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• Stop virtual machines with or without VMware tools installed

  So after a power failure major where I work has taken place where the batteries of the UPS only ran about 10 minutes and the emergency generator didn't kick in, I was put in charge of writing a script that starts to stop the virtual machines and servers in a given cluster. Now that I am relatively new to the environment here, so I don't know if all the virtual machines have the tools are installed. I want to cover all bases and the virtual machines that do not have the tools installed. My script done now is it initiates closing the comments on all the virtual machines and check every 10 seconds to 120 seconds for virtual machines go offline if after 120 seconds, there are even virtual machines online, it issues a shutdown command on all servers that have not stopped. Now, he'll catch all the virtual machines, but I don't want the machine have to wait 2 minutes before totality if it can be avoided (remember that this script will be executed when the data center goes to the power of the UPS for every watt account to keep critical systems online). the script throws an error when it cannot stop because no tool is installed, so I thought I could use a try/catch block to catch the error and send just a detroit of turning control of these VMs off. I tried to do, but without success.

  Is it possible that I can either catch the error, or a stop all virtual machines that do not have the tools installed?

  Attached is my code, maybe you can spot what can I do to stop the virtual machines without tools within the do / while loop when errors occur first.

  Add-PSSnapin VMware.VimAutomation.Core
  $server = $args [0]
  $cluster = $args [1]
  SE connect-VIServer-Server $server
  $counter = 0
  {}
  If (Get-Cluster-name $cluster | get - vm | where {$_.powerstate - eq 'receiving'}) {}
  If ($counter - eq 0) {}
  Get-Cluster-name $cluster | get - vm | where {$_.powerstate - eq "receptor"} | stop-VMGuest-confirm: $false
  }
  Write-Host "VMs are on waiting" (120-$counter)"seconds"
  $counter = $counter + 10
  Sleep 10
  }
  }
  While ($counter - 110)-or ((Get-VMHost |)) Get - VM | where {$_.powerstate - eq "receptor"}) .count)-No 0
  If ($counter = 120) {}
  Write-Host "certain virtual machines did not not stop properly, tension now.
  Get-Cluster-name $cluster | get - vm | where {$_.powerstate - eq "receptor"} | Stop-VM-confirm: $false
  }
  Write-Host "Putting servers into maintenance mode."
  Get-cluster-name $cluster | Get-vmhost | where {$_.state - eq 'connected'} | Game-VMHost-State "Maintenance".
  Sleep 10
  Write-Host "stop servers."
  Get-cluster-name $cluster | Get-vmhost | where {$_.state - eq 'Maintenance'} | Stop-VMHost-confirm: $false
  Disconnect-VIServer-confirm: $false

  Try something like this

  $vm = Get-VM
  $vm | where {$_.Guest.State -eq "Running"} | Shutdown-VMGuest -Confirm:$false $vm | where {$_.Guest.State -eq "NotRunning"} | Stop-VM -Confirm:$false
  

  Virtual machines running VMware tools will get a judgment of comments, while the virtual machines that do not have the VMware tools running, will get a poweroff.

• Can how fast I get a virtual network adapter on a computer server VMware vmware tools installed w/o?

  Hello

  I use a custom Linux VM on a Linux VMware Server host. That my Linux VM is on measurement, I don't want to install VMware tools on my virtual machine. My question is without VMware tools installed on my virtual machine, is it possible for my virtual machine to connect at gigabit speeds. My server host has a gigabit network connection.

  Thank you

  Varun

  without vmware-tools, make sure you that you use the E1000 nic in the comments and not the obsolete AMD

  Check with the vmx file and make sure that you have

  ethernet0.virtualDev = "e1000".

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• VMware tools install fails - Centos 6.2 on VMware Workstation 8

  Some setting in context.

  ArcSight make an OVF vmware assessment based on Centos 6.2. I am able to install VMware tools on the ESXi 5.1 platform supported but NOT on VMware Workstation version 8.0.6 build 1035888 which is apparently not supported but works fine on my laptop.

