Crc error during decompression esxi

ESXi not booting — CRC error on decompression

I recently encountered an issue in my homelab where the bare-metal ESXi server wouldn’t start. All my labs run on one physical server (Dell R430) which has vSphere 7u2 installed on a USB key. A cheap one from the supermarket obviously (because I like it this way!).

Anyway, ESXi would get stuck during boot with the following error:

In case it wasn’t clear, it’s a CRC error. At this point I suspected something was up with the USB since it was plugged inside the chassis which runs pretty hot. A restart wouldn’t fixed it of course, neither changing USB port.

So I tried to reinstall vSphere 7u2 on the USB and was greeted with another error during the installation. At this point I was pretty sure the USB was shot.

I tried to reinstall vSphere 7u2 on another USB key (yes, a cheap one from the supermarket, so what?!) and everything went smoothly. All I had to do after that point was to register my VMs from the datastore, boot the vCenter, connect the host and Bob’s your uncle.

Bottom line, cheap USBs aren’t great for running enterprise grade hypervisors, which was the whole ordeal of 2021 by the way… A way to mitigate this is to reduce the number of IOs to the device by moving the ESX-OSData to another device or at least move the scratch partition to a datastore.

In the end, low endurance devices will no longer be supported by VMware so you shouldn’t really use them anymore but most of us running labs at home don’t really care that much about official support.

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Ошибка VMWare ESXi: Errno 28 — No space left on device

Столкнулся со странной ошибкой Errno 28 “No space left on device” при ручном обновлении версии VMWare ESXi на отдельностоящем сервер:

# esxcli software profile update -p ESXi-7.0.0-xxxx-standard -d https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/PRODUCTION/main/vmw-depot-index.xml

Ошибка четко указывает на исчерпание места. Но, проверка свободного места на диске показала, что свободного места достаточно:

У VMWare есть KB 1007638 (ESXi/ESX error: No free space left on device). В статье они говорят о том, что вы не можете создать новые файлы, потому что достигли максимального количество инод (inodes) на файловой системе. Проверяется это командой:

stat -f / | grep Inodes | awk ‘< print $NF >‘

В моем случае значение Free довольно большое, поэтому это не должно быть причиной проблемы.

Другая возможная проблема – на хосте недостаточно свободной памяти для выполнения апгрейда. В этом случае нужно разрешить хосту ESXi размешать свой файл подкачки ESXi на любом из доступных VMFS хранилищ.

Указать дополнительное местоположение swap файла можно из графического интерфейса vSphere Client:

Host -> Configure -> System Swap -> Edit -> Can use datastore (выберите доступное хранилище).

Убедитесь, что включены опции

• Can use host cache
• Can use datastore specified by host for wasp files

# esxcli sched swap system set -n myDataStoreName1 -d y

Сохраните изменения, попробуйте выполнить обновление.

После добавления файла подкачки у появилась немного другая ошибка, указывающая на невозможность обновить vmware tools light:

Попробуйте скачать и установить этот файл vib вручную:
cd /tmp
wget http://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/PRODUCTION/main/esx/vmw/vib20/tools-light/VMware_locker_tools_light_11.2.5.xxxxxxxxxxxx.vib
esxcli software vib install -f -v /tmp/ VMware_locker_tools_light_11.2.5.xxxxxxxxxxxx
rm /tmp/VMware_locker_tools_light_11.2.5.xxxxxxxxxxxx

Запустите обновление билда командой # esxcli software profile update .

Если ручное обновление vmware tools light заканчивается с ошибкой, попробуйте обновить образ ESXi, пропустив обновление vib файла с vmtools:

# esxcli software profile update -p ESXi-version-build -no-tools -d https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/PRODUCTION/main/vm-depot -index.xml

Перезагрузите хост и обновите VMware_locker_tools:

# esxcli software vib install -v https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/PRODUCTION/main/esx/vmw/vib20/tools-light/VMware_locker_tools-light-version-build.vib

Если совсем ничего не помогает, скачайте ZIP файл с новой версией ESXi и загрузите ее на любое подключенное хранилище.

