I did the precheck for a VCF 5.2 upgrade after uploading the HPE ProLiant custom iso for VMware ESXi 8.0 Update 3 Build 24022510 and was greeted with the following error:
Bundle validation for bundle of type HOST with upgrade version 8.0.3-24022510 failed due to error Failed uploading the update/upgrade patch files to VUM,performing compliance checks on the clusterFailed scanning hosts: [osl-xxx-xxx-esx01.xxxxx.xxx, osl-xxx-xxx-esx02.xxxxx.xxx, osl-xxx-xxx-esx03.xxxxx.xxx, osl-xxx-xxx-esx04.xxxxx.xxx] for the baseline groups associated with the cluster
I found the following in /var/log/vua.log on one of the hosts:
--> <test>
--> <name>VFAT_CORRUPTION</name>
--> <expected>
--> <value>True</value>
--> </expected>
--> <found>
--> <value>False</value>
--> </found>
--> <result>ERROR</result>
--> </test>“VFAT_CORRUPTION” led me to the following KB article:
https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article/345227
The dirty but was set on all bootbank partions on every host in the environment that was booting from an SD-card. Any hosts booting from an SSD did not thave the dirty bit set. After removing the dirty bit from the partitions the precheck completed without any further complaining. I guess it is about time to move away from the SD-cards.
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