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Updates / host patches do not install

  • 1.  Updates / host patches do not install

    Posted Aug 03, 2021 08:52 AM

    Hello
    I got the baseline in "Non-Critical Host Patches (Predefined)" as non compliant listet.
    There are 5 updates listet:

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    If i start the installation those updates do not install.
    I do not know why.
    Install starts and ends without error or so.

    What is the reason? Any suggestions?

    Thanks for help.

     

    : if in wrong category pls move

    My SR on the topic: 21244941608



  • 2.  RE: Updates / host patches do not install

    Posted Aug 03, 2021 11:55 AM

    Ticket opend at VMware support.  #21244941608
    I will update asap.



  • 3.  RE: Updates / host patches do not install

    Posted Aug 06, 2021 10:51 AM

    Glad its not just me then - same 5 updates won't apply.  I even moved the hosts out of a cluster just in case but still no joy.  Suspect its a vSphere 7 feature!



  • 4.  RE: Updates / host patches do not install

    Posted Aug 10, 2021 06:11 PM

    I am having the same issue.  I'd love to know what they say.



  • 5.  RE: Updates / host patches do not install

    Posted Aug 16, 2021 11:29 AM

    Okay. Here is my solution.

    First of all VMware has no solution for the problem yet. It will be fixed in a later release as the support wrote. Which one they could not tell.

    We did it the following way:

    I downloaded the latest version of the missing patch/vib to a shared datastore that is available to all the affected hosts.
    Then I logged on via SSH to the affected hosts and installed it manually.
    I had to install only the one that is the latest version then all others were gone too.

    The line to enter in my case:

    esxcli software vib update -v /vmfs/volumes/yourshareddatastore/intel-nvme-vmd-en_2.6.1.1001-1OEM.700.1.0.15843807_17797370/vib20/intel-nvme-vmd/INT_bootbank_intel-nvme-vmd_2.6.1.1001-1OEM.700.1.0.15843807.vib

    Reference for the step by step guide is:
    https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2008939



  • 6.  RE: Updates / host patches do not install

    Posted Aug 16, 2021 04:16 PM

    Thanks for following up with us, WuGeDe.



  • 7.  RE: Updates / host patches do not install

    Posted Aug 24, 2021 12:16 PM

    I had other problem but the solution is same.

    https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vSphere-Upgrade-Install/Host-Update-Fails-with-error-The-host-returns-esxupdate-error/m-p/2863361#M33577

    I could easily conclude that with LCM, vSphere Update manager was broken big time

     

     

     



  • 8.  RE: Updates / host patches do not install

    Posted Oct 03, 2021 09:43 PM

    Where did you download the file? I can't find it anywhere including vmware patch. Also, isn't Intel-Volume-Mgmt-Device_2.7.0.1157-1OEM.700.1.0.15843807 the latest version? Seems like they changed the name a bit, but it could be the latest version?



  • 9.  RE: Updates / host patches do not install

    Posted Oct 04, 2021 05:00 PM

    The latest version should already be in your lifecycle manager, you need to create a baseline with just that driver and apply it to the host, deploy it, and then your host should show in compliance. 



  • 10.  RE: Updates / host patches do not install

    Posted Aug 23, 2021 09:33 PM

    Just an FYI -

    I created a baseline with just the "intel-nvme-vmd-en_2.6.1.1001-1OEM.700.1.0.15843807" driver in it.  The problem was resolved after remediation and reboot.



  • 11.  RE: Updates / host patches do not install

    Posted Aug 24, 2021 06:41 AM

    I did not try that. 
    But I will give it a shot next time I am facing that issue.



  • 12.  RE: Updates / host patches do not install

    Posted Sep 22, 2021 10:02 AM

    This fixed it for us as well, thanks.



  • 13.  RE: Updates / host patches do not install

    Posted Sep 23, 2021 12:03 PM

    Creating a baseline with a single NVME driver worked for me as well.

    Intel has a whole write up on how to manually install, setup, and use the drivers:  

    https://www.intel.com/content/dam/support/us/en/documents/memory-and-storage/ssd-software/Intel_VMD_NVMe_VMWare_User_Guide.pdf



  • 14.  RE: Updates / host patches do not install

    Posted Sep 24, 2021 10:06 PM

    This solved it for us as well, thank you ! 



  • 15.  RE: Updates / host patches do not install

    Posted Oct 26, 2021 01:18 PM

    Is there a simple guide somewhere for how to do that? (create a baseline with just one driver and deploy it to a host)

     

    Thanks

     

    Michael