  
  

  The big problem here is that the time on the host computer is massively adrift without VMware tools and make more from the point of the eval worthless SIEM.

  
  

  I'm sure it's a problem of script, but is not certain. When configuring VMware tools that occurs the following

  
  

  START INSTALLATION TEXT

  [root@logger bin]./vmware-config-tools.pl # ]

  Initializing...

  Ensuring services for VMware Tools are arrested.

  [EXPERIMENTAL] The synchronization of VMware filesystem (vmsync) driver is a new feature which

  creates backups of virtual machines. Please refer to the VMware Knowledge Base

  For more details on this ability. You want to enable this feature?

  [None]

  Before you can compile modules, you must have the following installed...

  do

  CCG

  headers of the kernel running kernel

  Looking for a CCG...

  The path "" is not a valid path to the GCC binary.

  You want to change it? [Yes]

  What is the location of the program CCG on your machine? CCG

  The path "/ usr/bin/gcc" is not a valid path to the GCC binary.

  You want to change it? [Yes]

  TEXT OF INSTALLATION END

  I played with the script Perl, but similar problems continue with the location of the kernel headers having precisely defined the variable PATH CCG.

  A few pieces of information of the host.

  [root@logger bin] # uname - m.

  2.6.32 - 220.EL6.x86_64 x86_64

  [root@logger bin] # gcc - v

  Using plug integrated.

  Target: x86_64-redhat-linux

  Configured with:... / configure - prefix = / usr - mandir = / usr/share/man - infodir = / usr/share/info-with-bugurl = http://Bugzilla.redhat.com/Bugzilla --enable-bootstrap--enable-shared--enable-threads = posix--enable-vérification = libération--with-système-zlib--enable-__cxa_atexit--disable-libunwind-exceptions--enable-gnu-unique-objet--enable-langues = c, c ++, objc, obj-c + +, java, fortran, ada--enable-java-awt = gtk--disable-dssi--with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-1.5.0.0/jre--enable-libgcj-multifile--enable-java-maintainer-mode--with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar--disable-libjava-multilib--avec-ppl--avec-cloog--avec-tune = generic--avec arch_32 = i686--build = x86_64-redhat-linux

  Thread model: posix

  GCC version 4.4.6 20110731 (Red Hat 4.4.6 - 3) (CCG)

  [root@logger bin] # / usr/bin/make - v

  GNU Make 3.81

  Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

  This is free software; See the source for copying conditions.

  There is NO WARRANTY; not even a MARKET value or fitness for a

  PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

  This program built for x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu

  [root@logger bin] # / usr/bin/make - v

  GNU Make 3.81

  Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

  This is free software; See the source for copying conditions.

  There is NO WARRANTY; not even a MARKET value or fitness for a

  PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

  This program built for x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu

  [root@logger bin] #

  
  

  Thank you in advance. Kevin
  

  I solved this problem by upgrading VM Workstation v10 v8.

  All installed now.

  As a newbie here, is there a way I can move this post a status resolved?

• VMware tools install question

  Hi all

  I recently installed vmware player 3.0.0.Build - 203739 and I now have a prompt of Win XP pro on my Win XP pro host.

  I initially had problems to get vmware tools to download whenever I was invited to download, the player said to me that he could not see the server (even if I was verifiable online).

  Today, when I walked into the virtual machine, I was prompted to download the tools and this time the download seems to start (at least, there is no error and the progress bar indicates the download worked).

  Current state, it's inside my VM menu, it says now "Cancel vmware tools installation"without doubt, implying that the installation is still progressing.  However, this message has been there for about six hours now.

  Can someone tell me if this installation is still ongoing, waiting or what?  I have to do something about that installation is complete?

  Thanks for your help!

  -

  ---

  avmad

  -

  ---

  I met the same problem, but the tools got only downloaded and nothing more.

  In the status bar of the prompt, you see the logo of VMWare, but with a yellow triangle indicating that an upgrade of VMWare tools is available.

  If you see in the menu VM the words 'Cancel' and then do a "install VMWare tools". The changes are great that it works now. You just download VMWare Tools, but they must be installed by yourself.

