Error updating Windows VMWare Tools

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• Update the VMWare tools on all machines virtual Windows

  Is it possible to use the PowerCLI update the VMWare tools on all virtual Windows machines to the latest version. I know I can do this individuall but I wanted to see if there a way to use something similar to a for each loop through a virtual machine at a time. I'm new to the power of vmware and the vix api cli and it's the first task I am trying automate (automating installation of all guests including linux would be perfect if I could loop through all clients using the same command). I am a new detailed explanations would be greatly appreciated.

  Thank you

  Loren

  It's pretty simple in his PowerCLI, you combine just 2 cmdlets with a pipeline.

  Get - VM | Update-Tools

  You can make the choice of the guests a little more complex.

  For example:

  Get-VM-name Srv * | Update-Tools

  will update only the tools on customers whose name starts with SRV.

  See the cmdlet Get - VM for more details.

  You can also set it update tools should immediately reboot if necessary.

  What you can do with the NoReboot parameter on the cmdlet Update-Tools .

  Get-VM-name Srv * | Update-tools - NoReboot

• Update the VMware Tools?

  Last night, I ran the following command powercli hoping to update VMware tools on some of my virtual machines without having to restart the virtual machine.  The script seems to work very well as the tools to update properly, but unfortunately all the VM was restarted as soon as the update is complete.

  Can someone check my code and tell me what I am wrong?

  Get-Content "c:\scripts\txt_files\VMs.txt" | ForEach-Object {Get-VM-name $_ |} Update-tools - NoReboot - RunAsync}

  Thank you

  Jason

  Hi jason,

  the script is good. Using the update tool - NoReboot parameter is said:

  Indicates that you do not want to restart the system after the update of the VMware Tools. This parameter is supported only for the Windows operating systems. NoReboot shall provide all of the following options for the Setup program of the VMware Tools on the guest OS:

  /s /v "/qn REBOOT = ReallySuppress"

  However, the virtual machine may still restart after the update of VMware Tools, according to the currently installed version of VMware Tools and the version of VMware Tools that you want to upgrade vCenter Center/ESX versions.

  Looks like you had a version of VMware Tools requiring a reboot.

• Update the VMware Tools without installing gcc

  Hello everyone,

  I have a couple of boxes Debian and Ubuntu (& gt; 100) in various race DMZ. When I am updating the linux kernel, I have to update the VMware tools as well. My problem is that these boxes are not allowed to have an Internet connection and an installed gcc.

  Does anyone has an idea how Handel who? Is it not possible to have a central host where the new version of VMware tools are compiled and one can distribute them to other boxes?

  Thanks in advance!

  Robert

  Hello

  See http://communities.vmware.com/message/786017 for assistance.

  Best regards
  Edward L. Haletky
  VMware communities user moderator, VMware vExpert 2009
  ====
  Author of the book ' VMWare ESX Server in the enterprise: planning and securing virtualization servers, Copyright 2008 Pearson Education.
  Blue gears and SearchVMware Pro items - top of page links of security virtualization - Security Virtualization Round Table Podcast

• Error updating Windows VISTA OX8024402C

  What is the solution for Windows Update error OX8024402C(2016-09-10-T-08_58_50P)?

  How can I reinstall components update Windows with a Microsoft Tool that is always available for Windows VISTA home edition?  Microsoft still supports VISTA?  It is a year now and I can't get updates; Research of update crashes.  I tried several recommendations of correction through the Microsoft Community with a negative result.  I tried a Microsoft Fixit Tool that reports 2 errors aren't fixed which includes error OX8024402C(2016-09-10-T-08_58_50P). Microsoft Servers don't know the Windows VISTA updates for support Windows 10?  How can I get through Microsoft for direct assistance on this serious mistake that is extremely difficult to define? And Microsoft does this help?

  Install all the updates that are listed in the table above this page manually:

  http://Wu.krelay.de/en/

  The value of the automatic updates to 'never check updates' and restart Windows before installing.

  Best regards, VZ

• The Installation of VMWare tools failed. In any case to force the update/install VMWare tools?

  I used to use VMware Workstation 10 and recently upgraded to VMware workstation 11.  However, whenever I try to install a newer version of VMware tools, it will fail with message saying something like "VMware Tools can be installed in the Virtual Machine.

  Yes, I am trying to install VMware Tools within the guest operating system, but I get this notification for all my virtual machines, I'm running.

  I'm under 6 Virtual Machines simultaneously and they run on Windows 7 32 bit OS and configured with 4 GB of RAM, 1CPU, 100GB HD + 5 GB second HD for the swap file, NO printer, no sound card.

  For each virtual machine, I changed about 50 + key of Windows registry and detect the values to hide from all the programs that they are running on the virtual machine.

