BUG : HP ESXi 5.0 Complete Bundle Update 1.6

There is a bug in the latest HP ESXi 5.0 bundle update 1.6 (released Jan/Feb 2013) which reports a hardware status warning with your HP Smart Array P410 controller.

Once you install the latest VIB’s you will see this warning on the hardware status tab;

HP Smart Array P410 Controller warning

To fix this;

  1. Remove the VIB’s for HP ESXi 5.0 Complete Bundle Update 1.6
  2. Deploy the previous stable version HP ESXi 5.0 Complete Bundle Update 1.5

Since I am more comfortable using Powershell than the console I used a combination of a SSH session and Powershell to resolve this.

Walkthrough;

From the console I first confirmed the Vendor (Hewlett-Packard) and Install Date (2013-03-21) so that I could use these in my Powershell filter. The highlighted rows are the relevant ones.


~ # esxcli software vib list | grep hp

Name                  Version                             Vendor           Acceptance Level  Install Date
--------------------  ----------------------------------  ---------------  ----------------  ------------
char-hpcru            5.0.3.09-1OEM.500.0.0.434156        Hewlett-Packard  PartnerSupported  2012-11-13
char-hpilo            500.9.0.0.9-1OEM.500.0.0.434156     Hewlett-Packard  PartnerSupported  2012-04-11
hp-ams                500.9.3.0-13.434156                 Hewlett-Packard  PartnerSupported  2013-03-21
hp-smx-provider       500.03.02.00.23-434156              Hewlett-Packard  VMwareAccepted    2013-03-21
hpacucli              9.40-12.0                           Hewlett-Packard  PartnerSupported  2013-03-21
hpbootcfg             01-01.02                            Hewlett-Packard  PartnerSupported  2013-03-21
hponcfg               04-00.10                            Hewlett-Packard  PartnerSupported  2013-03-21
ata-pata-hpt3x2n      0.3.4-3vmw.500.0.0.469512           VMware           VMwareCertified   2012-03-26
scsi-hpsa             5.0.0-17vmw.500.0.0.469512          VMware           VMwareCertified   2012-03-26
hpnmi                 2.0.11-434156                       hp               PartnerSupported  2012-04-11

Now I created a Powershell script using the above Vendor and Install Date. This is a dry run to test the script againist a specific host without making any changes.

Dry Run;

Remember to change the highlighted rows to reflect your own environment.

## Connect to a specific ESXi 5.0 host
$VMHost = "MyServer.MyDomain.fqdn"
Connect-VIServer $VMHost -User 'username' -Password 'password'

## Expose the ESXCLI functionality
$esxcli = Get-EsxCli -vmhost $VMHost

## Show VIB's installed on a specific date for a specific Vendor
$esxcli.software.vib.list() `
    | where {$_.InstallDate -eq "2013-03-21" -and $_.Vendor -match "Hewlett-Packard"} `
    | Format-Table -AutoSize

## Get VIB Names : HP VIB's installed on a specific date
$VIBS = $esxcli.software.vib.list() `
    | where {$_.InstallDate -eq "2013-03-21" -and $_.Vendor -match "Hewlett-Packard"} `
    | Select Name

## DRYRUN : Remove HP VIB's installed on a specific date
Foreach ($VIB in $VIBS) {
    $esxcli.software.vib.remove($true, $false, $false, $false, $VIB.Name)
}

Results;

This confirms that the correct VIB’s are filtered in the query;
HP-VIB-bundle-1-6
This confirms the dry run removal of VIB’s;

Dryrun-VIB-Remove

Remove VIB’s;

Now you can commit the changes by changing the dryrun option from $false to $null;


## Connect to a specific ESXi 5.0 host
$VMHost = "MyServer.MyDomain.fqdn"
Connect-VIServer $VMHost -User 'username' -Password 'password'

## Expose the ESXCLI functionality
$esxcli = Get-EsxCli -vmhost $VMHost

## Get VIB Names : HP VIB's installed on a specific date
$VIBS = $esxcli.software.vib.list() `
    | where {$_.InstallDate -eq "2013-03-21" -and $_.Vendor -match "Hewlett-Packard"} `
    | Select Name

