kickstart firstboot maintenance mode problem

Hi,

when I enter and exit maintenance mode in my firstboot script, it still is in maintenance mode when booting after the firstboot script is complete (ESXi4.1U2) -- even though the output of vim-cmd hostsvc/hostsummary | grep inMaintenanceMode at the end of the script indicates otherwise (inMaintenanceMode = false).

Here's the simplified script:

accepteula

 

rootpw --iscrypted xyz

keyboard Default

 

# defining firstdisk should make sure that we never write the OS onto a non-local disk

autopart --firstdisk=mptsas --overwritevmfs

 

network --bootproto=static --ip=[IPADDR] --gateway=ggg --nameserver=nnn --netmask=255.255.255.0 --hostname=[HOSTNAME].dom.ain --addvmportgroup=1 --device=[PRIMNIC]

 

install url http://[UDA_IPADDR]/[OS]/[FLAVOR]

 

reboot

 

%firstboot --unsupported --interpreter=busybox --level=998

 

## PRESS ALT-F1 ON ESX SERVER CONSOLE

## TO VIEW MESSAGES FROM THIS SCRIPT

 

i=0

echo $i Starting...

 

.....

.....

 

###################

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###################

 

 

%firstboot --unsupported --interpreter=busybox --level=9999

# trouble with altbootbank when esxupdate is used as it is above

# see http://communities.vmware.com/message/1609011#1609011

# see also Tip#12 http://www.virtuallyghetto.com/2010/09/automating-esxi-41-kickstart-tips.html

# you have to do it this way (two firstboot scripts)

# otherwise it reboots indefinitely...

 

################### Start: storage extensions

echo $((i=$i+1)) STORAGE EXTENSIONS: SATP PLUGIN, VAAI PLUGIN, AND MULTIPATHING POLICIES

 

while ! vim-cmd hostsvc/hostsummary | grep inMaintenanceMode | grep -q true; do

vim-cmd /hostsvc/maintenance_mode_enter

sleep 1

done

 

esxupdate --bundle=http://[UDA_IPADDR]/module1.zip update

esxupdate --bundle=http://[UDA_IPADDR]/module2.zip update

 

while ! vim-cmd hostsvc/hostsummary | grep inMaintenanceMode | grep -q false; do

vim-cmd /hostsvc/maintenance_mode_exit

sleep 1

done

 

vim-cmd hostsvc/hostsummary | grep inMaintenanceMode ### --> false!!!

 

################### End: storage extensions

 

echo XXX Done... Cleaning up and rebooting

 

cp /var/log/esxi_install.log "/vmfs/volumes/$(hostname -s)-vmfs-internal01/firstboot-esxi_install.log"

 

sleep 30

 

reboot ### --> after reboot again in maintenance mode!!!

 

Any idea what's happening here?

Thanks,

marki