  I assume due to records, I changed, it confuses VM installer who it is not running on a Virtual Machine.  Then I tried to change all these registers changed to send it back to the original value, yet I is always the same message.

  I must be missing either some registry values or values that I restored is false. But I don't know which is the case.

  I can simply delete all my Virtual Machines and start again with the new virtual machine, but I don't want to repeat this process whenever a newer version of the VM tools out. and installation of windows and search and replace registry values for each virtual computer is full of works.

  So, here is my question.  Anyone know how to force the update / install VM tools in my virtual machine?

  P.S. I added under scripts in the file .vmx for each of the virtual machines.  I don't think it would cause the problem but just in case I include it.

  SVGA.vramsize = 268435456

  monitor_control.restrict_backdoor = "" true ".

  insulation. Tools.getptrlocation.Disable = 'true '.

  insulation. Tools.setptrlocation.Disable = 'true '.

  insulation. Tools.setVersion.Disable = 'true '.

  insulation. Tools.GetVersion.Disable = 'true '.

  monitor_control.disable_directexec = 'true '.

  SMBIOS.reflecthost = 'true '.

  memtrimrate = '0 '.

  mainmem.usenamedfile = "false".

  sched.mem.pshare.Enable = "false".

  prefvmx.userecommendedlockedmemsize = 'true '.

  Tent Installer to get the version information of the hypervisor of underling to see if it is a VM or not.  This is done by contacting by back door.

  Setting monitor_control.restrict_backdoor = "true"prevents communication."

• Intall the guest operating system updates or VMware Tools first?

  I have the OS (Windows 2000 Professional), which comes with all the major updates to release all the way until 2010. Goes for the installation order, do I install the first updates (requires Direct X 9.0 c as well), or the first VMware tools?

  
  

  Thank you for all responses.

  I'm not aware of a formal recommendation. I usually install VMware Tools after the installation of the guest OS and never encountered any problems with this approach to date.

  André

• AutoFit Guest stopped working after update the VMWare Tools

  I've updated Workstation version 8 to 10.  I had several virtual machines of Windows 7 x 64 I then updated with the latest VMWare tools (v9.6.1.1378637).  Now, one of the virtual machines will not automatically resize correctly.  (Three other virtual machines with the same o/s resize correctly and with Windows Server 2008 resizes correctly.)  Workstation is set to Autosize > Autofit guest.  The resized correctly VM before VMWare Tools has been updated.  In other words, the auto resizing feature worked for the virtual machine within the 10 workstation when the previous version of VMWare Tools was installed.  Upgrade VMWare Tools triggered behavior.  When I use the 'Fit Guest Now' view of the virtual machine command flashes but does not resize.  When the my computer window is resized, the prompt is not resized.

  I tried the following:

  • Uninstalled and reinstalled VMWare tools.
  • Confirmed VMWare Tools (vmtoolsd.exe) is set to start automatically and runs.
  • Changed the display of the virtual machine settings to a custom resolution and then to 'host to use setting for monitors '.
  • Attempted to change the resolution of the guest, but he won't go high 1920 x 1440 (it should be set to 2556 x 1496 based on the resolution of the other virtual machines that resize correctly).

  Thanks for your suggestions!

  Update of material compatibility on the virtual machine to which auto resize has stopped working has helped auto resize again.  Hardware compatibility was 6, 5-7.x.  I've updated to be compatible with 10.

  The question remains as to why three other similar virtual machines (with the same compatibility level of 6, 5-7.x) should not be updated so that the automatic resizing to work.

  I didn't want to answer my own question but hope this helps people who have encountered this particular problem.

• Update the vmWare tools in VoP via vCenter

  I'm still new to this community and I hope I'll catch up here soon, but I'm not sure of the update process the vmtools on the device of VoP. I know once I spunt'sand he upwards and configured the IP etc, the vCenter as the tools were obsolete. Tonight is our night of patch management and we'd get VoP abreast, as far as tools go. What is the process to get this done? Do I just shoot vCenter or are there steps to perform on the server of VoP so.

  Thank you in advance for your help!

  Hi David,

  You can update VMWare Tools on the device in the same way as you would for any virtual machine of OpenSUSE Linux.  This can be done manually from the console if vCenter may not withdraw that, alone.

  I hope this helps!

• UCS Central | Update the VMware Tools or leave them alone?

  Hello

  I have a UCSC, version 1.3 (1 c), deployed on ESXi 5.5 u3. Should I upgrade VMware tools or leave them alone?

  Thank you

  Greg

  Greetings.

  Just leave the version of VMware tools as that and do not try to update.

  The update could / should fail in any case.

  Thank you

  Kirk...