• the alarm when VMWare Tools installed?

  Hi friends,

  I want to set up an alarm to be triggered when the client install VMWare tools. Is it possible to do? I saw not all defined event to do this.

  Thanks in advance.

  I don't think there is an event defined for the installation of the tools you mentioned, when you right-click on a VM under tension and make an installation of tools he calls - MountToolsInstaller that doesn't return any value back to listen to you. Most likely, it generates a task in which you can find probably the system and the trigger of broad, but nothing in real time at default of the vSphere API.

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• VMWare Tools installed and not installed...

  3.5.0u4 ESX3i

  I created a Ubuntu VM. Then I added VMWare tools via the settings / installation/upgrade of VMware Tools

  (in the "status, if reported panel installation has succeeded).

  Yet, when I look in the summary of this Ubuntu VM tab, it says:

  VMware Tools: not installed

  Why is it (a power power off of the virtual machine does not change it)?

  ndhert wrote:

  I created a Ubuntu VM. Then I added VMWare tools via the settings / installation/upgrade of VMware Tools

  What you were doing just before the guest system the VMware Tools CD .iso image file. On the host Windows installation should start automatically. For Linux, you will need to mount the CD, copy the files from there to the directory and use the .tar and .rpm to install the tools.

  Read this:http://pubs.vmware.com/vi3i_e35u2/admin/BSA_Creating_VMs.14.8.html

  AWo
  VCP / VMware vEXPERT 2009

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• Is it possible to publish a model that doesn't have VMware tools installed on it?

  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".»

  Thank you.

• Error message from VMwar tools install on Fedora 21 (Rawhide)

  Here is the error message I received when installing VMware on Fedora 21 kernel 3.14. At least one results are I can't drag and drop.  May not be able to use both shared folders

  "The vmxnet driver is no longer supported on nuclei 3.3 and greater. "Please upgrade to a new virtual NIC (for example, vmxnet3 or e1000e).

  How can I try to fix this?

  BTW it on kernel on kernel.org 3.3 I do not Ffedora 20 valer'evne a nucleus 3.2 which would satisfy the requirement of it.

  These issues have been addressed before, so Google is your friend!

  Tips: ethernetN.virtualDev and - clobber-kernel-modules

• impact on the performance of the vmware tools

  We had discussions about the performance impact of the installation on a virtual machine vmware tools.

  Are their any comparison between a system running vanilla versus a running vmware tools installed?

  Obviously, I think that the system will go faster with vmware drivers installed.

  Tools will only help IO performance (not counting usually do things like graphics and synchronization times work better).  If your virtual machine has no important networking or storage needs, then you probably don't need the tools.  I'm usually not worth.

  If you want very good performance network without tools, make sure you use a device virtual e1000.  You can define ethernet0.virtualDev = "e1000".  This is not quite as good as real vmxnet (or new vmxnet3) but is much better than the default vlance. If you regularly push 1Gbit or more real traffic to your virtual machines, I would consider it.

  Paravirtualized SCSI is fairly new, but since I have seen that there is a performance gain enough points of reference.  But even once, most likely you need not, unless you use a disc very heavy VM I/O, such as an Oracle database server.

  If you consolidate underutilized physical machines who never use 100% CPU/network/disk, then Tools are probably a waste of time.  But if you want as close as possible to performance native and CPU utilization during intensive i/o, then Tools are worth.

  As for Redhat don't support our drivers for VMware tools, I don't see why this would practically be a problem-if you have any question/crash that you think may be related to our tools, you can always uninstall and go back to where you were before.  If you have an unrelated question, and you are worried Redhat refused to help with tools, you can do the same thing.  So what's the harm in trying them?

  ^^ If you found this post useful, please consider buying me a beer some time

• PowerShell remoting to install VMWare tools

  Greetings

  It is true that it is probably focused more on PowerShell and less on VMware VMware tools is the target

  I'm trying to write a script to install VMware tools remotely on the virtual machines that do not have VMware tools installed.

  So far I have the below...

