VMware Tools after upgrade to ESXi Update 3

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  After the upgrade to 10.5.8 10.6.1 and Fusion 2.0.5 at 2.0.6b1, I have an exclamation point on my VMWare tools, saying they can be upgraded. What WMWare Tools opening and clicking on update of the tools, the window closes, but nothing happens. Even after a reboot. The WM is XP Pro. Any ideas?

  Hi Doc,

  It is possible that the iso is mounted, but not by force. After you have restarted the VM, click again on install VMware Tools in the Virtual Machine menu, then open my computer and watch your optical drive. It should say VMware Tools. Double-click it to start the installation of the VMware Tools.

  Let me know if this is useful,

  Eric

• A few questions about VMware tools and U2 of ESXi 4.0 and 4.1

  In my workplace, there is a cluster of vSphere 4 six nodes containing 5 servers ESXi 4.0 U2 (4.0.0, 261974) and a server ESXi 4.1 (4.1.0, 260247).  Aparently, it was built that way in the environment concept then deployed into production and now I head for VMware deployment.  This environment is up in producgtion now for over 8 months with this configuration, but starting to be more widely used.  Ideally, I know, we should have all the nodes on the same patch level, but here's the question.

  Models used to get the operating system to the virtual machines in this environment were built on the apparently new 4.1 server using this version of VMware tools (Version 8.3.2 build-257859).  All so most of the running virtual machines, use this version of VMware tools.  Using this new version of VMware tools on a virtual machine running on a server ESXi 4.0 U2 ESXi would cause issues?  ESXi 4.0 U2 servers push version 4.0.0 build 261974 of the VMware tools, identical to the ESXi version.  The status of the VMware tools when the new 4.1 version is running on a host of U2 4.0 still shows as OK and we have operated this way for more than 8 months.

  Another problem is that we have still a few other virtual machines with the 4.0 build U2 VMware tools so when these virtual machines will eventually be VMotioned to an ESXi 4.1 host, VMware tools show as outdated.

  Until we can get of planned downtime to upgrade the servers, it should be like that for several weeks if possible.  We have HL7 interfaces on many of these virtual machines that are not too good with VMotion and being in an organization of health care, sometimes difficult to get downtime.  It is perhaps more possible to downgrade the only host to 4.0 U2 until we can plan time to upgrade all hosts.  I would keep the node in the cluster, even if for the moment, assuming that to release 4.1 with other guests at 4.0 U2 should not cause problems, since we can use the resources of that node in this cluster.

  Until then, ensuring that all the virtual machines in the cluster use the ESXi version 4.1 of the VMware tools (Version 8.3.2 build-257859) would be acceptable?  I just wanted to check that this version should be fully backwards compatible with the previous version of ESXi 4.0 U2, and as I mentioned before, its run like that and have noticed yet all the problems and the status of the VMware Tools also records OK when this new version works on ESXi 4.0 U2 host computer.  I just wanted some feedback from those of the community.

  Thank you

  Exactly, do you VMotion, virtual host 4.1 machine and if necessary would upgrade the VMware tools. To install VMware tools, it is necessary to restart the virtual machine.

  And another option that I say is the first upgraded version of all hosts ESXi4.0 U2 to 4.1, after that, you do an upgrade in the tools of all virtual machines vmware.

  Perfect.

  You´re are welcome!

• Error after upgrade to ESXi 5 Update 1 on free version

  At all a ghettoVCBg2 got another run properly after the upgrade to ESXi 5u1 via vMA 5 when it's the free version?

  I have a couple of free machine and they are the only ones having problems. My verson licensed production work very well.

  The error I get on free machines is as follows:

  Failed to get vim_service - the session object is not initialized or not connected to the line /usr/lib/perl5/5.10.0/VMware/VICommon.pm 1654
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  ghettoVCB works very well on the free servers however.

  So, I'm curious if anyone has seen this problem?

