Greetings.
We are currently running ESXI 4.0 Update 1. Nexus1000v 4.2(1)SV1(4b) We are trying to update our hosts to ESXi 5.0. We are trying to use the image builder to create a bundled iso for the install. We have successfully created depot (using powercli) for all the nic drivers we need. When we try to add the vem zip file we get an error adding it to the depot. (Our Vcenter server has been upgraded to 5.1 (which is causing issues with the nexus and host upgrades, it should have been upgraded to 5.0 first, then got our host and NK1v upgraded, then moved to version 5.1. )
When adding the VEM to the image builder we get the following error. When I look into the zip file I do not see an index.xml file. Can we not use this version of the VEM with the image builder?
Add-EsxSoftwareDepot .\VEM400-201204401.zip gives the following error
PowerCLI C:\esxi> Add-EsxSoftwareDepot .\VEM400-201204401.zip
Add-EsxSoftwareDepot : Could not download from depot at zip:C:\esxi\VEM400-2012
04401.zip?index.xml, skipping (('zip:C:\\esxi\\VEM400-201204401.zip?index.xml',
'', 'Error extracting index.xml from C:\\esxi\\VEM400-201204401.zip: "There is
no item named \'index.xml\' in the archive"'))
At line:1 char:21
+ Add-EsxSoftwareDepot <<<< .\VEM400-201204401.zip
+ CategoryInfo : ReadError: (System.String[]:String[]) [Add-EsxSo
ftwareDepot], Exception
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ConnectDepotError,VMware.ImageBuilder.Commands.A
ddDepot
ANY HELP IS GREATLY APPRECIATED.