How to fix the vmware ESXI 6.x update error by command line.

In previous post, I taught how to update the esxi by the command line.

However in ESXI version 6.x there is an error situation that I will illustrate in the figure below.

[InstallationError]
[Errno 28] No space left on device
vibs = VMware_locker_tools-light_6.5.0-1.47.8285314

In fact despite the scary message, the solution is quite simple.

You will need to access the ESXI web interface and in the Navigator click on Manage. In the right tab, access the "System / Swap / Edit settings" tab. You will notice that the "Datastore" option is set to No. as shown below:

You will change this option from None to one of your configured datastores on the ESXI server.

From:

To:

Your configuration will look like this:

Now just apply the update script again and everything will run normally:

And that was the today's tip.

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