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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 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

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

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• 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 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...

• 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 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

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• Update the Vmware tools in Labmanager VM?

  Hi all.

  Is it possible to update on all vmware tools deployed and powerd on VMs in Labmanager (except the average maual)?

  If this is not the case, is it safe to install vmware tools fron VIC or commands CMD VC?  I do not have is why it not but just to be sure!

  How do you manage upgrades of vmware tools you let users do when they open the environment or do you go for them?

  If later how do you manage the attendance you deploy update of the tools one captures again or?

  Happy for any input

  MatsRob

  In our own environments, delegate us the task of maintaining the VM to date with the patches/vmwaretools versions/etc for the owners of the virtual machine.

  No, there is no particular danger with the help of VC to upgrade vmwaretools.  Note that the machine may need to be cancelled and re-deployed, sometimes a couple of times, so that the Director of the laboratory of actually know about it.  This usually is not serious except in the cases where the virtual machine has a history long import/export and was originally a virtual machine on esx 3.0.x or earlier.

  Also note that the machine must be registered in order for VC to do something with it, it can actually be more manual effort to use vc update: you will need to deploy in LM, then switch to a vi client framework; Thus, although the update of the tools in the CR is often a little less manual effort, could put an end to this changing context up doomed to failure if you would not actually save a lot of time.

  Finally, you're right, libraries are statict, then Yes, you will need to consult the library, update tools, come back in the new library, delete the old and consolidate if necessary if you have above the string length clone about 20 or so related.

• GPO to update the VMware tools

  Hi all

  I just finished a HUGE project in which I improved all our guests ESXi 4.1 U1 and updated all the server and all versions of firmware SAN. Everything was going well with no downtime involved. As huge as this project, the part much of time deals with the individual virtual machines. With more than 300 system VMs, all versions of tool VMware update will take a few months to complete! There must be a better way...

  Has anyone built of Group Policy objects (GPO) to help the upgrade of windows guest VM? I guess the GPO could filter for virtual machines (perhaps with a search WMI on the hardware manufacturer?) and then silently install the MSI package and restart the VM guest. Finally, there are the necessary aspects for 32 vs 64-bit VMs?

  Thanks in advance!

  The best way to do that is with Update Manager. You can fix all the virtual machines by using the Update Manager. Have a look at the VMUM Administrator's Guide for a better explanation of the process.

• Installation of the VMware Tools 2.02 - error 2229

  2.02 installation went well.

  Started WIN XP SP3, tried to update the VMware Tools.

  Installation stopped with the error "internal error 2229 - Service Install - SELECT"Name""... etc. "."

  Several reboots and reboots - still the same error...

  Any ideas anyone?

  Thank you!

  Try to uninstall VMware Tools via firstly, control panel and after uninstall and reboot then install VMware Tools in the Virtual Machine menu.

• Update only the vmware tools?

  Hi all

  
  Recently we received BSOD on server 2012. Microsoft is continuing its investigation, but it seems likely vmxnet3 drivers are involved. Therefore, we would like to update.

  However, given that we are now very busy on a project, we would like to avoid completely updated vcenter and ESX (if possible). So my question is, can we day purely VMXNET3 driver to the latest version on our virtual machine? Or maybe only the VMWare tools? Or is there a possibility for stability/performance issues if you do not keep everything on the same version?

  
  Thanks in advance!

  So my question is, can we day purely VMXNET3 driver to the latest version on our virtual machine? Or maybe only the VMWare tools? Or is there a possibility for stability/performance issues if you do not keep everything on the same version?

  This isn't a problem, running new versions of VMware Tools on the former ESXi hosts is supported only by the product VMware interoperability matrices:

  

  

• 7 - fusion '3D Acceleration requires an update of the VMware tools in the Virtual Machine'

  Hello

  I installed the free Fusion 7 trial this week on my iMac and subsequently installed Windows 8.

  The resolution of the screen under Windows is very low compared to the Mac OS.

  In addition, I have the warning message in the Windows display settings:

  '3D acceleration requires an update of the VMware tools in the Virtual Machine'

  I also note that the display driver in Windows is the display driver database with Microsoft.

  A few weeks ago I installed version 6 of Fusion and it worked very well.

  Any ideas?

  Thank you

  John.

  Take a look at the installation and the use of the VMware tools and more spicifically to manually install or upgrade VMware Tools in a Windows Virtual Machine.

  If by chance, VMware Fusion is not properly mounting image VMware Tools windows.iso file then you have to do it manually.  It is located in "/ Applications/VMware Fusion.app/Contents/Library/isoimages/windows.iso" and will have to be copied, not moved, in a location that is accessible out of the bundle of VMware Fusion.app as the office.  If you need to do this, you can right click on the bundle of VMware Fusion.app see the content of the selection box and access its location to copy.  To assign the windows.iso on the CD/DVD image, take a look at: Connect and Set Up a CD/DVD Drive

• Unable to connect to the desktop after the Vmware tools update

  Hey guys,.

  I have problems with a Samsung PCoIP device if it refuses to connect to the virtual machine windows 7 since vmware tools has been updated

  I know very little about vmware view, when he tries to connect it connects to the server vmware view, swimming pool and looks like it is going to connect, but all I get is a black screen, then turned to the login prompt

  The PCoIP device can ping the virtual machine

  I can connect to the computer via RDP virtual

  VMware View version 4.6.0 build-366101

  Any help would be great

  The VMware tools install probably brought to light the specific video driver for VMware view. Try reinstalling VMware View Agent and be careful on the VMware Tools updates.