Выполните обновление из локального ZIP файла

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ESXi Update Error «[Errno 28] No space left on device»

When you try to install a VMware ESXi Update using esxcli, the upgrade fails with the following error message:

«[Errno 28] No space left on device»

The problem is caused by ESXi not having enough free space available to extract the installation packages. This article explains how to solve the issue by enabling swapping to a Datastore.

GUI Method

You do not need a vCenter to enable host swapping. It can be done from the ESXi Host Client.

1. Open ESXi UI (https://[ESXi-IP-Address]/ui/)
2. Navigate to Host > Manage > System > Swap
3. Click Edit settings
4. Enable Swapping and select a datastore (ds1 in that example)
   
5. Click Save
6. Changes are active immediately, there is no need to reboot the host.

CLI Method

You can also activate Datastore Swapping with the esxcli sched swap system command:

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Another workaround that worked for me on vmware 67u3 iso to latest patch (I got the same error) was to first manually upgrade vmware tools light to latest version. Then the «esxcli software profile update» command workde.

Good advice, thanks. Helped me on a 4 GB stick, and now running 7.0b on my NUC7i3BNH.

In my case this didn’t work. I ended up manually downloading the VIBs on a datastore in a directory and doing a loop install of the VIBs:
for i in $(cat *.vib); do esxcli software vib install -f -v /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/scratch/$i; done

same here none of the described work arounds worked for me.
manually downloading the depot (ESXi670-202103001.zip in my case) and installing it from the local datastore finally did the job .

The workaround from this article did not work for me but i used a couple of the comments to find a solution. Will elaborate more than they did. I downloaded the ESXi670-202103001.zip from the VMware site https://customerconnect.vmware.com/patch/#search

I extracted this and uploaded it to a datastore, example: /vmfs/volumes/datastore/Update/ESXi670-202103001/vib20/

made an input file containing only the paths to the .vib files:
find /vmfs/volumes/datastore/Update/ESXi670-202103001/vib20/ -type f > update.in

Created a script (update.sh) with a for loop:
for i in `cat update.in`
do
package=$i
esxcli software vib install -f -v $package
done

Made script executable: chmod 755 update.sh

Ran script: ./update.sh

ESXi host now showing: ESXi670-202103001 2021/03/18 17700523

None of the above worked for me. In fact, the prior solution above crashed my particular instance of ESXi 6.7 (requiring a recovery [SHIFT+R] in order to regain access). It is said «YMMV» and my mileage did indeed vary.

What did work in my case was to do an «offline update» (as described here)
https://virtualg.uk/upgrading-esxi-to-7-0-with-esxcli/)

USING THE example paths from the prior example above, my steps were:
1) Download ESXi670-202111001.zip to my local harddrive.
2) Upload ESXi670-202111001.zip from local HD to ESXi datastore directory
(for example to /vmfs/volumes/datastore/Update/)

3) Enable SSH on the ESXi host and SSH to the host
4) Check what profiles are available in the offline bundle
esxcli software sources profile list -d /vmfs/volumes/datastore/Update/ESXi670-202111001.zip

5) Dry-run the upgrade (replacing <#######>with an actual profile Number
esxcli software profile update -p ESXi-6.7.0-<#######>-standard /vmfs/volumes/datastore/Update/ESXi670-202111001.zip —dry-run

6) Place the host into maintenance mode
vim-cmd /hostsvc/maintenance_mode_enter
7) Run the upgrade (replacing <#######>with an actual profile Number
esxcli software profile update -p ESXi-6.7.0-<#######>-standard /vmfs/volumes/datastore/Update/ESXi670-202111001.zip
Reboot using «reboot» from the command line

9) Reconnect to esxi via SSH and exit Maintenance Mode
vim-cmd /hostsvc/maintenance_mode_exit
10 Reboot (in order to auto-restart all the the VMs that normally auto-start)
-OR- manually restart the VMs.

