ESX Reminder 2: Patching & USB Errors

Continuing my series of quick fire reminders for when (a) I *think* I've seen that issue before and (b) I dont remember what the fix is / was.

Previous post here and possibly here.





Simple Manual ESX or ESXi Patching / Driver updates:

1. Put host into Maintenance Mode
2. Install vSphere CLI from here (if not already done)
3. Open vSphere CLI

vihostupdate.pl --server X.X.X.X --install --bundle update-bundle.zip

4. Reboot Host (if required)

"URB timed out - USB device may not respond"

Seen on just one out of four identical HP DL580 G7 ESX4.1 builds:



Tried all sorts to fix, unplug KVM, update BIOS, reset default BIOS settings etc etc etc

Resolved via ILO3 update to firmware v1.16 (11 Jan 2011) Download here


- Chris