VMware ESXi Patching Error – [Errno 32] Broken pipe vibs = VMware_locker_tools-light | [DatabaseIOError] Error in purging old directory | Permanent Fix

Recently, I was applying security updates using .zip file on my ESXi hosts and updates failed on one of the host with error – [Errno 32] Broken pipe vibs = VMware_locker_tools-light_6.5.0-1.47.8285314 I already wrote a blog how to fix it, you can check here. However this seems to be a workaround as next time when i …

VMware ESXi Patching Error – [Errno 32] Broken pipe vibs = VMware_locker_tools-light || [DatabaseIOError] Error in purging old directory

I usually update my ESXi hosts using zip package customized by dell since the underlying hardware is from Dell. Recently, I was updating my ESXi hosts from ESXi 6.5 U2 to ESXi 6.5 U3 and one of the host failed with error - [Errno 32] Broken pipe vibs = VMware_locker_tools-light_6.5.0-1.47.8285314 From VMware release note, I …