• Time-out error waiting for VMware Tools start in the prompt

  Hello people,

  I used PowerCLI 5.5 Release 1 connection to my 5.1.036098 vcenter (ESXi host 5.1.0 1065491 management).

  I'm connected (non secure warning) and be able to start the virtual machines.

  I try to run a task on the network of a VM VMware documentation example below interface.

  The first two commands work fine, but finally it fails with the error below.

  I upgraded VMware tools and hardware to the latest version.

  $vm1 = get-VM-name VM1

  $guest = get-VMGuest $vm1

  $interface = get-VMGuestNetworkInterface - VMGuest $guest - GuestUser password1 administrator - GuestPassword - ToolsWaitSecs 100

  Timeout error while you wait for VMware tools start in the comments.

  
  

  Someone at - it suggestions?

  Thank you

  romatlo

  The 3rd line to access the guest OS via VMware tools that must be installed in the virtual machine.

  There are a number of other prerequisites to be able to make that kind of call.

  See my work Will Invoke-VMScript? post.

• Update the VMware tools cluster HA/FT

  We have a cluster running multiple 5.1 ESXi hosts and a 5.0 ESXi host. The virtual machine running on 5.1 guests show their tools VMWare is obsolete, but the virtual machine running on the 5.0 show their tools as being COMMON since with each new version of ESX, VMWare tools must also be updated. My question is: If we update VMware tools on virtual machines on 5.1, guests will be able to run on the host 5.0 if necessary? Therefore, an active cluster HA/IP hosts automatically migrated to guests according to load, etc.

  Any help is appreciated. Thank you.

  You can use the "product VMware interoperability matrices" to check compatibility. See the attached screenshot where you can see that running the ESXi 5.1 on ESXi hosts tools 5.0 is supported. You can find "the VMware product interoperability matrices" at: http://partnerweb.vmware.com/comp_guide2/sim/interop_matrix.php

• Is there any update for VMware Tools for Workstation 8.0.3?

  I've never installed a new version of VMware Workstation without the need to upgrade VMware tools in each of my virtual machines.  After the upgrade to Workstation 8.0.3 there was no prompt to update VMware Tools and he says that it is up-to-date.  Was there no new version of VMware Tools with this upgrade, or am I missing something simple just?

  Thank you

  ~ J

  What I see on VMware Server, VMware Tools 8.8.2 are used in both VMware Workstation 8.0.2 and 8.0.3.  So, looks like two issues CVE VMware Workstation 8.0.3 addresses has been fixed in the base files not tools packages.

• Update the VMWare tools using Power CLI: select VMGuests

  Hello world

  I have the following script to upgrade VMWare Tools without a reboot.

  update-tools - VM VNNx - Noreboot

  However, I need only update client VMWare (UAT) 200 instead of my full prod environment.

  can I use this script and refer to a text file for determine which I want to upgrade customers.

  Or another script that would allow me to use a VMGuests text file I want only ugrade.

  
  Thanks for your help

  If you make a file text VMs.txt with on each line the name of a virtual computer that you want to update, you can update all these virtual machines VMware tools with:

  Get-Content -Path VMs.txt | `
  ForEach-Object { Update-Tools -VM $_ -NoReboot }
  

  Best regards, Robert

• How update the vmware tools on the guest or virtualcenter

  Hello

  We run a store where we support some linux boxes.  We had some problems with time drift and other things and on our vmware guy suggested put us the version of VMWare tools on the guest or virtual Center.  The only problem is that I can't find a procedure for this.

  To clarify, I'm not how to install VMWare tools on virtual machines.  We know how to do and we know to recompile after we patch the kernel.  But our guys VMWare suggests that in the end we're just recompile the same old version of VMWare tools to make it work with the new kernel.

  In fact, we suspect the version we have is very old, that we have not successfully updated because we were running on 2.5 and are now running on 4.0 Update 1 (wait for the 4.1 support nexus is added).

  Thank you

  Dan

  Welcome to the forums!

  So I assume you mean updating the source VMware Tools, which is then used to update VMware tools in guests?

  The guy from VMware is true, recompile the tools is necessary after a kernel update has been done. It is not up-to-date version. However, you must do that to make them work again.

  The latest VMware tools comes with the latest product or updates/patches for this product. Information shows that the tools are not updated after you apply this hotfix or an update.

  They also can be downloaded here (for ESX 4.x) : http://www.vmware.com/patch/s3portal.portal?_nfpb=true&_windowLabel=SearchPatch&SearchPatch_actionOverride=%2Fportlets%2Fpatchupdate%2FdisplayAllBundlePatches&_pageLabel=s3portal_pages_downloadPatch_page

  AWo

  VCP 3 & 4

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