Hi,
I've received three emails and two voicemails but haven't received a fix. I did recheck the kb with the links to the downloadable json file (kb 58891) to see if they silently updated the file. And they have updated it! But all they did was remove any references to the current release - ie removed v6.7 U1. This is a bit of a step forward in that now the release version and build number are correctly correlated. All they have to do now is add in the current release version and build number (v6.7 U1, 10302608).
Just for completeness sake - and to ensure proper historical documentation - here are the two "content" sections of the json file for comparison.
A) Previous version, and what I initially downloaded :
| arrivalDate | 1540942175000 |
| processedDate | 1540967375000 |
| content | "{\"releasePreferenceOrder\": [\"ESXi 6.7 U1\", \"ESXi 6.7\", \"ESXi 6.5 U2\", \"ESXi 6.5 U1\", \"vSAN 6.6\", \"ESXi 6.5\", \"ESXi 6.0 U3\", \"ESXi 6.0 U2\", \"ESXi 6.0 U1\", \"ESXi 6.0\", \"ESXi 5.5\"], \"timestamp\": 1540893530, \"version\": \"1.0.9\", \"releaseInfo\": {\"ESXi 6.5 U1\": {\"release\": {\"vcVersion\": [\"6.5.0\"], \"depotInfo\": {\"familyversion\": \"6.5\"}}}, \"ESXi 6.5 U2\": {\"release\": {\"baselineName\": \"VMware ESXi 6.5.0 U2 (build 8294253)\", \"isoDisplayName\": \"VMware ESXi Release 6.5.0, Build 8294253\", \"depotInfo\": {\"downloadurl\": \"https://download2.vmware.com/software/esx/65/VMware-VMvisor-Installer-6.5.0.update02-8294253.x86_64.iso\", \"productfamily\": \"VMware vSphere\", \"params\": 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\"https://download2.vmware.com/software/esx/67/VMware-VMvisor-Installer-6.7.0-8169922.x86_64.iso\", \"productfamily\": \"VMware vSphere\", \"params\": \"%7B%22sourcefilesize%22%3A%22346359808%22%2C%22dlgcode%22%3A%22ESXI670%22%2C%22languagecode%22%3A%22en%22%2C%22source%22%3A%22vswa%22%2C%22downloadtype%22%3A%22manual%22%2C%22eula%22%3A%22Y%22%2C%22downloaduuid%22%3A%22f4fa9947-85e7-4ffd-8287-9519bf903eb8%22%2C%22purchased%22%3A%22Y%22%2C%22dlgtype%22%3A%22Product+Binaries%22%2C%22productversion%22%3A%226.7.0%22%7D\", \"familyversion\": \"6.7\"}, \"bldnum\": 8169922, \"vcVersion\": [\"6.7.0\"], \"profileName\": \"ESXi-6.7.0-8169922-standard\"}}, \"ESXi 6.0 U1\": {\"release\": {\"vcVersion\": [\"6.0.0\"], \"depotInfo\": {\"familyversion\": \"6.0\"}}}, \"ESXi 6.7 U1\": {\"release\": {\"baselineName\": \"VMware ESXi 6.7.0 (build 8169922)\", \"isoDisplayName\": \"VMware ESXi Release 6.7.0, Build 8169922\", \"depotInfo\": {\"downloadurl\": \"https://download2.vmware.com/software/esx/67/VMware-VMvisor-Installer-6.7.0-8169922.x86_64.iso\", \"productfamily\": \"VMware vSphere\", \"params\": \"%7B%22sourcefilesize%22%3A%22346359808%22%2C%22dlgcode%22%3A%22ESXI670%22%2C%22languagecode%22%3A%22en%22%2C%22source%22%3A%22vswa%22%2C%22downloadtype%22%3A%22manual%22%2C%22eula%22%3A%22Y%22%2C%22downloaduuid%22%3A%22f4fa9947-85e7-4ffd-8287-9519bf903eb8%22%2C%22purchased%22%3A%22Y%22%2C%22dlgtype%22%3A%22Product+Binaries%22%2C%22productversion%22%3A%226.7.0%22%7D\", \"familyversion\": \"6.7\"}, \"bldnum\": 8169922, \"vcVersion\": [\"6.7.0\"], \"profileName\": \"ESXi-6.7.0-8169922-standard\"}}, \"ESXi 6.0 U3\": {\"release\": {\"baselineName\": \"VMware ESXi 6.0.0 U3 (build 5050593)\", \"isoDisplayName\": \"VMware ESXi Release 6.0.0, Build 