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• VMware Tools upgrade fails with the error

  12 Pro - 12.1.0 workstation build-3272444

  Individual license

  Guest operating system: Ubuntu 14.10 64-bit

  VMware Tools: 9.6.2.31837 (build 1688356)

  Virtual MACHINE works fine except...

  Updated the VMware Tools, download stage publishes a message and is abandoned:
  Error: There was a problem updating a software component.   Try again later and if the problem persists, contact your system administrator or the VMware support.

  I can't find useful this question online resolution.  Perhaps this community can help find a solution?

  Furthermore, I also have a VM for 64-bit Ubuntu 15.10 who works with success the VMware Tools 10.0.1.357 (build 3160059).

  I need to run both versions of Ubuntu for software compatibility.

  Maybe you can try to get the packages of the latest VMTools from their repo upgrade server: filing of CDS - /var/www/public/stage/session-59/cds/vmw-desktop/ws/12.1.0/3272444/windows/packages

• VMware Tools upgrade changes machineID, breaks the issuance of licenses for some applications

  We have this application called localization, manufactured by Hyland Software. Whenever I've upgrade VMware Tools on our ESXi hosts on all virtual machines, it breaks the granting of licenses for the application and localization will not work until the licensing is completely redone. No idea why this is happening?

  Below is the reading of the application regarding the issuance of licenses, and attached is a screenshot of the error in the application. I'm certainly not asking someone to solve the problem of the application, but what on earth could possibly VMTools change that would have caused this? Thanks in advance!

  RegisterName	dateregistered	Networkid	pcserialnum	usernum	stationdesc	wkstationgrpnum	cachenum	MacAddress	lastLogon	badlogincount	MachineId
  DALONBASE	01/02/2013	BVVGRCRGRKRO	715828130	0	DALONBASE (SELF)	0	0	005056b33b87	04/02/2013	0

  C8C2A6CCADFA02BFBAA68E68D9842B25

  DALONBASE

  04/08/2012

  YIEGRCRGRKRO

  715827788

  0

  DALONBASE (SELF)

  0

  0

  005056b33b87

  01/02/2013

  0

  006EEA89FBC395E1DAD4C3BA17DF7DF2

  If this is what is causing the problem?

  I'm sure of it - about 99.9% Yes.

  And if so, what changes would affect a particular software feature licenses?

  "All the virtual machines have a hardware version, which shows the characteristics of virtual hardware that supports the virtual machine, such as BIOS or EFI, number of virtual slots, maximum number of processors, the maximum memory configuration and other features material." - from http://www.vmware.com/products/datacenter-virtualization/vsphere/compute.html

  They probably linked the license to an individual (or several) attribute of the "hardware" of the virtual machine. Think of it regarding a physical system - changed nothing in the operating system (at least not GUID, MSN, etc.), it was something that the operating system has access to related material. You could probably bug them enough and get them to reveal madness method they use for this, but I don't know if it would be really useful. You can leave virtual to older material , to some extent, which means that you can reduce the number of times you have to repeat this process.

• Backup impossible vm using vcbmounter after vmware tools upgrade

  Hello

  I have updated the VMware tools to version 3.5.0 Build-130756 on 1 of my Windows 2003 servers. Since then, I struggle to save this virtual machine with vcb, I get the following message: "vcbmounter could not find vitual machine specified by ipaddr. Every morning, I see that this virtual machine has not been saved. I noticed that reboot/Shudown comments options are grayed out in vCenter. In order to safeguard, I have to restart the vmware tools and then stop and restart options are greyed out no longer and I can run my backup task using vcb with no problems. I tried to uninstall and then install vmware tools yesterday, but the backup did not work this morning for the same reason as the previous days.

  No idea how can I fix?

  Thanks in advance

  Nicolas

  I'm happy to hear. Thank you

  Dave Convery - VMware vExpert 2009

  ************************

  Accomplish the impossible only means that the boss will add it to your regular tasks.

