The Real (and Virtual) Adventures of Nathan the IT Guy » esx-4.0.0-1.9-208167-release http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/information-technology Wed, 22 May 2013 14:30:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Cannot Upgrade ESX 3.5u4 to vSphere using vSphere Host Update Utility http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/information-technology/cannot-upgrade-esx-35u4-to-vsphere-using-vsphere-host-update-utility/ http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/information-technology/cannot-upgrade-esx-35u4-to-vsphere-using-vsphere-host-update-utility/#comments Sat, 13 Feb 2010 16:35:14 +0000 Nathan Simon http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/information-technology/cannot-upgrade-esx-35u4-to-vsphere-using-vsphere-host-update-utility/ I am doing an upgrade right now to ESX vSphere4, using the Host Update Utility, sure enough it failed (nothing ever works the first time, right?) with this error message Upgrade Package Validation Failed: Unsupported ESX version: esx-4.0.0-1.9-208167-release .

Basically what it is saying to you is that you have to download the matching revision of VMware vSphere Client and Host Update Utility. For the above release you will need the VMware-viclient-all-4.0.0-208111. Once installed you should have no issues!

-NS

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