[cisco-voip] Error upgrade UCS server to ESXi 6.7

[Jonathan Charles]

OK, I think I found the issue... it is dumber than you think.

The issue is an older Cisco ESXi ISO... 6.7.0-948548.... I have another box
that was upgraded, and it is running 17700523... trying that ISO.

I will update.

On Mon, Sep 13, 2021 at 3:15 PM Jonathan Charles <jonvoip at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ah...
>
> Thanks
>
> On Mon, Sep 13, 2021 at 3:10 PM James Buchanan <james.buchanan2 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Jonathan,
>>
>> I removed it and carried on with no issues. I just happened to make this
>> screenshot because I was documenting the process.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> James
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 13, 2021 at 9:08 PM Jonathan Charles <jonvoip at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Did you just remove it, or are you stuck there too? I opened a TAC case
>>> but they denied entitlement on a missing ISV1 contract...
>>>
>>>
>>> Jonathan
>>>
>>> On Mon, Sep 13, 2021 at 3:06 PM Buchanan, James <
>>> james.buchanan2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Same server model but different VIB:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sent from Mail <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for
>>>> Windows
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *From: *Jonathan Charles <jonvoip at gmail.com>
>>>> *Sent: *13 September 2021 21:00
>>>> *To: *Buchanan, James <james.buchanan2 at gmail.com>
>>>> *Cc: *Ryan Huff <ryanhuff at outlook.com>; cisco-voip at puck.nether.net
>>>> *Subject: *Re: [cisco-voip] Error upgrade UCS server to ESXi 6.7
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Just curious, was it a UCS C-series and the same ucs-tool-vib? Or a
>>>> different vib?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Paranoid has gotten me this far, I see no reason to be daring now...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Jonathan
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Sep 13, 2021 at 2:58 PM Buchanan, James <
>>>> james.buchanan2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I hit that once and had to remove the unused VIBS. It worked fine. Same
>>>> upgrade.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *From: *Ryan Huff <ryanhuff at outlook.com>
>>>> *Sent: *13 September 2021 20:53
>>>> *To: *Jonathan Charles <jonvoip at gmail.com>; cisco-voip at puck.nether.net
>>>> *Subject: *Re: [cisco-voip] Error upgrade UCS server to ESXi 6.7
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> It’s possible the vibs aren’t in use, making this a harmless process,
>>>> but I’d verify first. There is a nice walk through here:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> https://thesleepyadmins.com/2020/08/06/vmware-esxi-6-7-upgrade-missing-dependency-vibs-error/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Get Outlook for iOS <https://aka.ms/o0ukef>
>>>>
>>>> *From:* cisco-voip <cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net> on behalf of
>>>> Jonathan Charles <jonvoip at gmail.com>
>>>> *Sent:* Monday, September 13, 2021 3:44:12 PM
>>>> *To:* cisco-voip at puck.nether.net <cisco-voip at puck.nether.net>
>>>> *Subject:* [cisco-voip] Error upgrade UCS server to ESXi 6.7
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Getting the following error when trying to upgrade a C240 M5 to VMware
>>>> 6.7 from 6.5
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> How safe is it to just delete these?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I was going to do a esxcli software vib remove -vibname ucs-tool-esxi
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I just want to find some documentation that this is safe to do and
>>>> won't delete data or blow up the box...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I did an audit of our UCS C240s and this version of UCS-tools is
>>>> installed everywhere, so I am expecting to get the same error when I
>>>> upgrade those.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Jonathan Charles
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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