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Conflicting VIBs upgrading VMware from 6.0 to 6.5 on blade

Hello , I am getting following error when trying to upgrade from VMware 6.0  to 6.5. 

error message.bmp

esxcli software vib list | grep cisco-vem  shows following outptu

cisco-vem-v300-esx 5.2.1.3.2.1.0-6.0.1

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I tried to reboot and put the host in MW but still getting the same error.
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] esxcli software vib remove --vibname=cisco-vem
Error in running rm /tardisks/cisco_ve.v00:
Return code: 1
Output: rm: can't remove '/tardisks/cisco_ve.v00': Device or resource busy
It is not safe to continue. Please reboot the host immediately to discard the unfinished update.
Please refer to the log file for more details.

Thanks and looking for support would be highly appreciated.

 

 

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Stojmenovic
Cisco Employee
Cisco Employee

Kill vem* processes and remove VIB

# lsof | grep -i vem

# kill -9 (PID number)

Thank you Stojmenovic.

 

Could you please me on how to get the PID in #kill -9(PID number) ??

Highly appreciating your time and support.

Hello @Stojmenovic 

 

Thanks for your time and support.  Below command does not show up any output.

Further, how to find out the PID number in (kill -9(PIDnumber) ??

 

[root@Prod-DC-ESXi-01:~] # lsof | grep -i vem
[root@Prod-DC-ESXi-01:~]

 

Thank you very much.

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