CentOS Linux VMware Tools cannot cancel install cannot vMotion

I'm running CentOS 6.5 and have successfully installed vmtools. I need vmotion my servers, but I get the error "VM is to install VMware Tools and cannot launch a migration operation.

I already did the "vim - cmd vmsvc/tools.cancelinstall < idnum >" command, but still cannot vmotion.

I tried to re-mounting/remove the cdrom and unplugging the CD, but not luck.

Don't know what to try next. Ideas?

ESXi 5.5, vm version vmx-10, the tools are present and running.

Thank you

Mike

Had this problem several times. Only way I got it to work was to turn off the virtual machine and power it back on.

Tim

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Make sure that the stamp of Date/time on the file vmtoolspatch is Jul 15 00:04:00 2013 as who has worked with this test.

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2.5 what I remember installing the vmware tools was not mandatory in the 3.0 if vmware tools is not installed, you cannot publish the model. is there a way to get around this?

No problem. «Please change the status of this thread to "answer the Question".»

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