installed wrong vem module on esxi 5.5

[Dragomir]

I accidently used vmware update manager to update my vem module on esxi 5.5 but my vsm are running 

4.2(1)SV2(2.1

The vem I installed was 2.2

I uninstalled the vem but now when i try to install the 2.1 vem

Its saying

/vmfs/volumes/53585793-694e515f-1719-0025b5110aad/nexus1000v-vem # esxcli software vib install -v /vmfs/volumes/53585793-694e515f-1719-00
25b5110aad/nexus1000v-vem/cross_cisco-vem-v160-4.2.1.2.2.1.0-3.1.1.vib
 [DependencyError]
 VIB Cisco_bootbank_cisco-vem-v160-esx_4.2.1.2.2.1.0-3.1.1 requires esx-base = 5.1.0, but the requirement cannot be satisfied within the ImageProfile.
 Please refer to the log file for more details.

[Manuel Velasco]

Hi Tony,

Have you try to disable VUM while you try to install the VEM?

[Dragomir]

yes vum is disabled. but it still has that error when installing 

4.2.1 vib on esxi 5.5

[Manuel Velasco · Accepted solution]

Hi Tony

One thing that was noticed is that your are using the vem for esxi 5.1 instead of 5.5.

See bolded section on the error message and the VEM version between 5.1 and 5.5

 VIB Cisco_bootbank_cisco-vem-v160-esx_4.2.1.2.2.1.0-3.1.1 requires esx-base = 5.1.0, but the requirement cannot be satisfied within the ImageProfile.

The VEM for esxi 5.5 is

vem-v160-4.2.1.2.2.1.0-3.2.1.vib

Table 2 Host Software Version Compatibility for ESXi 5.5, 5.1, and 5.0

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/datacenter/nexus1000/sw/4_2_1_s_v_2_2_1/compatibility/information/n1000v_compatibility.html#pgfId-125392

Please let me know if this helpful

[Dragomir]

hi you are right. I reloaded the correct vem and it is now working.

Thanks a lot!