Error while updating ESXi Host- Error in copying from /bootbank/qedf.v00 to /tmp/stagebootbank/qedf.v00: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/bootbank/qedf.v00' Cause = [Errno 2] No such file or directory : '/bootbank/qedf.v00'

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:

Host patch update fails with error.

 

Environment

VMware vSphere ESXi 7.0

Cause

Missing file "qedf.v00" under the path /bootbank

Resolution

Verify the esxupdate.log under /var/log to find the error

esxupdate: ERROR: InstallationError: Error in copying from /bootbank/qedf.v00 to /tmp/stagebootbank/qedf.v00: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/bootbank/qedf.v00' Cause = [Errno 2] No such file or directory : '/bootbank/qedf.v00'

 

Checked for the respective file under /bootbank and unable to find the same

# pwd

/bootbank

# ls -l | grep -i qedf.v00

ls: qedf.v00: No such file or directory

 

Found the file qedf.v00 under /bootbank of the working ESXi host

To fix this, copy the file from /bootbank of a working host to the affected host using WinSCP