Thanks for the fix Anonymous! You save me a night’s sleep!

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Fatal error 28 crc error esxi

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The original machine is installed ESXI6.7, working normally.

Now there is an error when reinstalling ESXI7.0.0 B.

Tip «CRC Error during Decompression»

Fatal error: 28 (CRC error)

The file appears to be stuck in i40en.v00

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Oh, my God, just now I seem to have found the problem.

I have replaced the rear USB port, and there seems to be no problem now.

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You probably have an error on your boot medium. Re-burn/image the medium or change to something else.

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Thank you for your suggestion. I have tried your suggestion.

Replaced the boot USB drive.

Redownloaded the ISO image.

Re-burn the mirror image.

But the breakdown is still there

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Do a memory diagnostic. You may have a bad DIMM.

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Oh, my God, just now I seem to have found the problem.

I have replaced the rear USB port, and there seems to be no problem now.

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Thank you for your help

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A bad USB port is very uncommon, but if that did the trick then good news.

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Same thing happened to me. Different USB port did the trick! Thanks for posting!

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Hello. I’m using the Virtual Media. I’m still getting this error. What should I do? Thanks

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i just shutdown the machine try a second times and it works

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So I had a related problem which I was able to solve.

My system was a pretty recent Ryzen 3600 and it would get this when trying to install or boot from the USB sticks.

A couple of steps seemed to help, but I haven’t gone back to falsify the results since everything just works:

1) Disabled CSM (Compatibility Support Mode) in the UEFI settings

2) Ensured the machine booted from the UEFI bootloader on the USB stick. For some reason the BIOS wanted to boot from «VMWare USB FDMAP» or something, but there were two additional boot entries that were prefixed with «UEFI: » and that worked like a charm.

I’m not sure which of the two ultimately solved it for me since I changed two things in the same change cycle, but it’s working like a champ now.

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Ошибка VMWare ESXi: Errno 28 — No space left on device

Столкнулся со странной ошибкой Errno 28 “No space left on device” при ручном обновлении версии VMWare ESXi на отдельностоящем сервер:

# esxcli software profile update -p ESXi-7.0.0-xxxx-standard -d https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/PRODUCTION/main/vmw-depot-index.xml

Ошибка четко указывает на исчерпание места. Но, проверка свободного места на диске показала, что свободного места достаточно:

У VMWare есть KB 1007638 (ESXi/ESX error: No free space left on device). В статье они говорят о том, что вы не можете создать новые файлы, потому что достигли максимального количество инод (inodes) на файловой системе. Проверяется это командой:

stat -f / | grep Inodes | awk ‘< print $NF >‘

В моем случае значение Free довольно большое, поэтому это не должно быть причиной проблемы.

Другая возможная проблема – на хосте недостаточно свободной памяти для выполнения апгрейда. В этом случае нужно разрешить хосту ESXi размешать свой файл подкачки ESXi на любом из доступных VMFS хранилищ.

Указать дополнительное местоположение swap файла можно из графического интерфейса vSphere Client:

Host -> Configure -> System Swap -> Edit -> Can use datastore (выберите доступное хранилище).

Убедитесь, что включены опции

• Can use host cache
• Can use datastore specified by host for wasp files

# esxcli sched swap system set -n myDataStoreName1 -d y

Сохраните изменения, попробуйте выполнить обновление.

После добавления файла подкачки у появилась немного другая ошибка, указывающая на невозможность обновить vmware tools light:

Попробуйте скачать и установить этот файл vib вручную:
cd /tmp
wget http://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/PRODUCTION/main/esx/vmw/vib20/tools-light/VMware_locker_tools_light_11.2.5.xxxxxxxxxxxx.vib
esxcli software vib install -f -v /tmp/ VMware_locker_tools_light_11.2.5.xxxxxxxxxxxx
rm /tmp/VMware_locker_tools_light_11.2.5.xxxxxxxxxxxx

Запустите обновление билда командой # esxcli software profile update .

