Installing or removing packages fails with "BOOTx64.EFI not found" error - ESXi 7.0
While preparing my ESXi Hosts for the recently released ESXi 7.0 Update 3, I came across a strange issue. When I try to install or remove any packages using esxcli, the update failed with the following error message:
[KeyError]
"filename 'var/db/payloads/boot_loader_efi/BOOTx64.EFI' not found"
Please refer to the log file for more details.
Any updates using Update Manager / Lifecycle Manager did also fail. ESXi was running at 7.0.2 build-17867351, which correlates to ESXi 7.0 Update 2a. Using "esxcli software profile list" reveals that this was a fresh installation and no packages have been updated yet. The image was customized by adding the vmkusb-nic-fling using PowerCLI Image Builder. After some troubleshooting, I was able to reproduce the Issue which helped me to identify the root cause and I also found a solution to make updates functional again.
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