  Import-Module VMware.VimAutomation.Cis.Core

  Import-Module VMware.VimAutomation.Core

  Import-Module VMware.VimAutomation.HA

  Import-Module VMware.VimAutomation.Sdk

  Import-Module VMware.VimAutomation.Storage

  Import-Module VMware.VimAutomation.Vds

  Se connect-VIServer vCenterserver.domain

  
  

  $username = "domain\username"

  $SecurePassword = Read-Host -Quick ' Enter * FIELD * password " -AsSecureString

  $Credentials = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential '

  -ArgumentList $UserName $SecurePassword

  
  

     $VM = "Test01"

     Get-vm $VM | Dismount-Tools

     Get-vm $VM | Mount-Tools

  $RMsession = New-PSSession -ComputerName $VM -Credential $Credentials

  Invoke-Command -Session $RMSession -ScriptBlock { }$CDRom = Get-WmiObject -class Win32_CDROMDrive | select Drive | ForEach {$_. {{ Drive}}

  { Invoke-Command -Session $RMSession -ScriptBlock { }$Subpath = '\setup.exe s-v - SB ADDLOCAL = all THE REBOOT = R'}

  { Invoke-Command -Session $RMSession -ScriptBlock { }$ExecuteEXE = Join-Path -Path $CDRom -ChildPath $Subpath}

  { Invoke-Command -Session $RMSession -ScriptBlock { }start-process $executeEXE}

  output

  Remove-PSSession *

  Disconnect VIServer * -confirm:$False

  
  

  I confirmed that $executeEXE = indeed Z:\setup.exe s - v - SB ADDLOCAL = ALL REBOOT = R

  When I run the script in the ISE, I get:

  Start-Process: this command cannot be executed due to the error: the system cannot find the specified file.

  Online: 1 character: 14

  + start-process < < < < $executeEXE

  + CategoryInfo: InvalidOperation: (:)) [Start-Process], InvalidOperationException)

  + FullyQualifiedErrorId: InvalidOperationException, Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.StartProcessCommand

  It is true that I am very inexperienced with PowerShell remoting.

  It seems that when I run the script it seems in fact be invoking the command on the remote computer, but rather on the local computer. VMware tools are piling up and the path in $executeEXE is 100% correct and the PSSession is also open, no doubt, but not magic?

  Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.

  Greetings LucD

  Looks like I may have found the problem.

  Looking for a way run the background process, so that I can do a get-process, while he was running to show he was running, I discovered that start-process allows you to specify the - ArgumentList parameter. (windows - start a detached in PowerShell background process - Stack Overflow) (2 responses)

  So, it looks like this:

  Invoke-Command - Session $RMSession - ScriptBlock {"$CDRom = Get - WmiObject - class Win32_CDROMDrive | select drive"}

  | ForEach {$_.} Disk}; $Subpath = '\setup.exe '; $ExecuteEXE is $CDRom join-Path-Path - ChildPath $Subpath;. start-process $executeEXE - ArgumentList's - v - SB ADDLOCAL = ALL REBOOT = R'}

  To my surprise translates:

  [Test01]: C:\ PS > Get-Process of installation *.

  Manages the NPM PM (K) k VM (M) CPU Id ProcessName

  -------  ------    -----      ----- -----   ------     -- -----------

  68 10 1540 5088 56 3220 0.17 setup

  108 10 2324 7340 76 0.14 3504 setup64

  And VMware tools installed.

  Thank you very much for your time and trouble. Always very appreciated!

• VMware Tools for Mac will not install bug.

  Hello I have a clean install of Mac OS x 10.9 I raise in a virtual machine but when I bring the VMware Tools installed, get an error:

  Cannot install VMware Tools on this disk.  VMware Tools requires Mac OS X 10.5 or higher.

  Screenshot attached.

  I've tried versions both 6.0.1 and 6.0.2 darwin.iso for VMware Fusion. but the same error.   I wonder what VMware is actually audit to determine the versions of operating system.   I have in the past summer success install the same software on the same computer, but I have tried to reinstall from scratch (more than once) and tried many changes of setting on both hosts and guests with no joy.   Anyone know how to fix?   