Если ручное обновление vmware tools light заканчивается с ошибкой, попробуйте обновить образ ESXi, пропустив обновление vib файла с vmtools:

# esxcli software profile update -p ESXi-version-build -no-tools -d https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/PRODUCTION/main/vm-depot -index.xml

Перезагрузите хост и обновите VMware_locker_tools:

# esxcli software vib install -v https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/PRODUCTION/main/esx/vmw/vib20/tools-light/VMware_locker_tools-light-version-build.vib

Если совсем ничего не помогает, скачайте ZIP файл с новой версией ESXi и загрузите ее на любое подключенное хранилище.

Выполните обновление из локального ZIP файла

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ESXi Update Error «[Errno 28] No space left on device»

When you try to install a VMware ESXi Update using esxcli, the upgrade fails with the following error message:

«[Errno 28] No space left on device»

The problem is caused by ESXi not having enough free space available to extract the installation packages. This article explains how to solve the issue by enabling swapping to a Datastore.

GUI Method

You do not need a vCenter to enable host swapping. It can be done from the ESXi Host Client.

1. Open ESXi UI (https://[ESXi-IP-Address]/ui/)
2. Navigate to Host > Manage > System > Swap
3. Click Edit settings
4. Enable Swapping and select a datastore (ds1 in that example)
   
5. Click Save
6. Changes are active immediately, there is no need to reboot the host.

CLI Method

You can also activate Datastore Swapping with the esxcli sched swap system command:

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Another workaround that worked for me on vmware 67u3 iso to latest patch (I got the same error) was to first manually upgrade vmware tools light to latest version. Then the «esxcli software profile update» command workde.

Good advice, thanks. Helped me on a 4 GB stick, and now running 7.0b on my NUC7i3BNH.

In my case this didn’t work. I ended up manually downloading the VIBs on a datastore in a directory and doing a loop install of the VIBs:
for i in $(cat *.vib); do esxcli software vib install -f -v /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/scratch/$i; done

same here none of the described work arounds worked for me.
manually downloading the depot (ESXi670-202103001.zip in my case) and installing it from the local datastore finally did the job .

The workaround from this article did not work for me but i used a couple of the comments to find a solution. Will elaborate more than they did. I downloaded the ESXi670-202103001.zip from the VMware site https://customerconnect.vmware.com/patch/#search

I extracted this and uploaded it to a datastore, example: /vmfs/volumes/datastore/Update/ESXi670-202103001/vib20/

made an input file containing only the paths to the .vib files:
find /vmfs/volumes/datastore/Update/ESXi670-202103001/vib20/ -type f > update.in

Created a script (update.sh) with a for loop:
for i in `cat update.in`
do
package=$i
esxcli software vib install -f -v $package
done

Made script executable: chmod 755 update.sh

Ran script: ./update.sh

ESXi host now showing: ESXi670-202103001 2021/03/18 17700523

None of the above worked for me. In fact, the prior solution above crashed my particular instance of ESXi 6.7 (requiring a recovery [SHIFT+R] in order to regain access). It is said «YMMV» and my mileage did indeed vary.

What did work in my case was to do an «offline update» (as described here)
https://virtualg.uk/upgrading-esxi-to-7-0-with-esxcli/)

USING THE example paths from the prior example above, my steps were:
1) Download ESXi670-202111001.zip to my local harddrive.
2) Upload ESXi670-202111001.zip from local HD to ESXi datastore directory
(for example to /vmfs/volumes/datastore/Update/)

3) Enable SSH on the ESXi host and SSH to the host
4) Check what profiles are available in the offline bundle
esxcli software sources profile list -d /vmfs/volumes/datastore/Update/ESXi670-202111001.zip

5) Dry-run the upgrade (replacing <#######>with an actual profile Number
esxcli software profile update -p ESXi-6.7.0-<#######>-standard /vmfs/volumes/datastore/Update/ESXi670-202111001.zip —dry-run