  Doug Larson

• VMWare Tools Upgrade - incomplete? by taking a lot of time... Ubuntu

  I have a virtual machine that I think that the upgrade of the tools on ESXi 4 does not work properly in - Ubuntu 8.10 (2.6.27 - 11-server).

  ESXi is CPU utilization after the update is started, but I see no activity in monitors performance of the virtual machine except an initial peak of the CPU.

  The upgrade worked for 25 minutes now (and I left it running longer yesterday, before canceling it). I have also updated the VM (sudo apt - get install upgrade) and it have already restarted etc...

  The funny thing is that my Ubuntu 8.4.01 2.6.24 - 16-virtual VM upgraded properly (as did my xubuntu virtual machine) so I'm not really sure what's going on with this particular virtual machine.

  Is it possible that I can see in ESXi what he does or if it is stuck? Otherwise I'll just run as see if something changes I guess...

  Hello

  VMHGFS is not required for ESX and why it may not be something of predefined. It depends on how the tools were built to begin with. Ideally, you would not not even build vmhgfs if you run in ESX.

  Best regards, Edward L. Haletky VMware communities user moderator, VMware vExpert 2009
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• How to toggle the option of VM tools upgrade policy

  Hello

  This seems like a simple request, but I can't find the proper syntax for it.  I am trying to create a workflow that will toggle the VM option to check VMtools automatically at the next reboot.

  I can verify that it is currently but may not know how to change it.

  var currentopt = vm.config.tools.toolsUpgradePolicy;

  System.log ("currentopt =" + currentopt);

  Any assistance would be helpful.

  Thank you

  B

  Which language to use to automate things in your environment?

  Old blog post - automate VMware tools upgrade policy: virtuallyGhetto

  PowerCLI post - checking vmware tools upgrade strategy using powercli, setting political upgrade vmware tools | VMware and Powershell

  PowerShell different ways - http://powershell.com/cs/media/p/29395.aspx

  YA powershwell way - http://serverfault.com/questions/686158/setting-vmware-vsphere-vms-to-automatically-upgrade-vmware-tools

  I hope one of them to help you on your way.

• Upgrade VMware Tools to 11.1 in Xubuntu invited 14.04 fails

  Hello

  Upgrade VMware Tools from 11.0 to 11.1 in Xubuntu 14.04 fails - see the error message below.

  My Xubuntu 14.04 is up-to-date. I've recently performed 'apt - get dist-upgrade'.

  I can continue with the installation, but then shared folders does not work.

  I don't know what the problem... Everything has worked fine up to 11.0 and I never had problems with VMware Tools upgrade. Help, please.

  Annex: Error Message

  Using the kernel build system.

  "do: Verzeichnis" / tmp/modconfig-snuOuv/vmhgfs-only 'enter wird. "

  / usr/bin/make /lib/modules/3.13.0-46-generic/build/include/ - c... SUBDIRS = $PWD SRCROOT = $PWD. \

  MODULEBUILDDIR = modules

  make [1]: Verzeichnis»/usr/src/linux-headers-3.13.0-46-generic«wird enter

  CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-snuOuv/vmhgfs-only/backdoor.o

  CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-snuOuv/vmhgfs-only/backdoorGcc64.o

  CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-snuOuv/vmhgfs-only/cpName.o

  CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-snuOuv/vmhgfs-only/bdhandler.o

  CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-snuOuv/vmhgfs-only/cpNameLinux.o

  CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-snuOuv/vmhgfs-only/cpNameLite.o

  CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-snuOuv/vmhgfs-only/dentry.o

  CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-snuOuv/vmhgfs-only/dir.o

  CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-snuOuv/vmhgfs-only/file.o

  CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-snuOuv/vmhgfs-only/filesystem.o

  CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-snuOuv/vmhgfs-only/fsutil.o

  CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-snuOuv/vmhgfs-only/hgfsBd.o

  CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-snuOuv/vmhgfs-only/hgfsEscape.o

  CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-snuOuv/vmhgfs-only/hgfsUtil.o

  CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-snuOuv/vmhgfs-only/inode.o

  CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-snuOuv/vmhgfs-only/link.o

  In file included from usr/src/linux-headers-3.13.0-46-generic/arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h:44:0,

  of usr/src/linux-headers-3.13.0-46-generic/arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h:5.

  of include/linux/preempt.h:18.

  of include/linux/spinlock.h:50.

  of include/linux/mmzone.h:7.

  of include/linux/gfp.h:4.

  of include/linux/mm.h:8.

  of include/linux/pagemap.h:7.

  from /tmp/modconfig-snuOuv/vmhgfs-only/inode.c:29:

  /tmp/modconfig-snuOuv/vmhgfs-only/inode.c: in function 'HgfsPermission ':

  include/Linux/kernel.h:793:27: error: 'struct dentry' has no member named 'd_alias '.

  const typeof (((type *) 0)-> member) * __mptr = (ptr); \

  ^

  include/linux/List.h:687:40: Note: the expansion of the macro «container_of»

  #define hlist_entry (ptr, type, member) container_of (ptr, type, member)

  ^

  include/linux/List.h:698:15: Note: the expansion of the macro 'hlist_entry '.

  ___ptr? hlist_entry (___ptr, type, member): NULL; \

  ^

  include/linux/List.h:708:13: Note: the expansion of the macro 'hlist_entry_safe '.

  for (pos = hlist_entry_safe ((head)-> first, typeof (* (pos)), member); \)

  ^

  /tmp/modconfig-snuOuv/vmhgfs-only/inode.c:1920:7: Note: the expansion of the macro 'hlist_for_each_entry '.

  hlist_for_each_entry (dentry,

  ^

  include/Linux/kernel.h:793:48: warning: initialization of the [default] incompatible pointer type

  const typeof (((type *) 0)-> member) * __mptr = (ptr); \

  ^

  include/linux/List.h:687:40: Note: the expansion of the macro «container_of»

  #define hlist_entry (ptr, type, member) container_of (ptr, type, member)

  ^

  include/linux/List.h:698:15: Note: the expansion of the macro 'hlist_entry '.

  ___ptr? hlist_entry (___ptr, type, member): NULL; \

  ^

  include/linux/List.h:708:13: Note: the expansion of the macro 'hlist_entry_safe '.

  for (pos = hlist_entry_safe ((head)-> first, typeof (* (pos)), member); \)

  ^

  /tmp/modconfig-snuOuv/vmhgfs-only/inode.c:1920:7: Note: the expansion of the macro 'hlist_for_each_entry '.

  hlist_for_each_entry (dentry,

  ^

  In file included from include/linux/compiler-gcc.h:106:0,

  of include/linux/compiler.h:54.

  of include/uapi/linux/stddef.h:1.

  of include/linux/stddef.h:4.

  of usr/src/linux-headers-3.13.0-46-generic/include/uapi/linux/posix_types.h:4.

  of include/uapi/linux/types.h:13.

  of include/linux/types.h:5.

  of tmp/modconfig-snuOuv/vmhgfs-only/./shared/driver-config.h:71.

  from /tmp/modconfig-snuOuv/vmhgfs-only/inode.c:26:

  include/Linux/compiler-gcc4.h:14:34: error: 'struct dentry' has no member named 'd_alias '.

  #define __compiler_offsetof(a,b) __builtin_offsetof (a, b)

  ^

  include/linux/STDDEF.h:17:31: Note: the expansion of the macro '__compiler_offsetof '.

  #define offsetof (TYPE, MEMBER) __compiler_offsetof (TYPE, MEMBER)

  ^

  include/Linux/kernel.h:794:29: Note: the expansion of the macro "offsetof".

