Troubleshooting Vmwareesx 4.1 Upgrade

Since the release of Vshpere4.1 by VMware, a number of new features have been added, as VMware's newest virtualization software, "USB device support", resolves the identity problem of the unit's USB dongle. I would like to upgrade the original 4.0 4.1 version of the unit, first of all, the ESX4.0 must first upgrade to 4.1.

First, turn off all virtual machines on the ESX4.0 in the Vshpere Client and put the host in maintenance mode. Download upgraded tools and upgrade packages from VMware official website http://downloads.vmware.com/d/

Required tools are vsphere CLI and upgrade package

Pre-upgrade-from-esx4.0-to-4.1.0-0.0.260247-release.zip (pre-upgrade document) size 23.4M

Upgrade-from-esx4.0-to-4.1.0-0.0.260247-release.zip size is 576M (there are ESX and ESXi two kinds do not download the wrong!) )

First install the vsphere CLI on vshpere client clients This is a command-line upgrade tool. There are many VMware additional commands in this tool. We mainly use vihostupdate.pl to upgrade ESX. To reduce path selection, first copy the two upgrade packages to

C:\Program files\vmware\vmware vspherecli\bin> to the.

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You also need to see if there is more than 1.8G of free space in the server that needs to be upgraded,/boot greater than 24M free space (or you will not be/root when upgrading).

When an upgrade is required use console execution on ESX server:esxcfg-firewall--allowincoming–allowoutgoing command to enable outbound connections to the console

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VIHostUpdate.pl-i--serverHost name orIPAddress--username Root--passwordPassword- b pre-upgrade-from-esx4.0-to-4.1.0-0.0.260247-release.zipvihostupdate.pl-i--serverHost name orIPAddress--username Root--passwordPassword- b upgrade-from-esx4.0-to-4.1.0-0.0.260247-release.zip

When the first command is executed, it indicates that the upgrade is normal, but an error occurred while executing the second command.

Failure Phenomena : Error message: The format of the metadata isinvalid. Duplicate definitions of bulletin Esx410-ga-esxupdate with Unequalattributes. I first feel is not the download file is not a problem, but the use of verification test file download is complete, the size and the official web, but why the report The metadata format is not valid. Online to find a lap, upgrade the article a lot of people have not mentioned this error, because the test can not get the original technical support. In the continuous search on the internet found that the same problems abroad have been missed, but also did not elaborate the solution.

Fault Resolution: Finally inVmwareofficial website information to find a relevant explanation to solve my problem, from its English explanation wrote if you .years8Month -Daythe pre-upgrade documentation is then downloaded23.4MWill not have an error, the new upgrade document has been fixed. VMwarethe explanation for the error is thatPre-upgrade-from-esx4.0-to-4.1.0-0.0.260247-release.zip the file with the VMware Update Manager4.1Import/upload about. But how do I solve the problem,VMwareA workaround is given, which is not to use when upgradingPre-upgrade-from-esx4.0-to-4.1.0-0.0.260247-release.zip The upgrade package is upgraded, but I have installed the upgrade package, VMware also gives a workaround: Execute the following command on the ESX server console that needs to be upgraded:

1. Run cd/etc/vmware/esxupdate .

2. Run MV Bulletins.zip Bulletins.old

Execute the vihostupdate.pl  -i--server hostname or IP address --username root--password password -b upgrade-from-esx4.0-to-4.1.0-0.0.260247-release.zip > Sure, it's a smooth upgrade, restart esx After the server version finally upgraded to esx4.1 , troubleshooting.

After the end, don't forget to ESX Host Console Execution esxcfg--girewall–blockoutgoing Restore the high security of the firewall.

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Troubleshooting Vmwareesx 4.1 Upgrade