  Thank you.

  mapsurfer wrote: there was a facility of Mavericks I had done a ton of work on which to install VMware Tools, which makes me think there is some file touched along the way

  who was happy to install VMware tools...

  I'll tell you one last time...  When clean install OS X 10.9 Mavericks under VMware Fusion 6.0.2 VMware Tools are not automatically installed!

  In addition, it turns out that the "internal" or "removable" made no difference that I was able to move the vmdk from SATA, SCSI (appears inside the system) but that made no difference either but has been tested

  I have mentioned that the drive internal vs external because VMware Fusion before 6.0.2 has not created a good installer for OS X 10.9 Mavericks nor was it settled the case, and the fact that it was not properly installed may have been a contributing factor to the VMware Tools install problem not necessarily imply that the disk shows as external!

  I wonder if there is another way to install VMware Tools manually?  I can see the directory structure exposed within the darwin.iso but don't know if I can cp

  This straight out of the iso, but not being is not a Mac OSX expert... don't know if I can run alternate and no package installer idea what files are changed by install VMware Tools.

  Still confident enough, I can work around the issue of the installer.

  I just tested this on a clean build and with the help of pacifists opened the VMware Tools.pkg (Install VMware Tools.app/Contents/Resources/VMware Tools.pkg) in the bundle 'Install VMware Tools.app' on darwin.iso (VMware Tools for OS X) and "Selected files.pkg content" then clicked on install and check 'use administrator privileges '.  He basically just moved the files in places and then after that I restarted the computer virtual VMware Tools seem to work.  I tested VMware shared folders, copy & paste, drag & drop, and change the resolution of the screen... all seem to work fine, however it was simply intended as a test and not a recommended method to install VMware Tools and I don't know if it is essentially a complete installation.  I don't have the time now to analyze the two occurrences, one made appropriately and the other using pacifists to see if there is in fact no difference.

  I was also going to take the vmdk to another platform and see if any difference (doubt it will be)

  Any platform with not brand hardware Apple is a direct violation of the SLA products and may not be discussed in these forums!

• VMware Tools do not install on Ubuntu

  Here's a transcript:

  $ sudo./vmware-install.pl
  A previous installation of VMware Tools has been detected.
  The previous installation was made by the tar Installer (version 4).
  Keeping the tar4 format of database Installer.
  You have a version of VMware Tools installed.  Continuing this will install
  first uninstall the currently installed version.  Do you want to continue?
  (yes/no) [Yes]
  Uninstalling the tar of the VMware Tools installation.
  Stop services for VMware Tools
  initctl: unknown instance:
  / Usr/lib/vmware-tools/lib32/libconf/etc/pango/pangorc file is saved until
  usr/lib/VMware-Tools/lib32/libconf/etc/pango/pangorc.old.3.
  / Etc/vmware-tools/suspend-vm-default file is saved until
  etc/VMware-Tools/suspend-VM-default.old.0.
  / Etc/vmware-tools/summary-vm-default file is saved until
  etc/VMware-Tools/Resume-VM-default.old.0.
  /Sbin/mount.vmhgfs file is saved to sbin/mount.vmhgfs.old.0.
  / Etc/vmware-tools/poweron-vm-default file is saved until
  etc/VMware-Tools/PowerOn-VM-default.old.0.
  / Etc/vmware-tools/poweroff-vm-default file is saved until
  etc/VMware-Tools/poweroff-VM-default.old.0.
  This program has already created the file
  /usr/lib/VMware-tools/libconf/etc/GTK-2.0/GTK.immodules and was about to
  remove it.  Someone else apparently done already.
  /Usr/lib/VMware-tools/lib32/libconf/etc/Pango/pangox.aliases file is saved
  to usr/lib/vmware-tools/lib32/libconf/etc/pango/pangox.aliases.old.3.
  File /usr/lib/vmware-tools/lib32/libconf/etc/gtk-2.0/gdk-pixbuf.loaders is
  saved on
  usr/lib/VMware-Tools/lib32/libconf/etc/GTK-2.0/gdk-pixbuf.loaders.old.3.
  This program has already created the file
  / usr/lib/VMware-Tools/libconf/etc/pango/pangorc and was about to take off.
  Someone else apparently done already.
  /Etc/VMware-tools/VMware-user.desktop file is saved until
  etc/VMware-Tools/VMware-User.Desktop.old.3.
  /Usr/lib/VMware-tools/lib32/libconf/etc/fonts/fonts.conf file is saved until
  usr/lib/VMware-Tools/lib32/libconf/etc/fonts/fonts.conf.old.3.
  This program has already created the file
  / usr/lib/VMware-Tools/libconf/etc/pango/pangox. Aliases and was about to remove
  He someone else apparently already made.
  This program has already created the file
  /usr/lib/VMware-tools/lib32/libconf/etc/Pango/Pango.modules and was about to
  remove it.  Someone else apparently done already.
  This program has already created the file
  /usr/lib/VMware-tools/libconf/etc/GTK-2.0/gdk-pixbuf.loaders and was about to
  remove it.  Someone else apparently done already.
  /Usr/lib/VMware-tools/lib32/libconf/etc/GTK-2.0/GTK.immodules file is saved
  to usr/lib/vmware-tools/lib32/libconf/etc/gtk-2.0/gtk.immodules.old.3.
  Restore the initrd kernel image. :
  Update-initramfs: generation /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-28-generic
  Update-initramfs: generation /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-27-generic
  Update-initramfs: generation /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-25-generic
  Update-initramfs: generation /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-24-generic
  Update-initramfs: generation /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-23-generic
  Update-initramfs: generation /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-22-generic
  Update-initramfs: generation /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-25-generic
  Update-initramfs: generation /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-24-generic
  / Etc/initramfs-tools/modules file is saved until
  etc/initramfs-tools/modules.old.3.
  /Etc/pulse/default.PA file is saved to etc/pulse/default.pa.old.3.
  /Etc/updatedb.conf file is saved to etc/updatedb.conf.old.3.
  HAL: unrecognized service
  The removal of the VMware Tools 8.4.5 build-324285 for Linux completed
  successfully.
  Installation of VMware tools.
  In which directory you want to install the binaries
  ?
  [/ usr/bin]
  What is the directory that contains the directories init (rc0.d / to rc6.d /)?
  / [etc]
  What is the directory that contains the initialization scripts?
  [/ init.d]
  In which directory you want to install the files of demon
  ?
  [/ usr/sbin]
  In which directory you want to install the library files?
  [/ usr/lib/vmware-tools]
  In which directory you want to install the documentation files?
  [/ usr/share/doc/vmware-tools]
  The path "/ usr/share/doc/vmware-tools" does not currently exist. This program
  going to create, including the necessary parent directories. This is what you
  you want? [Yes]
  The installation of the VMware Tools 8.4.6 build-385536 for Linux completed
  successfully. You can decide to remove this software from your system at any
  time by invoking the following command: "/ usr/bin/vmware-uninstall-tools.pl".
  Before you run VMware Tools for the first time, you must configure it by
  calling the following command: "/ usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl". Do you want
  This program to invoke the command for you now? [Yes]
  Initializing...
  Ensuring services for VMware Tools are arrested.
  The vmmemctl module has already been installed on this system with another
  Installer or package and will not be changed by the installer.  Use the indicator
  -clobber-kernel modules is vmmemctl to substitute.
  The vmhgfs module has already been installed on this system with another
  Installer or package and will not be changed by the installer.  Use the indicator
  -clobber-kernel modules is vmhgfs to substitute.
  The vmxnet module has already been installed on this system with another
  Installer or package and will not be changed by the installer.  Use the indicator
  -modules of the core-clobber-= vmxnet substitute.
  The vmblock module has already been installed on this system with another
  Installer or package and will not be changed by the installer.  Use the indicator
  -clobber-kernel modules is vmblock to substitute.
  Vmci module has already been installed on this system by another Installer
  or package and will not be changed by the installer.  Use the indicator
  -modules of the core-clobber-= vmci substitute.
  The vsock module has already been installed on this system by another Installer
  or package and will not be changed by the installer.  Use the indicator
  -clobber-kernel modules is vsock to substitute.
  The vmxnet3 module has already been installed on this system with another
  Installer or package and will not be changed by the installer.  Use the indicator
  -modules of the core-clobber-= vmxnet3 to substitute.
  Pvscsi module has already been installed on this system with another
  Installer or package and will not be changed by the installer.  Use the indicator
  -clobber-kernel modules is pvscsi to substitute.
  Disable audio planning based on timer in pulseaudio.
  Found Xorg X server version 1.9.0.
  Distribution provided drivers for the Xorg X Server are used.
  X configuration to jump because X drivers are not included.
  Creating a new boot initrd for the kernel image.
  Update-initramfs: generation /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-28-generic
  initctl: job started
  Could not start the services for VMware Tools
  The execution is canceled.

