Comments on: Check and Upgrade VMware Tools

By: Ah, Details : Bob Plankers, The Lone Sysadmin

Ah, Details : Bob Plankers, The Lone Sysadmin — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:49:38 +0000

[...] few days ago I’d written about the fix for VMs rebooting after being VMotioned. In the comments there was some speculation about what the big problem would be for ESX 3.5 Update [...]

By: Bob Plankers

Bob Plankers — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:37:36 +0000

I’ve got these patches applied right now, nothing too odd seems to be happening. Of course YMMV. :-)

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 05:13:56 +0000

I’m with my frustrated friend above.

As annoying as it is to have the VMs restart without warning, I have to wonder what they’1l break with this patch.

By: Frustrated but loyal

Frustrated but loyal — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 18:50:19 +0000

I agree fully !

Update 2 had the time-bomb issue Update 3 has this VM restart issue. I have a hard time keeping the momentum running at our site where virtualisation has been looked at as “a nice toy but not ready for primetime”. How can i build confidence with “patches” that cause more isues than the issues themselves??

Very frustrating ideed ! Please Vmware “Get your patching act together” I don’t have multiple clusters to test all the patches on so I wait a reasonable time and then jump in, but now I’m forced to wait longer and longer and patch less often for fear of these type of foul-ups.

Frustrated but still loyal.