  (type *) ((char *) __mptr - offsetof (type, member)) ;})

  ^

  include/linux/List.h:687:40: Note: the expansion of the macro «container_of»

  #define hlist_entry (ptr, type, member) container_of (ptr, type, member)

  ^

  include/linux/List.h:698:15: Note: the expansion of the macro 'hlist_entry '.

  ___ptr? hlist_entry (___ptr, type, member): NULL; \

  ^

  include/linux/List.h:708:13: Note: the expansion of the macro 'hlist_entry_safe '.

  for (pos = hlist_entry_safe ((head)-> first, typeof (* (pos)), member); \)

  ^

  /tmp/modconfig-snuOuv/vmhgfs-only/inode.c:1920:7: Note: the expansion of the macro 'hlist_for_each_entry '.

  hlist_for_each_entry (dentry,

  ^

  In file included from include/linux/preempt.h:10:0,

  of include/linux/spinlock.h:50.

  of include/linux/mmzone.h:7.

  of include/linux/gfp.h:4.

  of include/linux/mm.h:8.

  of include/linux/pagemap.h:7.

  from /tmp/modconfig-snuOuv/vmhgfs-only/inode.c:29:

  include/linux/List.h:710:35: error: 'struct dentry' has no member named 'd_alias '.

  POS = hlist_entry_safe ((pos)-> member.next, typeof (* (pos)), member))

  ^

  include/linux/List.h:697:12: Note: in the definition of the macro 'hlist_entry_safe '.

  ({typeof (ptr) ___ptr = (ptr); \})

  ^

  /tmp/modconfig-snuOuv/vmhgfs-only/inode.c:1920:7: Note: the expansion of the macro 'hlist_for_each_entry '.

  hlist_for_each_entry (dentry,

  ^

  include/linux/List.h:710:35: error: 'struct dentry' has no member named 'd_alias '.

  POS = hlist_entry_safe ((pos)-> member.next, typeof (* (pos)), member))

  ^

  include/linux/List.h:697:28: Note: in the definition of the macro 'hlist_entry_safe '.

  ({typeof (ptr) ___ptr = (ptr); \})

  ^

  /tmp/modconfig-snuOuv/vmhgfs-only/inode.c:1920:7: Note: the expansion of the macro 'hlist_for_each_entry '.

  hlist_for_each_entry (dentry,

  ^

  In file included from usr/src/linux-headers-3.13.0-46-generic/arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h:44:0,

  of usr/src/linux-headers-3.13.0-46-generic/arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h:5.

  of include/linux/preempt.h:18.

  of include/linux/spinlock.h:50.

  of include/linux/mmzone.h:7.

  of include/linux/gfp.h:4.

  of include/linux/mm.h:8.

  of include/linux/pagemap.h:7.

  from /tmp/modconfig-snuOuv/vmhgfs-only/inode.c:29:

  include/Linux/kernel.h:793:27: error: 'struct dentry' has no member named 'd_alias '.

  const typeof (((type *) 0)-> member) * __mptr = (ptr); \

  ^

  include/linux/List.h:687:40: Note: the expansion of the macro «container_of»

  #define hlist_entry (ptr, type, member) container_of (ptr, type, member)

  ^

  include/linux/List.h:698:15: Note: the expansion of the macro 'hlist_entry '.

  ___ptr? hlist_entry (___ptr, type, member): NULL; \

  ^

  include/linux/List.h:710:13: Note: the expansion of the macro 'hlist_entry_safe '.

  POS = hlist_entry_safe ((pos)-> member.next, typeof (* (pos)), member))

  ^

  /tmp/modconfig-snuOuv/vmhgfs-only/inode.c:1920:7: Note: the expansion of the macro 'hlist_for_each_entry '.

  hlist_for_each_entry (dentry,

  ^

  include/Linux/kernel.h:793:48: warning: initialization makes pointer from integer without a cast [default]

  const typeof (((type *) 0)-> member) * __mptr = (ptr); \

  ^

  include/linux/List.h:687:40: Note: the expansion of the macro «container_of»

  #define hlist_entry (ptr, type, member) container_of (ptr, type, member)

  ^

  include/linux/List.h:698:15: Note: the expansion of the macro 'hlist_entry '.

