VMware ESXI 6.7 update: No space left on device

Vware ESXI 6.7 update: No space left on device

I just tried to update customer ESXi nodes from 6.7.0, 15160138 to latest patch 18828794 via ssh console to the host, but i got an error message „[Errno 28] No space left on device“ 

The workaround for this issue is enable the swap on the ESXi node and configure swap to your datastore. But in this situation i had host swap already enabled and configured. 

Now is time to use the another working workaround. I used the updated image without the tools vib with command „-no-tools“ 

• „esxcli software profile update -p ESXi-6.7.0-20211104001-no-tools \ -d https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/PRODUCTION/main/vmw-depot-index.xml“

and now you can install tools vib: 

• „esxcli software vib install -v https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/PRODUCTION/main/esx/vmw/vib20/tools-light/VMware_locker_tools-light_11.3.5.18557794-18812553.vib“

not forget to enable firewall and reboot the ESXi node 

• „esxcli network firewall ruleset set -e false -r httpClient“
• „reboot“