[Release] vSphere 5.0 Update 2 and ESXi 5.1 Build 914609

VMware has released Update 2 for vCenter 5.0 (both the Windows version and the Linux appliance) and ESXi 5.0:

• vCenter 5.0 Update 2: Download, Release Notes
• ESXi 5.0 Update 2: Download, Release Notes

Both updates include no new features, but many bug fixes. Here are some highlights of what issues were fixed (read the release notes for a full list):

vCenter 5.0 Update 2

• The Windows version is now supported to run on Windows Server 2012
• Search functionality stops working after upgrading to vCenter Server 5.0 Update 1a or 1b
• vSphere Client may stop responding when searching for Virtual Machines (if you have the "Show VMs in Inventoy" option unchecked).
• vSphere 5.x Storage vMotion does not rename virtual machine files on completing migration.

ESXi 5.0 Update 2

• ESXi 5.0 host experiences a purple diagnostic screen with the errors "Failed to ack TLB invalidate" or "no heartbeat" on HP servers with PCC support.
• Quiesced snapshots of VMs that fail towards the end of their completion might leave behind unconsolidated redo log files.
• Driver fixes: net-igb, net-ixgbe, net-bnx2x, net-e1000e, net-tg3, scsi-lpfc820, misc-drivers
• VMware Tools fixes:
• On Windows 2008 R2 machines the WDDM graphics driver will now be installed by default.
• The vmxnet3 adapter in Linux guests drops a large number of UDP packets.

Additionally a patch for ESXi 5.1 was made available: Build 914609 (resp. 911593 with security only fixes). It includes a fix for the problem described in KB2039030: ESXi 5.1 host fails with a purple diagnostic screen when powering on a virtual machine with a PCI pass-through device.

And there was also an update for vCenter 5.1: vCenter Server 5.1.0b (Download, Release notes).

I have updated my ESXi 5.x Patch Matrix to include this and the new ESXi 5.0 Update 2 build no. 914586 (resp. 912577 with security only fixes).

Update (2012-20-21): An HP Customized installation ISO with ESXi 5.0 U2 is also available here.