I could also call this odd VUM error and no update. But I went to update my silver cluster recently and it didn’t work. I saw this error.

I looked in /var/log/esxupdate.log and found no clues.

So I thought I would try doing a CLI type update. Here is the CLI I used.

Here is the results – seen near the top – Host is not changed.

So I figured I will upload to local storage the depot zip and try doing the upgrade from it.

And as you can see still no changes. I am irritated now, and need to find the big hammer to force things. So I download the latest 6.5a ESXi image and burn it to CD and boot this darn server. I do an install / upgrade and let it boot.

Now I don’t check the Configuration applet on each host as that will show the image info. I look at the top of the host screen to see version and build info.

Now I can see I have successfully updated the server. I hope the next patch works with VUM so I don’t have to burn a disc again. But now I think I should check all servers build info. But don’t want to look at each server.

So PowerCLI to the rescue.

get-view -ViewType HostSystem -Property Name,Config.Product | select Name, {$_.Config.Product.Fullname}

And of course I see exactly what I want:

All the hosts are the same build and version – nice!

Hope that this helps, and I sure wish I figured out the root cause.

Michael

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