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Reason for recalling VMWare vSphere 7.0 U3 Version

VMware just recalled their latest update for vSphere and vCenter Server 7.0 U3b is no longer available for download. If your vCenter has already been upgraded to vCenter 7.0 U3b\and is experiencing the symptoms mentioned in KB 86191, please remove the i40enu driver.
Issues
  • After patching ESXi to 7.0 Update 3 - HA can no longer be successfully enabled
  • When trying to enable HA, the installation of the HA agent (FDM) starts, and the status switches into "Waiting for cluster election to complete", only to fail and start over again
  • The HA status for the ESXi host is stuck at "Uninitialized"
  • In some cases the HA enablement task fails with "Cannot find vSphere HA master agent"
  • Migrating or powering on VMs in an HA enabled cluster fail
  • In /var/run/log/esxupdate.log on the ESXi, you find the following entries:
esxupdate.log
2021-10-13T14:01:17Z esxupdate: 2140874: root: ERROR: Traceback (most recent call last):
2021-10-13T14:01:17Z esxupdate: 2140874: root: ERROR:   File "/usr/lib/vmware/esxcli-software", line 773, in <module>
2021-10-13T14:01:17Z esxupdate: 2140874: root: ERROR:     main()
2021-10-13T14:01:17Z esxupdate: 2140874: root: ERROR:   File "/usr/lib/vmware/esxcli-software", line 764, in main
2021-10-13T14:01:17Z esxupdate: 2140874: root: ERROR:     ret = CMDTABLE[command](options)
2021-10-13T14:01:17Z esxupdate: 2140874: root: ERROR:   File "/usr/lib/vmware/esxcli-software", line 601, in VibInstallCmd
2021-10-13T14:01:17Z esxupdate: 2140874: root: ERROR:     res = t.InstallVibsFromSources(viburls, [], nameids,
2021-10-13T14:01:17Z esxupdate: 2140874: root: ERROR:   File "/lib64/python3.8/site-packages/vmware/esximage/Transaction.py", line 965, in InstallVibsFromSources
2021-10-13T14:01:17Z esxupdate: 2140874: root: ERROR:     inst, removed, exitstate = self._installVibs(curprofile,
2021-10-13T14:01:17Z esxupdate: 2140874: root: ERROR:   File "/lib64/python3.8/site-packages/vmware/esximage/Transaction.py", line 1207, in _installVibs
2021-10-13T14:01:17Z esxupdate: 2140874: root: ERROR:     hasConfigDowngrade = checkFdmConfigDowngrade(curProfile, newProfile)
2021-10-13T14:01:17Z esxupdate: 2140874: root: ERROR:   File "/lib64/python3.8/site-packages/vmware/esximage/Transaction.py", line 1122, in checkFdmConfigDowngrade
2021-10-13T14:01:17Z esxupdate: 2140874: root: ERROR:     compDowngrades = curProfile.GetCompsDowngradeInfo(newProfile)
2021-10-13T14:01:17Z esxupdate: 2140874: root: ERROR:   File "/lib64/python3.8/site-packages/vmware/esximage/ImageProfile.py", line 2416, in GetCompsDowngradeInfo
2021-10-13T14:01:17Z esxupdate: 2140874: root: ERROR:     curComp = self.components.GetComponent(name)
2021-10-13T14:01:17Z esxupdate: 2140874: root: ERROR:   File "/lib64/python3.8/site-packages/vmware/esximage/Bulletin.py", line 1276, in GetComponent
2021-10-13T14:01:17Z esxupdate: 2140874: root: ERROR:     raise ValueError('Expected 1 component, found %u'
2021-10-13T14:01:17Z esxupdate: 2140874: root: ERROR: ValueError: Expected 1 component, found 2
Cause
  • This issue occurs when both the i40en and i40enu VIBs for the inbox Intel network driver are installed on the host
  • The issue was also reported after upgrading to vCenter 7.0 Update 3b, released on 12th November 2021, which is no longer available.
  • In vSphere 7.0 Update 2, the driver was renamed from i40en to i40enu. Starting with vSphere 7.0 Update 3, the inbox i40enu network driver for ESXi changes back to i40en
Resolution
This issue will be resolved in an upcoming release of VMware ESXi.
The issue was also resolved in VMware ESXi 7.0 U3b build 18905247 (No longer available)
Note:- vSphere ESXi 7.0 U3, U3a, and U3b and vCenter 7.0 U3b are no longer available for download due to several critical issues identified in them. For information regarding this decision, Please refer to KB 86398 
Temporary Solution
To work around the issue, remove the conflicting i40enu driver
  1. Disable vSphere HA on the cluster with the affected hosts.
  2. Put the ESXi in maintenance mode, then run the following command to remove the obsolete i40enu VIB :
esxcli software vib remove --vibname=i40enu
  1. Once the VIB has been removed, reboot the ESXi host.
  2. When this has been done for all hosts in the cluster, HA can be enabled again.
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