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Patching ESXi 5.0

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Trying to install patches- copied zip files to the datastore, in a folder I named Patches. Enable SSH, go into maintenance mode; launch putty, login, and run this command:

esxcli software vib update --depot /vmfs/volumes/patches/ESXi500-201109001.zip

Returns an error:

Could not download from depot at zip:/vmfs/volumes/datastore1/patches/ESXi500-201109001.zip?index.xml, skipping (('zip:/vmfs/volumes/datastore1/patches/ESXi500-201109001.zip?index.xml', '', "Error extracting index.xml from /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/patches/ESXi500-201109001.zip: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/vmfs/volumes/datastore1/patches/ESXi500-201109001.zip'"))
url = zip:/vmfs/volumes/datastore1/patches/ESXi500-201109001.zip?index.xml
Please refer to the log file for more details.
~ # Could not download from depot at zip


What am I doing wrong?
 
Without knowing your storage layout, my initial guess is that you are missing datastore1 in your volume path:

esxcli software vib update --depot /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/patches/ESXi500-201109001.zip

But that doesn't explain why the output shows it is infact trying to look at that path.

Does your host have a volume labeled as Datastore1?

Please provide the output of
Code: 
# ls /vmfs/volumes
 
Yup.just went through this..as shnelson pointed out, validate the datastore name.
 
Thanks all- yes, in the CLI-centric world, syntax is everything. interestingly, couldn't get it to run from the patches folder no matter what. Moved them to the root folder and all was well. Go figure.

But, yes- wanted to get Win8 running in a VM. It is, but that impression is for another forum
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Vader said:
Nice...some people just like to patch their environments you know....:)
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Yes some people do. I'm just not one of them LOL. Had to upgrade my trusty old 4.1 to 5.0, and then patch it. Yes- only for Windows 8. It worked great for everything else I ever used it for.
 
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