## LIVE : Remove HP VIB's installed on a specific date
Foreach ($VIB in $VIBS) {
    $esxcli.software.vib.remove($null, $false, $false, $false, $VIB.Name)
}

Refer to the vSphere documentation for ESXCLI options, and Robert van den Nieuwendijk blog for the ESXCLI syntax;

#$esxcli.software.vib.remove(boolean dryrun, boolean force, boolean maintenancemode, boolean noliveinstall, string[] vibname)

ESXCLI-options

Results;

The message informs you that the update (removing the VIB’s) was successful, and you can now reboot the host.

Live-VIB-Remove

When the host comes back up, you can check the Hardware Status tab and will notice two things;

  1. The warning message has gone
  2. There are hardware sensors missing (for example storage)

Hardware-Status-VIB-remove

Now all you need to do is deploy the previous stable version. I used VUM to deploy HP ESXi 5.0 Complete Bundle Update 1.5, but you could just as easily do this from the console using ESXCLI.

HP-VIB-bundle-1-5-remediate

As you can see in the impact column, this requires a reboot, after which the  Harware Status tab reports correctly with no warnings;

Hardware-Status-VIB-resolved

Now repeat this on all affected hosts – job done!

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Author: Jon Munday

An independent IT contractor with a strong focus on VMware virtualisation and infrastructure operations. I am inspired by technology, not afraid to question the status quo and balance my professional commitments with entertaining my three awesome kids (Ashton, Oliver and Lara).

8 thoughts on “BUG : HP ESXi 5.0 Complete Bundle Update 1.6”

  1. Howzit
    I have stumbled across your article – thanks for the detail on this. I have one question. I get quite a few hits on the vib list as seen below. Do I only remove the VIBS you have mentioned in the article or do I have to remove all the HP VIBS – i.e. ilo etc
    Thanks

    Arthur

    AcceptanceLevel CreationDate ID InstallDate Name Status Vendor Version
    ————— ———— — ———– —- —— —— ——-
    PartnerSupported 2012-08-30 Hewlett-Packard_bootbank_char-hpcru_5.0.3.09-1OEM.500.0.0.434156 2013-03-20 char-hpcru Hewlett-Packard 5.0.3.09-1OEM.500.0.0.434156
    PartnerSupported 2011-10-07 Hewlett-Packard_bootbank_char-hpilo_500.9.0.0.9-1OEM.500.0.0.434156 2013-03-20 char-hpilo Hewlett-Packard 500.9.0.0.9-1OEM.500.0.0.434156
    PartnerSupported 2012-11-30 Hewlett-Packard_bootbank_hp-ams_500.9.3.0-13.434156 2013-03-20 hp-ams Hewlett-Packard 500.9.3.0-13.434156
    PartnerSupported 2013-01-04 Hewlett-Packard_bootbank_hp-build_5.34.23-434156 2013-03-20 hp-build Hewlett-Packard 5.34.23-434156
    VMwareAccepted 2012-12-03 Hewlett-Packard_bootbank_hp-smx-provider_500.03.02.00.23-434156 2013-03-20 hp-smx-provider Hewlett-Packard 500.03.02.00.23-434156
    PartnerSupported 2012-12-13 Hewlett-Packard_bootbank_hpacucli_9.40-12.0 2013-03-20 hpacucli Hewlett-Packard 9.40-12.0
    PartnerSupported 2012-04-05 Hewlett-Packard_bootbank_hpbootcfg_01-01.02 2013-03-20 hpbootcfg Hewlett-Packard 01-01.02
    PartnerSupported 2011-11-13 Hewlett-Packard_bootbank_hponcfg_04-00.10 2013-03-20 hponcfg Hewlett-Packard 04-00.10
    VMwareCertified 2012-08-24 Hewlett-Packard_bootbank_scsi-hpsa_5.0.0-40OEM.500.0.0.472560 2013-03-20 scsi-hpsa Hewlett-Packard 5.0.0-40OEM.500.0.0.472560
    PartnerSupported 2012-11-30 Hewlett-Packard_bootbank_scsi-hpvsa_5.0.0-50OEM.500.0.0.472560 2013-03-20 scsi-hpvsa Hewlett-Packard 5.0.0-50OEM.500.0.0.472560
    VMwareAccepted 2011-10-07 Hewlett-Packard_bootbank_vmware-esx-hp_vaaip_p2000_2.1.0-2 2013-03-20 vmware-esx-hp_vaaip_p2000 Hewlett-Packard 2.1.0-2