  ___ptr? hlist_entry (___ptr, type, member): NULL; \

  ^

  include/linux/List.h:710:13: Note: the expansion of the macro 'hlist_entry_safe '.

  POS = hlist_entry_safe ((pos)-> member.next, typeof (* (pos)), member))

  ^

  /tmp/modconfig-snuOuv/vmhgfs-only/inode.c:1920:7: Note: the expansion of the macro 'hlist_for_each_entry '.

  hlist_for_each_entry (dentry,

  ^

  In file included from include/linux/compiler-gcc.h:106:0,

  of include/linux/compiler.h:54.

  of include/uapi/linux/stddef.h:1.

  of include/linux/stddef.h:4.

  of usr/src/linux-headers-3.13.0-46-generic/include/uapi/linux/posix_types.h:4.

  of include/uapi/linux/types.h:13.

  of include/linux/types.h:5.

  of tmp/modconfig-snuOuv/vmhgfs-only/./shared/driver-config.h:71.

  from /tmp/modconfig-snuOuv/vmhgfs-only/inode.c:26:

  include/Linux/compiler-gcc4.h:14:34: error: 'struct dentry' has no member named 'd_alias '.

  #define __compiler_offsetof(a,b) __builtin_offsetof (a, b)

  ^

  include/linux/STDDEF.h:17:31: Note: the expansion of the macro '__compiler_offsetof '.

  #define offsetof (TYPE, MEMBER) __compiler_offsetof (TYPE, MEMBER)

  ^

  include/Linux/kernel.h:794:29: Note: the expansion of the macro "offsetof".

  (type *) ((char *) __mptr - offsetof (type, member)) ;})

  ^

  include/linux/List.h:687:40: Note: the expansion of the macro «container_of»

  #define hlist_entry (ptr, type, member) container_of (ptr, type, member)

  ^

  include/linux/List.h:698:15: Note: the expansion of the macro 'hlist_entry '.

  ___ptr? hlist_entry (___ptr, type, member): NULL; \

  ^

  include/linux/List.h:710:13: Note: the expansion of the macro 'hlist_entry_safe '.

  POS = hlist_entry_safe ((pos)-> member.next, typeof (* (pos)), member))

  ^

  /tmp/modconfig-snuOuv/vmhgfs-only/inode.c:1920:7: Note: the expansion of the macro 'hlist_for_each_entry '.

  hlist_for_each_entry (dentry,

  ^

  make [2]: * [/ tmp/modconfig-snuOuv/vmhgfs-only/inode.o] Fehler 1

  make [2]: * Auf noch nicht processes wird going going...

  make [1]: * [_module_/tmp/modconfig snuOuv/vmhgfs-only] error 2

  make [1]: Verzeichnis»/usr/src/linux-headers-3.13.0-46-generic«verlassen wird

  make: * [vmhgfs.ko] Fehler 2

  "do: Verzeichnis" / tmp/modconfig-snuOuv/vmhgfs-only "verlassen wird."

  The filesystem (vmhgfs module) driver is used only for the shared folder

  feature. The rest of the software provided by VMware Tools is designed to work

  regardless of this function.

  If you want the shared folders feature, you can install the driver of

  running vmware-config - tools.pl again after making sure that gcc, binutils, make

  and your kernel sources are installed on your computer.

  These packages are available on the installation of your distribution CD.

  [Press the Enter key to continue]

  As Barney42 pointed out, this question comes with the new kernel 3.13.0 - 46. And indeed helped me to find a workaround:

  Tools can be patched manually. In vmhgfs.tar, inode.c d_alias should be replaced by d_u.d_alias put it back to the tar and then recompile tools.

