A minor version entry are added to the download target in UMDS (vSphere Update Manager Download Service)

Products

• VMware vCenter Server

Issue/Introduction

An ESXi minor version entry is unexpectedly added to the UMDS configuration. This addition can be verified by checking the configuration with the --get-config option.

For example, a minor version entry  (embeddedEsx-8.0.3-INTL) appears in the output as shown below:

# ./vmware-umds --get-config
Configured URLs  
URL Type Removable URL  
HOST     NO       https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/PRODUCTION/main/vmw-depot-index.xml  
HOST     NO       https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/PRODUCTION/addon-main/vmw-depot-index.xml  
HOST     NO       https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/PRODUCTION/iovp-main/vmw-depot-index.xml  
HOST     NO       https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/PRODUCTION/vmtools-main/vmw-depot-index.xml  

Patch store location  : /var/lib/vmware-umds  
Export store location :  
Proxy Server          : Not configured  

Host patch content download: enabled  
Host Versions for which patch content will be downloaded:  
esxio-8.0-INTL  
embeddedEsx-6.7.0-INTL  
embeddedEsx-7.0-INTL  
embeddedEsx-8.0-INTL  
embeddedEsx-8.0.3-INTL   <====== add minor versions entry.  

Environment

vCenter Server 7.x  
vCenter Server 8.x  

Cause

Disabling and then enabling a major version host platform using the vmware-umds command unintentionally adds a minor version entry.

Resolution

The addition of a minor version to the host platform entries does not impact downloads and can be ignored.

If the entry must be removed, delete the following lines from the /usr/local/vmware-umds/bin/downloadConfig.xml file

<hostInclude id="ID Number">Minor Version Host Platform</hostInclude>

Example:

<hostInclude id="0001">embeddedEsx-8.0.3-INTL</hostInclude>