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Recently we told you about an issue where the RAID controller does not clear the cache during shutdown. A patch is now available to resolve this problem.

If you have ESX/ESXi 4.0 systems with RAID controllers using aacraid, megaraid2, and megaraid_sas drivers with attached local storage, then check out this article System does not clear RAID controller cache during shutdown (1012794) for details and symptoms.

For installation instructions for the patch, check out VMware ESXi 4.0, Patch ESXi400-200907401-BG or VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200907401-BG.

A new bunch of patches for ESX 3.5 and 3.0.x have been posted this week.  If you’re still in the old Virtual Infrastructure 3 world, you might want to look in to the latest patches as they contain security and critical updates.

ESX 3.5.0 Classic

ESXi 3.5.0

Patch Download and Installation

See the VMware Update Manager Administration Guide for instructions on using Update Manager to download and install patches to automatically update ESX Server 3.5 hosts.

To update ESX Server 3.5 hosts when not using Update Manager, download the most recent patch bundle from http://www.vmware.com/download/vi/vi3_patches_35.html and install the bundle using esxupdate from the command line of the host. For more information, see the ESX Server 3 Patch Management Guide.