5050593\", \"depotInfo\": {\"downloadurl\": \"https://download2.vmware.com/software/vi/60/VMware-VMvisor-Installer-6.0.0.update03-5050593.x86_64.iso\", \"productfamily\": \"VMware vSphere\", \"params\": \"%7B%22sourcefilesize%22%3A%22378443776%22%2C%22dlgcode%22%3A%22ESXI60U3%22%2C%22languagecode%22%3A%22en%22%2C%22source%22%3A%22vswa%22%2C%22downloadtype%22%3A%22manual%22%2C%22eula%22%3A%22Y%22%2C%22downloaduuid%22%3A%2228e9acbf-0df5-4a31-b75c-55344db36598%22%2C%22purchased%22%3A%22Y%22%2C%22dlgtype%22%3A%22Product+Binaries%22%2C%22productversion%22%3A%226.0U3%22%7D\", \"familyversion\": \"6.0\"}, \"bldnum\": 5050593, \"vcVersion\": [\"6.0.0\"], \"patchids\": [\"ESXi600-Update03\"], \"profileName\": \"ESXi-6.0.0-20170202001-standard\", \"patchDisplayName\": \"VMware ESXi 6.0.0 U3 (vSAN 6.2, build 5050593)\"}}, \"ESXi 6.0 U2\": {\"release\": {\"vcVersion\": [\"6.0.0\"], \"depotInfo\": {\"familyversion\": \"6.0\"}}}, \"vSAN 6.6\": {\"release\": {\"vcVersion\": [\"6.5.0\"], \"depotInfo\": {\"familyversion\": \"6.5\"}}}, \"ESXi 5.5\": {\"release\": {\"vcVersion\": [\"5.5.0\"], \"depotInfo\": {\"familyversion\": \"5.5\"}}}, \"ESXi 6.0\": {\"release\": {\"vcVersion\": [\"6.0.0\"], \"depotInfo\": {\"familyversion\": \"6.0\"}}}}, \"patchRecommendation\": {\"ESXi 6.5 U1\": [], \"ESXi 6.5 U2\": [\"ESXi650-201810401-BG\"], \"ESXi 6.5\": [], \"ESXi 6.7\": [\"ESXi670-201810401-BG\"], \"ESXi 6.0 U1\": [], \"ESXi 6.7 U1\": [], \"ESXi 6.0 U3\": [\"ESXi600-201807401-BG\"], \"ESXi 6.0 U2\": [], \"vSAN 6.6\": [], \"ESXi 5.5\": [], \"ESXi 6.0\": []}, \"knownReleasesMapping\": {\"2718056\": \"beta\", \"4600945\": \"beta\", \"4179636\": \"beta\", \"2615706\": \"beta\", \"3074370\": \"beta\", \"1746972\": \"beta\", \"5146855\": \"beta\", \"3380126\": \"beta\", \"5224590\": \"beta\", \"5050594\": \"beta\", \"1474529\": \"beta\", \"5230636\": \"beta\", \"5224936\": \"beta\", \"2143828\": \"beta\", \"3825890\": \"beta\", \"2809294\": \"beta\", \"4192242\": \"beta\", \"3029759\": \"beta\", \"2403254\": \"beta\", \"4345814\": \"beta\", \"3030015\": \"beta\", \"1892725\": \"beta\", \"4724148\": \"beta\", \"1623379\": \"beta\", \"5572662\": \"beta\", \"4564108\": \"beta\", \"3343346\": \"beta\", \"3566909\": \"beta\", \"2638310\": \"beta\", \"2069601\": \"beta\", \"4510823\": \"beta\", \"3620773\": \"beta\", \"2494575\": \"beta\", \"1882254\": \"beta\", \"3247721\": \"beta\", \"5310539\": \"beta\", \"1746027\": \"beta\", \"4887373\": \"beta\", \"2456378\": \"beta\", \"2302652\": \"beta\", \"3568723\": \"beta\", \"2715442\": \"beta\", \"3116896\": \"beta\"}}" |
B) Current version, grabbed Nov 7, 2018 at 4:50PM PST
| arrivalDate | 1541372979000 |
| processedDate | 1541401779000 |
| content | "{\"releasePreferenceOrder\": [\"ESXi 6.7\", \"ESXi 6.5 U2\", \"ESXi 6.5 U1\", \"vSAN 6.6\", \"ESXi 6.5\", \"ESXi 6.0 U3\", \"ESXi 6.0 U2\", \"ESXi 6.0 U1\", \"ESXi 6.0\", \"ESXi 5.5\"], \"timestamp\": 1540548184, \"version\": \"1.0.9\", \"releaseInfo\": {\"ESXi 6.5 U1\": {\"release\": {\"vcVersion\": [\"6.5.0\"], \"depotInfo\": {\"familyversion\": \"6.5\"}}}, \"ESXi 6.5 U2\": {\"release\": {\"baselineName\": \"VMware ESXi 6.5.0 U2 (build 8294253)\", \"isoDisplayName\": \"VMware ESXi Release 6.5.0, Build 8294253\", \"depotInfo\": {\"downloadurl\": \"https://download2.vmware.com/software/esx/65/VMware-VMvisor-Installer-6.5.0.update02-8294253.x86_64.iso\", \"productfamily\": \"VMware vSphere\", \"params\": 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Cheers,
Ron