  Here is a script that does this (tested on ubuntu 32 bit 14.04, vmware workstation on a windows host 11.1):

  #!/bin/sh -x
cd /usr/lib/vmware-tools/modules/source
tar xf vmhgfs.tar
grep -q d_u.d_alias vmhgfs-only/inode.c && echo "already patched" && exit 0
sed -i -e s/d_alias/d_u.d_alias/ vmhgfs-only/inode.c
cp -p vmhgfs.tar vmhgfs.tar.orig
tar cf vmhgfs.tar vmhgfs-only
vmware-config-tools.pl -d -m

  NOTE: This makes incompatible tools with older versions of the kernel, i.e. 3.13.0 - 45.

  (Original post at askubuntu)

  However, @VMware-team, please do run again out of the box, or submit a patch for the Linux kernel. You are a large business, should be no problem.

• VMware tools will not install on Windows 2000 comments: "Setup failed to upgrade windows install.

  Just installed VMware player 5.0.0 on a host windows 7 to run a guest OS for win2k.  Going to install VMware tools, the installation program starts as expected but gives the error dialog box, ' the installer could not upgrade windows install "and closes.  How can I install VMware tools?

  See attached screenshot.

  Thanks in advance.

  Service Pack installed inside the 2 k VM?

  AFAIK the installer needs to SP 4

• upgrade vmware tools with orchestrator

  I still have many armies ESXi 3.5 although I updated my environment to ESX 4 3/4.  The task of rehabilitation for the vmware tools upgrade does not work for virtual machines running on esx 3.5.  Can orchestrator automate the task of upgrading vmware tools on a host ESX 3.5 and reboot the virtual machine.  Does anyone have an example to help out me with?  I know probably possible, but I have just install Orchestrator and did nothing with it yet.  I was thinking that this may be a task well start with.

  vCO server comes with a plug-in of VC4.0 with which you can configure some hosts/VC only 4.0 and later versions. In order to run workflows on ESX 3.5 hosts, you need to install the plug-in, VI3.5 there in vCO/extras/plugins server. The file has the extension VMOAPP, you can change to .jar then check out the plugin VI3.5 .dar file. After installing correctly, you can then drill library of built-in workflow, for the category of the VMware Tools, which you can find the upgrade tools workflow. It would automate the up-gradation of the tools, as long as the toolsAutoUpdateSupported is set to true in the virtual machine. In addition, this API works successfully if the tools are not updated. For ESX 3.5 hosts, you must run the workflow in the VMS VIM3 management category.

  Hope it will be useful.

• Question about VMware Tools when upgrading of vSphere 5.1 to 5.5

  We are the vSphere upgrade 5.1 to 5.5. We have still a few virtual machines with obsolete tools VMware vSphere 4.  There problems upgrade to vSphere 5.5 and then upgrade VMware Tools on those virtual machines to the version 5.5?  Or should we upgrade VMware Tools version 5.1 first before doing the upgrade to vSphere 5.5? We need plan restarting downtime when upgrading to VMware Tools on those virtual machines and would rather not upgrade VMware Tools twice and planning two stops

  There is no problem, as vSphere ESXi 5.5 supports the VM running older versions of VMware Tools.

  This blog post explain this more in detail: is a vSphere VMware Tools upgrade required during the upgrade? VMware vSphere Blog - VMware Blogs

• Cisco Unified Communications Applications VMware Tools support

  I have an implementation of vsphere esxi 6.0U2.  Who is the host VMware Tools 10.0.6.

  When the upgrade of all my UC apps (CUCM, CUC, IMP, UCCX *.. it's extraordinary... because it will not refresh), initially, they showed the VMware tools running and updated.  But after a restart of the operating system of each.  VMware Tools is no longer running...

  Anyone can comment/comment.

  doc-wiki such as:

  - http://docwiki.cisco.com/wiki/Virtualization_for_Cisco_Unified_Communica...

  - http://docwiki.cisco.com/wiki/Virtualization_for_Unified_CM_IM_and_Presence

  Indicate that they support ESXi 6.0 and so the tools is surely supported...

