Use the VMware host update utility to upgrade the host failed. From instructions from internet, try to upload the unpacked upgrade.zip to the local datastore of the server and run : esxupdate update -m metadata.zip. The upgrade completed without problem on my two ESXI 4 server (One is Dell PE T610, the other is a DIY Core i7 920 with ASUS P6T MB)
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~ # esxupdate –bundle=/xxx/upgrade-from-ESXi4.0-to-4.1.0-0.0.260247-release.zip check
Applicable bulletins with updates are listed.
—-Bulletin ID—– —Date— ———Summary———
ESXi410-GA 2010-05-18 ESXi upgrade Bulletin
ESXi410-GA-esxupdate 2010-05-18 ESXi pre-upgrade Bulletin
Esxupdate local cache states:
Location: /tmp/updatecache
Available space: 866488 [MB]
~ # esxupdate –bundle=/xxx/upgrade-from-ESXi4.0-to-4.1.0-0.0.260247-release.zip update
Unpacking vmware-esx-tools-li.. ######################################## [100%]
Unpacking vmware-esx-esxupdat.. ######################################## [100%]
Unpacking vmware-esx-firmware.. ######################################## [100%]
Removing packages :vmware-esx.. ######################################## [100%]
Installing packages :deb_vmwa.. ######################################## [100%]
Installing packages :deb_vmwa.. ######################################## [100%]
Installing packages :deb_vmwa.. ######################################## [100%]
The update completed successfully, but the system needs to be rebooted for the
changes to be effective.