Update comments before the host tools

Hello

Our backup software (TSM for EV) checks if the VMWare Guest tools are 'in progress', before you perform the backup of the application.

This means that when we improve a host for the new version, the backup of the application of all the virtual machines on the host will fail, until the tools are upgraded.


However, the cheque will go through if the comment tools version is newer than the version of the host.

Then...

Is it possible to orchestrate the tools update to a newer version than the tools on the host?

(In addition to using a single host 'host jump' update for updates, and migration of virtual machines on that host one).

Best regards

Martin



Is it possible to orchestrate the tools update to a newer version than the tools on the host?

Yes, it's possible and fully supported to run versions of VMware Tools in the guests who are more recent than the ESXi host versions. For example, you can use the latest tools of U1 6.0 even on the hosts 5.x. see: product VMware interoperability matrices

To obtain and deploy the latest tools, you have a couple of different options available; you don't need to bother with a "host of jump' or whatever it is.

1. just update the package tools-light of your guests, for example with MUV. This beautiful thing is this can be done online and requires no maintenance mode or a reboot of the host. Make sure that no virtual machine currently has VMware Tools mounted ISOs.

2 extract the ISOs tools the bundle version (patch) of target offline or installing ESXi ISO.

3 download https://packages.vmware.com/tools/esx/index.htmlTools packages. These correspond exactly to those of the packages included in the packages offline (patch) or installation ISOs. (Just get the .exe files big, no need to enter an ISO.)

4 download the new standalone version 10.x of the tools of:

https://my.VMware.com/group/VMware/details?downloadGroup=VMTOOLS1005&ProductID=491

http://pubs.VMware.com/Release_Notes/en/VMwareTools/1005/VMware-tools-1005-release-notes.html

Personally, I prefer not to bother with the ISOs editing or updating through the vSphere Client interfaces, but using an automated custom installation with the package of relevant tools like this:

C:\VMware-tools-9.4.12-2627939-x86_64.exe/v number! REINSTALLMODE = vomus ADDLOCAL = DELETE all the Audio, BootCamp, FileIntrospection, Hgfs, NetworkIntrospection, Unity REBOOT = ReallySuppress

This also some unnecessary components like unity, which are available on the position of work/Fusion/player, and eliminates a forced reboot.

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