  What should I do?

  Looking at your mistakes, you seem to have an earlier version of the tools which are not uninstaled or tools are coming from another source when the installation program checks the files are already claimed. I first uninstall everything that claims these files and possibly clean/regen your db packace if necessary. Then, reinstall the tools and see if you still get errors with no alert clobber.

• Is there a Script to install VMware tools on any event of power off?

  Hi all

  Currently, we have an infrastructure VM 1000 + reversed between 2 data centers and are moving from 5.1 to 5.5 ESXi.

  We want to make sure on the new architecture of 5.5 is that any virtual computer that VMware tools installed - it installs on any event powercycle.

  Y at - it a script of mass that we could run for linux servers and windows can this factor?

  At the moment we have 700 VMs have the tools installed and up-to-date

  100 or more, who have installed and are not updated

  200 + remaining machines do not have the tools installed, and we want to automate to install the tools on any event of power cycle.

  For the 100 who are not up-to-date

  We followed the following tasks and confirmed that it works

  VSphere Documentation Centre

  If a virtual machine with obsolete tools will automatically update on a power cycle

  But the 200 who need complete installation tools stop - we need help to get a script to work / if there is one that can do this

  We can use the following to update the tools to the power cycle

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  $vm= Get-VM-Name"virtualmachine"

  $spec= New-ObjectVMware.Vim.VirtualMachineConfigSpec

  $spec.changeVersion = $vm.ExtensionData.Config.ChangeVersion

  $spec.tools = New-ObjectVMware.Vim.ToolsConfigInfo

  $spec.tools.toolsUpgradePolicy = "upgradeAtPowerCycle"

  $_this = Get-View-Id$vm.Id

  $_this.ReconfigVM_Task($spec)

  But we want something that can install the tools if not installed on the Cycle of power rather than update / update...

  Hope that makes sense and that theres a script that we can use to do this.

  Thank you all

  The 1st real time installation of the VMware Tools is AFAIK not possible with a PowerCLI cmdlet.

  You will need to use a method of SW distribution, that you will use to install any SW on your workstations.

  In your case, you will need to support Win and Linux machines virtual, so you will need to provide at least 2 procedures to perform the actual installation.

  Some additional info can be found in  Re: how to use PowerCLI install VMware Tools?

• In any case be easily listed / alert guests not vmware tools running?

  I have an environment engineer who maintain their own environment in general. However I have noticed most of the guests don't have vmware tools installed. I'd like to see or be alerted at least guests who do not. There must be a better way then clicking on each host summary page to see if its installed or not. I also know that you can make vCenter show you on the list of views page if its installed or not.

  However, I am sure that there is another way to get the hosts easily without tools installed, which I can share with the engineers...

  You have a few options.

  (1) install and use the script vCheck

  (2) or to run this command powercli-

  Get - vm | % {get-view $_.ID} | Select Name, @{Name = "hostName"; {Expression = {$_.guest.hostName}}, @{Name = "ToolsStatus"; {Expression = {$_.guest.toolsstatus}}, @{Name = "ToolsVersion"; {Expression = {$_.config.tools.toolsVersion}} | name of tri-objet