topic Re: Simplivity Upgrade Manager can't recognize ESXi bundle in HPE SimpliVity

Simplivity Upgrade Manager can't recognize ESXi bundle

Panov — Thu, 22 Jun 2023 08:19:13 GMT

Everytime I try to use Upgrade Manager it can't recognize the ESXi bundles. I noticed something in the logs but can't tell if that's the reason:

ERROR ScanThread-esxi [c.s.u.o.AvailableESXiVersions] addESXiPackagesFromCatalog - There is no ESXi packages in catalogs
INFO ScanThread-esxi [c.s.u.o.AvailableESXiVersions] init - esxiPackagesSizes.size=43
INFO ScanThread-esxi [c.s.u.o.AvailableVersionsCache] - Scanning offline bundle in dir: C:\Downloads
INFO ScanThread-esxi [c.s.u.o.AvailableVersionsCache] - Found zip file: C:\Downloads\Q8A57-11150_HPE_SimpliVity_Upgrade_Package_4.1.3.zip
INFO ScanThread-esxi [c.s.u.o.AvailableVersionsCache] - Found zip file: C:\Downloads\Q8A57-11155_hpe-esxi7.0u3i-20842708-703.0.0.11.1.0.25-offline-bundle.zip
INFO ScanThread-esxi [c.s.u.o.AvailableVersionsCache] - Found zip file: C:\Downloads\Q8A57-11156_HPE_SimpliVity_Interop_Catalog_1.3.0.zip
INFO ScanThread-esxi [c.s.u.o.AvailableVersionsCache] - Found zip file: C:\Downloads\VMware-ESXi-7.0U3k-21313628-depot.zip
INFO ScanThread-esxi [c.s.u.o.AvailableESXiVersions] init - Waiting for 4 scanning threads
WARN ScanThread-esxi-1 [c.s.u.o.AvailableVersionsCache] - Skipping Q8A57-11150_HPE_SimpliVity_Upgrade_Package_4.1.3.zip (no matching file with size 3596090272)
WARN ScanThread-esxi-2 [c.s.u.o.AvailableVersionsCache] - Skipping Q8A57-11155_hpe-esxi7.0u3i-20842708-703.0.0.11.1.0.25-offline-bundle.zip (no matching file with size 417164329)
WARN ScanThread-esxi-3 [c.s.u.o.AvailableVersionsCache] - Skipping Q8A57-11156_HPE_SimpliVity_Interop_Catalog_1.3.0.zip (no matching file with size 2135)
WARN ScanThread-esxi-4 [c.s.u.o.AvailableVersionsCache] - Skipping VMware-ESXi-7.0U3k-21313628-depot.zip (no matching file with size 378673493)
INFO ScanThread-esxi [c.s.u.o.AvailableESXiVersions] - Scans complete: compiling results
INFO ScanThread-esxi [c.s.u.o.AvailableESXiVersions] - Done AvailableESXiVersions::init()
WARN ScanThread-esxi [c.s.u.o.AvailableESXiVersions] - Load of the ESXi override configuration file had one or more issues: File 'C:\Downloads\ESXi-version-info.yaml' does not exist

1. The file size doesn't match because probably it compares them with "size on disk" which is larger and it's different that values in the .json

2. Where this ESXi-version-info.yaml comes from?

3. Any other thoughts how to solve this?

Hardware is 380 Gen10. Current versions are:

- Omnistack 4.1.3

- ESXi 7.0 U3i

- SVTSP-2023_0110.01

Same things happens on other environments with same or very similar setup.

Query: Simplivity Upgrade Manager can't recognize ESXi bundle

support_s — Mon, 29 May 2023 20:58:21 GMT

System recommended content:

1. HPE SimpliVity OmniStack 4.1.0 Interoperability Guide

2. HPE SimpliVity OmniStack Interoperability Guide 3.7.10U1

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Re: Simplivity Upgrade Manager can't recognize ESXi bundle

Aditya_A — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 11:03:07 GMT

Hi Panov,

From 4.1.1U1 an additional file called 'HPE SimpliVity InterOp Catalog' is needed along with its associated digital signature file to upgrade ESXi software to ESXi 6.7 P05/ESXi 7.0 Update 2a or later using Upgrade Manager. The same can be downloaded from Hewlett Packard Enterprise Customer Support site.Interop Catalog file needs to be extracted and placed in the same folder as Upgrade Manager and HPE SimpliVity Custom ESXi bundle.
Link to Interop Catalog: https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/swd/detail?swItemId=MTX_2269834c91864912b7da77dfbe
One important thing to note is that Upgrade Manager doesn't support all versions of ESXi for upgrade.
Upgrade Manager only supports versions of VMware ESXi listed in Interoperability Guide document that are marked with (*)
To install other qualified versions not marked with (*) you must perform a manual upgrade.
HPE SimpliVity OmniStack Interoperability Guide 4.2.0: https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docLocale=en_US&docId=a00117319en_us (Please refer to notes Page 37)

You will have to manually upgrade ESXi from 7u3i to 7 u3k using VMware-ESXi-7.0U3k-21313628-depot.zip which can be downloaded from VMware patch downloads page.
This video explains the process to upgrade supported versions of ESXi by Upgrade Manager: https://youtu.be/346vY1Fi2h0

Re: Simplivity Upgrade Manager can't recognize ESXi bundle

SudhakarP10 — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 00:27:24 GMT

if you are at 7.0 U3i then that is the latest offline bundle we have for Simplivity.