# Fault - PatchNotApplicable(vim.fault.PatchNotApplicable)

Thrown by
  InstallHostPatch_Task
Extended by
  PatchAlreadyInstalled, PatchMissingDependencies, PatchSuperseded
Extends
  VimFault
Since
  VI API 2.5

## Fault Description

This fault is thrown if a patch install fails because the patch is not applicable to the host. Typically, a subclass of this exception is thrown, indicating a problem such as the patch is superseded, already installed, or has dependencies missing, and so on.

Properties

Name | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
patchID | xsd:string | The ID of the patch that is not applicable to the host.
Properties inherited from VimFault
None
Properties inherited from MethodFault
faultCause, faultMessage

Show WSDL type definition
<complexType xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:sms="urn:sms" name="PatchNotApplicable"> <complexContent> <extension base="sms:VimFault"> <sequence> <element name="patchID" type="xsd:string"/> </sequence> </extension> </complexContent> </complexType>