Cannot download software packages from patch source vmware

Mitigations include applying the 2. On Friday, security researchers online began tweeting about potential issues with 2. Discussion about Log4j has dominated conversation all week. CISA released multiple advisories mandating federal civilian agencies in the US apply patches before Christmas while several major tech companies like IBM, Cisco and VMware have raced to address Log4j vulnerabilities in their products.

Security company Blumira claims to have found a new Log4j attack vector that can be exploited through the path of a listening server on a machine or local network, potentially putting an end to the assumption that the problem was limited to exposed vulnerable servers. Other cybersecurity firms have found that major ransomware groups like Conti are exploring ways to take advantage of the vulnerability.

So far, nearly 5, artifacts have been patched, leaving more than 30, more. But the two noted that it will be difficult to address the issue because of how deep Log4j is embedded in some products. Seems like this is an on going issue that vmware has not fixed yet. I faced the issue in my upgrade from 7.

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. Home Lab Nested Virtualization Apple. Issue I normally use the "Stage and Install" option and after accepting the EULA and providing the required credentials, the upgrade began.

Share this Comments I ran into this today. Two vCenters have been upgraded today. It should be easier than this. Don't they test?! Thanks for sharing Patrick.

I wanted to update my lab yesterday to 7. Patrick Long: thx, with the patch iso the upadte to 7. Had the same issue, but the latest patch 7. YO, Niels. This KB fixed it for me as well. I've hit this issue times already, had to reverse the order of the steps in the workaround. Delete that file first then pre-check this was a required step for me then stage then install the above worked okay for me. Thank You! This command helped: software-packages unstage After that, this worked: software-packages stage --iso --acceptEula and thus this as well: software-packages install --staged.

This worked for me on 2 different versions. It is highly secure, has a small footprint, and is set to be the long-term hypervisor platform for future VMware releases. Using the custom images on other HPE servers is optional but highly recommended. The drivers for the new network and storage controllers in the Gen8 and newer servers are integrated in the HPE Customized image and are not part of the generic ESXi image that is distributed by VMware.

Make sure you have selected the correct. The next step is to upload the patch. After you have attached the patch. Have a look here on how to activate it:. You should see the following screen. You can see, that the. The next step is to accept the terms and conditions to further move on. If you accepted the terms and conditions the needed packages will be staged.