No Space Left On Device vmware_locker_tools error when upgrading ESXI 6.7

So, got this error recently when attempting to upgrade from ESXI 6.7u1 to 6.7u2:

[InstallationError]
[Errno 28] No space left on device
vibs = VMware_locker_tools-light_10.3.5.10430147-12986307
Please refer to the log file for more details.

Yuck. [Note, the version of locker tools you’re missing will likely vary from mine, but you can use this article and just swap out the version vmware is whining about].

The solution is simple. The “no space left” is kind of a default “stopper” that shows up — you’re not actually out of space. However, there’s a VIB file that is a prerequisite prior to upgrading to whatever version of ESXI you’re trying to get to.

In this case, that item is VMware Locker Tools Light.

Run the following 3 lines individually to get it installed:

cd /tmp
wget http://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/PRODUCTION/main
/esx/vmw/vib20/tools-light/VMware_locker_tools-light_10.3.5.10430147-12986307.vib
esxcli software vib install -f -v /tmp/VMware_locker_tools-light_
10.3.5.10430147-12986307.vib

Now you can run your upgrade. I typically use this website as a nice resource for my upgrades to my ESXI hosts.

8 responses

xavier

May 24, 2019 at 4:59 am

many thanks for this tip

Michael Martin

August 7, 2019 at 1:38 pm

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!!!! Helps a lot!

chris

August 25, 2019 at 10:03 am

thanks it’s ok 🙂

chris

August 25, 2019 at 10:04 am

thanks it’s ok welldone

Leandro

September 20, 2019 at 6:56 am

Hi Ganon,

I have a blog https://www.leandroscardua.com , can I use your post to explain how fix this issue in portuguese?

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October 9, 2019 at 6:12 pm

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James Stroud

December 30, 2019 at 10:54 am

Thanks a bunch, I was totally stumped. I have a brand new Esxi 6.7 update 3 system and kept getting

[Errno 28] No space left on device
vibs = VMware_locker_tools-light_11.0.1.14773994-15160134
Please refer to the log file for more details.

I followed this and enabled swap

https://communities.vmware.com/thread/560543
with no luck.
I rebooted no luck

Then I found your trick and did it for the latest update as of today (Dec 30, 2019). In my case it was the dec 5, 2019 patches

wget http://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/PRODUCTION/main/esx/vmw/vib20/tools-light/VMware_locker_tools-light_11.0.1.14773994-15160134.vib

esxcli software vib install -f -v /tmp/VMware_locker_tools-light_11.0.1.14773994-15160134.vib

This allowed met to install the updated VMware_locker_tool
then I ran the latest update successfully via
esxcli software profile update -p ESXi-6.7.0-20191204001-standard -d https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/PRODUCTION/main/vmw-depot-index.xml

reboot

This brought me to

[root@stroud-esxi:~] vmware -l
VMware ESXi 6.7.0 Update 3
[root@stroud-esxi:~] vmware -v
VMware ESXi 6.7.0 build-15160138

prior to this I was on
[root@stroud-esxi:~] vmware -l
VMware ESXi 6.7.0 Update 3
[root@stroud-esxi:~] vmware -v
VMware ESXi 6.7.0 build-14320388