  All the comments of someone?

  Anyone else linking 6.0 U2 vSphere, ESXi and pushed its tools to their UC applications?

  Hi Michael,

  I go ahead and prosecute TAC that there are a number of bugs related to the VMware Tools upgrade to any version 10.0. This is a bug in level 2 of gravity;

  https://BST.cloudapps.Cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCux90747

  VMware Tools 10.0 update fails on 10.5/11.0 with selinux denials CUCM
  CSCux90747
  Symptom:
  VMware Tools upgrade fails due to various Selinux denials. VI-Client status of tools like is not running, not installed.

• VMware Tools for Mac on EsXi 5.5

  I'm trying to install VMware Tools on a Mac on my 5.5 EsXi box.  I get the following error:

  VMWare Tools upgrade error

  Call 'VirtualMachine.MountToolsInstaller' for the 'host name' object on EsXi host failed.

  VIX 21003 = error code

  Anyone where I can download Vmware Tools for mac on an EsXi 5.5 box?  Perform a google search, I am led to this page to download VMware Tools:

  Index of /45848/tools/esx/5.0

  However, this site lists only on Windows and Linux.  I do not see any version of Vmware Tools Mac.

  Nevermind, I was able to get rid of the error message by removing my cd player.  Its strange that after mounting will cause this error.  Also its strange that there isn't any downloadable version online.  But no matter I got it solved.

• Is it possible to change the settings for VMWare tools?

  Hello

  We have just upgraded all hosts in ESXi Release 5.1.  Virtual machines are updated with the latest VMware tools & upgraded to the latest Version of hardware.

  We find that there is no option for us to change VMware Tools option (like: with ESX Server time synchronization).  We wonder if we can change these settings and how.

  Your opinion is requested.

  Thank you

  We have an option for updating VMtools powered for the next

  Please find below the settings on a virtual machine.

  VMware Tools Update settings

  one On the homepage of the vSphere Client, select models and virtual computers, and click the Update Manager. b Select a virtual machine or a container object in the inventory. c Click settings to upgrade VMware Tools. d In the upgrade settings window change VMware Tools, select the check boxes for the virtual machines that you want to activate the VMware Tools upgrade on the feeding cycle. e Click on apply.

  Check and update the tools during the feeding cycle

  one Right click on an object in the inventory of vSphere, then select change settings. b In the Options tab, click VMware tools. c In the Advanced section, check the box and strengthen tools during power cycling checkbox. d Click OK.

• vSphere VMware Tools

  Hello

  I have to upgrade my host 3.5 4.0 through the host update utility.  Then, I upgraded vmware tools on a virtual machine (with success, according to the OK status in VI client).  When I tried to upgrade the virtual hardware, I got an error saying my vmware tools has not updated yet.  So I powered the VM on connected and checked the version of VMware Tools.  It reads: v2.0!  I have re-run the again manually, vmware tools upgrade restarted, and it was always the same.  I checked on one of my other virtual machines that have not been upgraded yet, and the Tools version is 3.5 as expected.  I wouldve thought he'd say v4.0 for vSphere.

  Is this normal?  If not, how to fix this?  What version is your vmware tools show?

  I think something is wrong since I also tried to add paravirtual scsi and nic to the virtual machine, and the pilots were not available anywhere.  The virtual machine also knows morbid slow network communications.

  Help!

  Hello

  I have VMware ESXi 4.0 Version 208167, after installing the VMware tools, it shows Version 4.0

  

  Check other virtual machines VMware Tools Version?

  Tried to uninstall VMware's VM tools completely and after restart, install the new VMware tools?

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• Is it possible to automate upgrades of VMware Tools with Foglight Standard Edition?

  Its probably a stupid question but don't Foglight Standard Edition (6.5) have an automated function upgrade VMware Tools?

  Thank you!

  HI - not sorry that it's not, you will have to do it in vCenter. (there is no such thing a stupid question on these forums!)