6) Place the host into maintenance mode
vim-cmd /hostsvc/maintenance_mode_enter
7) Run the upgrade (replacing <#######>with an actual profile Number
esxcli software profile update -p ESXi-6.7.0-<#######>-standard /vmfs/volumes/datastore/Update/ESXi670-202111001.zip
Reboot using «reboot» from the command line

9) Reconnect to esxi via SSH and exit Maintenance Mode
vim-cmd /hostsvc/maintenance_mode_exit
10 Reboot (in order to auto-restart all the the VMs that normally auto-start)
-OR- manually restart the VMs.

Thanks for the fix Anonymous! You save me a night’s sleep!

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Fatal error 28 crc error esxi

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The original machine is installed ESXI6.7, working normally.

Now there is an error when reinstalling ESXI7.0.0 B.

Tip «CRC Error during Decompression»

Fatal error: 28 (CRC error)

The file appears to be stuck in i40en.v00

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Oh, my God, just now I seem to have found the problem.

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You probably have an error on your boot medium. Re-burn/image the medium or change to something else.

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Thank you for your suggestion. I have tried your suggestion.

Replaced the boot USB drive.

Redownloaded the ISO image.

Re-burn the mirror image.

But the breakdown is still there

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Do a memory diagnostic. You may have a bad DIMM.

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I have replaced the rear USB port, and there seems to be no problem now.

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Thank you for your help

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A bad USB port is very uncommon, but if that did the trick then good news.

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Same thing happened to me. Different USB port did the trick! Thanks for posting!

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Hello. I’m using the Virtual Media. I’m still getting this error. What should I do? Thanks

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i just shutdown the machine try a second times and it works

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So I had a related problem which I was able to solve.

My system was a pretty recent Ryzen 3600 and it would get this when trying to install or boot from the USB sticks.

A couple of steps seemed to help, but I haven’t gone back to falsify the results since everything just works:

1) Disabled CSM (Compatibility Support Mode) in the UEFI settings

2) Ensured the machine booted from the UEFI bootloader on the USB stick. For some reason the BIOS wanted to boot from «VMWare USB FDMAP» or something, but there were two additional boot entries that were prefixed with «UEFI: » and that worked like a charm.

I’m not sure which of the two ultimately solved it for me since I changed two things in the same change cycle, but it’s working like a champ now.

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Fresh ESXi 6.7 install; Error 28 No space left issue during latest update

nthu9280

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I just did a fresh install of ESXi 6.7. When I try to update it to the latest profile I get the following error. The install is on a 32GB mSATA device.

Ptr Blocks shows max/free as 0/0. Is this the contributing factor?

I was able to successfully update the vibs even though the software profile update fails. Shouldn’t the vib update fail too if the above was the issue?

— Checked and the Swap enabled
— tried the ESXi-6.7.0-20190104001-no-tools
— Did not see any large log files etc.

Rand__

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From my personal logs.

[Errno 28] No space left on device
Go to Host > Manage > System > Swap and activate swap on our datastore vmfs.

O/c I didn’t discover it but was plagued by it so often that i saved it

Edit:
Oh I see you have swap enabled? Now thats weird then.

Edit2 — And to provide some thing useful, here is a comparison from a 32GB drive

Looks like your pointers are used up, but why.

Can you upgrade to a december build?

nthu9280

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There was a November build and that also failed. I don’t think I saw a December build.

Swap was disabled on mine too. I enabled it and selected datastore as was suggested in one of the check lists

The «Ptr Blocks» is perplexing. It’s clean install and I just took the defaults. I ran the suggested checks that in various KBs and google searches on this topic.

One thing I noticed is that my FS is VMFS-6.82 (Raw Major Version: 24). Guess I’ll reinistall and try later this evening. Like noted earlier, vib update succeeded I can check the vib versions but they should be current. Just the profile still shows the 201810*.

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