Baseline compatibility check fails for powerpath VIB

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

When checking the compatibility of a baseline for an upgrade from ESXi 7.x to ESXi 8.x you may see the following error.

The upgrade has VIBs that are missing dependencies: DEL_bootbank_powerpath.plugin.esx.esx7_8.1.0.00.000-1DEL.700.0.0.15525

ESXi Version

8.0.3

Creation Date

06/10/2024, 7:00:00 PM

Release Notes

Build

24022510

Vendor

Dell Inc.

Acceptance Level

Partner

Status

Incompatible

Details

The upgrade has VIBs that are missing dependencies: DEL_bootbank_powerpath.plugin.esx.esx7_8.1.0.00.000-1DEL.700.0.0.15525

Environment

ESXi 7.x

Cause

This VIB is not compatible with ESXi 8.x and should be removed pre-upgrade.

Resolution

• Evacuate the host of all VMs running on it. This is because this storage vendor VIB manages the pathing between the ESXi host and the storage array.  So when changing the VIB, the connection to storage will drop and that is the reason to evacuate VMs from the host.
• Place the host into maintenance mode
• Remove the VIB
  • Using the following doc as reference
  • Remove VIBs from a Host
  • List the VIBs

esxcli --server=<server_name> software vib list

• • Remove the VIB.

    esxcli --server=<server_name> software vib remove --vibname=<name>

• Upgrade the host
• Install the new powerpath VIB designed for ESXi 8.x