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  2. Howzit Arthur,

    You only need to remove the VIB’s listed in the article, the others can stay on the host. You could probably get away with only removing “hp-ams” and “hp-smx-provider”, but I would remove all VIB’s associated with this package so that you have a clean set of VIB’s with a specific package version.

    Looking at your list provided, remove these;

    AcceptanceLevel CreationDate ID InstallDate Name Status Vendor Version
    ————— ———— — ———– —- —— —— ——-
    PartnerSupported 2012-11-30 Hewlett-Packard_bootbank_hp-ams_500.9.3.0-13.434156 2013-03-20 hp-ams Hewlett-Packard 500.9.3.0-13.434156
    VMwareAccepted 2012-12-03 Hewlett-Packard_bootbank_hp-smx-provider_500.03.02.00.23-434156 2013-03-20 hp-smx-provider Hewlett-Packard 500.03.02.00.23-434156
    PartnerSupported 2012-12-13 Hewlett-Packard_bootbank_hpacucli_9.40-12.0 2013-03-20 hpacucli Hewlett-Packard 9.40-12.0
    PartnerSupported 2012-04-05 Hewlett-Packard_bootbank_hpbootcfg_01-01.02 2013-03-20 hpbootcfg Hewlett-Packard 01-01.02
    PartnerSupported 2011-11-13 Hewlett-Packard_bootbank_hponcfg_04-00.10 2013-03-20 hponcfg Hewlett-Packard 04-00.10

    Leave these as they are;

    AcceptanceLevel CreationDate ID InstallDate Name Status Vendor Version
    ————— ———— — ———– —- —— —— ——-
    PartnerSupported 2012-08-30 Hewlett-Packard_bootbank_char-hpcru_5.0.3.09-1OEM.500.0.0.434156 2013-03-20 char-hpcru Hewlett-Packard 5.0.3.09-1OEM.500.0.0.434156
    PartnerSupported 2011-10-07 Hewlett-Packard_bootbank_char-hpilo_500.9.0.0.9-1OEM.500.0.0.434156 2013-03-20 char-hpilo Hewlett-Packard 500.9.0.0.9-1OEM.500.0.0.434156
    PartnerSupported 2013-01-04 Hewlett-Packard_bootbank_hp-build_5.34.23-434156 2013-03-20 hp-build Hewlett-Packard 5.34.23-434156
    VMwareCertified 2012-08-24 Hewlett-Packard_bootbank_scsi-hpsa_5.0.0-40OEM.500.0.0.472560 2013-03-20 scsi-hpsa Hewlett-Packard 5.0.0-40OEM.500.0.0.472560
    PartnerSupported 2012-11-30 Hewlett-Packard_bootbank_scsi-hpvsa_5.0.0-50OEM.500.0.0.472560 2013-03-20 scsi-hpvsa Hewlett-Packard 5.0.0-50OEM.500.0.0.472560
    VMwareAccepted 2011-10-07 Hewlett-Packard_bootbank_vmware-esx-hp_vaaip_p2000_2.1.0-2 2013-03-20 vmware-esx-hp_vaaip_p2000 Hewlett-Packard 2.1.0-2

    Cheers bru,
    Jon

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  4. It’s actually a nice and helpful piece of info. I am happy that you just shared this useful info with us. Please stay us up to date like this. Thanks for sharing.

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  5. Hi,
    Do you also get vCenter client login an event every minute?
    User root logged in
    User root logged out
    This has happen to me after installing HP Agentless Management Service Offline Bundle for VMware ESXi 5.x version 9.3.5
    How can I stop this?

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