Just put the .zip in /var/log/vmware ;)
Comment thread started by BobS on USB Network Native Driver for ESXi
Mar 09, 2019
@BobS,
Would you please try using 'localcli' commands to see if it works or not?
Thanks!
localcli system maintenanceMode set -e true
localcil software vib install -d [Path]/ESXi650-VMKUSB-NIC-FLING-20123976-offline_bundle-11613344.zip
Dec 16, 2019
Hi! Could you recommend a way to add this to an ESXI installer? I have a machine without a working NIC, so I need to copy the driver via usb, but it's very hard to get to access the file after booting the installer.
Mar 14, 2019
@Songtao,
I met the same issue above. I'm pretty sure that the zip file is located properly in the folder. Neither esxcli nor localcli prexi works.
[root@localhost:~] localcli software vib install -d /vmfs/volume/5c74ba2f-a70d7d8e-f99b-009027e14648/ESXi650-VMKUSB-NIC-FLING-20123976-offline_bundle-11613344.zip
Errors:
[MetadataDownloadError]
Could not download from depot at zip:/vmfs/volume/5c74ba2f-a70d7d8e-f99b-009027e14648/ESXi650-VMKUSB-NIC-FLING-20123976-offline_bundle-11613344.zip?index.xml, skipping (('zip:/vmfs/volume/5c74ba2f-a70d7d8e-f99b-009027e14648/ESXi650-VMKUSB-NIC-FLING-20123976-offline_bundle-11613344.zip?index.xml', '', "Error extracting index.xml from /vmfs/volume/5c74ba2f-a70d7d8e-f99b-009027e14648/ESXi650-VMKUSB-NIC-FLING-20123976-offline_bundle-11613344.zip: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/vmfs/volume/5c74ba2f-a70d7d8e-f99b-009027e14648/ESXi650-VMKUSB-NIC-FLING-20123976-offline_bundle-11613344.zip'"))
url = zip:/vmfs/volume/5c74ba2f-a70d7d8e-f99b-009027e14648/ESXi650-VMKUSB-NIC-FLING-20123976-offline_bundle-11613344.zip?index.xml
Please refer to the log file for more details.
Could you help me?
Trying to install USB drivers on VMware ESXi, 6.5.0, 8294253 and getting the following errors:
[root@localhost:~] esxcli system maintenanceMode set -e true
[root@localhost:~] esxcli software vib install -d ./ESXi650-VMKUSB-NIC-FLING-20123976-offline_bundle-11613344.zip
[MetadataDownloadError]
Could not download from depot at zip:/var/log/vmware/ESXi650-VMKUSB-NIC-FLING-20123976-offline_bundle-11613344.zip?index.xml, skipping (('zip:/var/log/vmware/ESXi650-VMKUSB-NIC-FLING-20123976-offline_bundle-11613344.zip?index.xml', '', "Error extracting index.xml from /var/log/vmware/ESXi650-VMKUSB-NIC-FLING-20123976-offline_bundle-11613344.zip: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/log/vmware/ESXi650-VMKUSB-NIC-FLING-20123976-offline_bundle-11613344.zip'"))
url = zip:/var/log/vmware/ESXi650-VMKUSB-NIC-FLING-20123976-offline_bundle-11613344.zip?index.xml
Please refer to the log file for more details.
[root@localhost:~]
Any suggestions?