction: INFO: Final list of VIBs being installed:
2015-02-10T11:55:50Z esxupdate: Transaction: INFO: Final list of VIBs being installed:
2015-02-10T11:56:50Z esxupdate: Transaction: INFO: Final list of VIBs being installed:
2015-02-10T12:01:41Z esxupdate: Transaction: INFO: Final list of VIBs being installed:
2015-02-10T12:40:47Z esxupdate: Transaction: INFO: Final list of VIBs being installed:
2015-02-10T13:12:31Z esxupdate: Transaction: INFO: Final list of VIBs being installed:
2015-02-10T13:13:32Z esxupdate: Transaction: INFO: Final list of VIBs being installed:
2015-02-10T13:40:42Z esxupdate: Transaction: INFO: Final list of VIBs being installed: VMware_bootbank_vr2c-firewall_5.8.0.1-2170514
2015-02-10T13:44:32Z esxupdate: Transaction: INFO: Final list of VIBs being installed:
2015-02-10T13:45:41Z esxupdate: Transaction: INFO: Final list of VIBs being installed:
All the install tasks are obfuscating 'normal' tasks in the task history.