Firmware Update on RHEV Hosts not possible
Issue
- The firmware update on a RHEV/RHV hosts fails with a
mountfailure. - The firmware update fails with a
mountfailure on a RHEL system. - Updating firmware from a (virtual) USB device does fail on a RHEV host.
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Firmware update on a
DELL PowerEdgesystem being used as RHEV host fails similar to:[root@rhevh]# sh BIOS_PFWCY_LN_2.2.5.BIN Collecting inventory... Running validation... PowerEdge BIOS The version of this Update Package is newer than the currently installed version. Software application name: BIOS Package version: 2.2.5 Installed version: 2.1.7 Continue? Y/N:Y Executing update... WARNING: DO NOT STOP THIS PROCESS OR INSTALL OTHER DELL PRODUCTS WHILE UPDATE IS IN PROGRESS. THESE ACTIONS MAY CAUSE YOUR SYSTEM TO BECOME UNSTABLE! ............mount: /dev/sdf is already mounted or /tmp/SECUPD busy .mount: /dev/sdf is already mounted or /tmp/SECUPD busy .mount: /dev/sdf is already mounted or /tmp/SECUPD busy ...... Unified Server Configurator Failure - Detach USC failure - Detaching a partition has failed
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) 3.x
- Red Hat Virtualization (RHV) 4.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
- DELL PowerEdge or other hardware using USB devices to update the firmware.
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