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Remediating an ESX/ESXi host using VMware Update Manager fails with the error: Cannot download VIB files from patch source (1029782)

Last Updated: 3/12/2021Categories: TroubleshootingTotal Views: 31642Language:
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Symptoms

If this issue relates to a failed upgrade of ESXi7.0U2, please see KB 83107

Cannot remediate an ESX/ESXi host using VMware Update Manage.

Remediating an ESX/ESXi host fails.

You see the error:

Cannot download VIB files from patch source. Check the Update Manager log for download details

In the vmware-vum-server-log4cpp.log file, you see entries similar to:

[2010-10-22 08:53:47:471 'HostUpdateDepotManager' 9648 ERROR] [patchDepotManager, 326] Failed to download the vibs: C:\Windows\TEMP\offlineBundletiniblco.tmp/openssl-0.9.8e-12.el5_4.1.i686.vib C:\Windows\TEMP\offlineBundletiniblco.tmp/openssl-0.9.8e-12.el5_4.1.x86_64.vib C:\Windows\TEMP\offlineBundletiniblco.tmp/popt-1.10.2.3-9.el5.x86_64.vib C:\Windows\TEMP\offlineBundletiniblco.tmp/rpm-4.4.2.3-9.el5.x86_64.vib C:\Windows\TEMP\offlineBundletiniblco.tmp/rpm-libs-4.4.2.3-9.el5.x86_64.vib C:\Windows\TEMP\offlineBundletiniblco.tmp/rpm-python-4.4.2.3-9.el5.x86_64.vib

[2010-10-22 08:53:47:471 'HostUpdateDepotManager' 9648 ERROR] [installController, 483] Staging on host: uk-lon-lesx15.crwin.crnet.org(Entity: host-7219) failed. Error: Failed to download Vibs

Cause

This issue occurs if the patch download has a checksum error.

Resolution

To resolve this issue, remove the VMware Update Manager hostupdate and metadata directories, then retry the patch download.

These are the default directory locations:

Note: These may have been customized during installation.

In Windows 2003 and earlier releases, the Update Manager hostupdate and metadata directories are located at:

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\VMware\VMware Update Manager\Data\hostupdate

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\VMware\VMware Update Manager\Data\metadata

In Windows Server 2008, the hostupdate and metadata directories are located at:

C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware Update Manager\Data\hostupdate

C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware Update Manager\Data\metadata

Related Information

"Cannot download software packages from patch source. Check the events and the Update Manager log for download details" error when remediating the ESXi host using VMware Update Manager (64995)
La operación "Remediate" en un servidor ESX/ESXi con VMware Update Manager falla con el error: Cannot download VIB files from patch source
使用 VMware Update Manager 修复 ESX/ESXi 主机失败，并显示以下错误：无法从修补程序源下载 VIB 文件
VMware Update Manager を使用しての ESX/ESXi ホストの修正に次のエラーで失敗する：パッチ ソースからの VIB ファイルのダウンロードに失敗しました

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End Of General Availability of the Free vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi 7.x and 8.x) (2107518)

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