  I guess that the reason is that ghettoVCB2 was built for the paid editions that allow write API access.

  There was some editions which do not restrict this access, as you can see in "Support of ESX/ESXi Version table" at http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-9843. The initial version of ESXi 5.0 is / was one of them, considering that the update 1 is even more restrictive.

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• Let guestOS auto repair/re-install VmWare Tools after update?

  As I learned that VmWare Tools installation in guestOS (Ubuntu or Solaris, for example) can be destroyed when the guestOS is updated

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  Hello

  Take a look at this http://www.tuxyturvy.com/blog/index.php?/archives/48-Automating-VMware-modules-reinstall-after-Linux-kernel-upgrades.html

• VMware Tools for Mac on EsXi 5.5

  I'm trying to install VMware Tools on a Mac on my 5.5 EsXi box.  I get the following error:

  VMWare Tools upgrade error

  Call 'VirtualMachine.MountToolsInstaller' for the 'host name' object on EsXi host failed.

  VIX 21003 = error code

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  Index of /45848/tools/esx/5.0

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• Question about VMware Tools when upgrading of vSphere 5.1 to 5.5

  We are the vSphere upgrade 5.1 to 5.5. We have still a few virtual machines with obsolete tools VMware vSphere 4.  There problems upgrade to vSphere 5.5 and then upgrade VMware Tools on those virtual machines to the version 5.5?  Or should we upgrade VMware Tools version 5.1 first before doing the upgrade to vSphere 5.5? We need plan restarting downtime when upgrading to VMware Tools on those virtual machines and would rather not upgrade VMware Tools twice and planning two stops

  There is no problem, as vSphere ESXi 5.5 supports the VM running older versions of VMware Tools.

  This blog post explain this more in detail: is a vSphere VMware Tools upgrade required during the upgrade? VMware vSphere Blog - VMware Blogs

• Can't connect after upgrade to ESXi 5

  After upgrading ESX 4.0.0. for ESXI 5, we are not able to connect console to esx server, there are two choices F2 or F12. I have already set up all the parameters F2, as Ip address, host name...

  Could you please tell how to get or connect to the console command root? even I can't use mastic to apply commands.

  Kind regards

  Ahmed

  Hello.  Even if SSH has been activated before the upgrade then reactivated later.

  Select F2 and log in as root.

  In the menu, select Troubleshooting Options

  Select enable the ESXi environment and press ENTER - this allows the shell local ESXi (use Alt - F1 to access)

  Select enable SSH and press ENTER - this allows SSH

  SSH can also be activated from vSphere Client host-> Configuration-> Security Profile

  This KB should help http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1017910

  I hope this helps.

  Hersey
  

• Impossible to move tools after upgrade to 7.0.1 build 227600 workstation

  Fedora 10 running 64-bit as a guest host is windows 7 64 bit

  When I try to update the tools I get the following error.

  Failed installation of the VMware Tools for Windows 2000 or later. Please report it to VMware or your system administrator as appropriate.

  I deleted the vmware guest tools and tried to install, but get the same error.

  any ideas?

  Yes, I have seen this also.

  Save a copy of which has been downloaded in / tmp, I saw it was still download previous 7.0.0 build tools.  Of course, who do not have... Maybe someone at VMware I forgot to update a link.

  The way I've updated had to go back and download the .bundle with tools.  Uninstall the old (without tools), then re-install the .bundle which has the tools that it includes.

  Kind regards... Charlie

• Problem in mapping partition VMFS of iSCSI (MON) after upgrade to ESXi 4.0

  Hi all

  I've got 2 x Dell PowerEdge 2950 III linked directly with Dell MD3000i iSCSI-SAN and today I had once hard to improve my production ESXi 3.5 u 4 ESXi 4.0,.

  First is that the upgrade is failed miserably after following this thread: http://communities.vmware.com/thread/211413;jsessionid=47217F9BCCA2DF1325DBE7A266D48A8D?tstart=0

  with the following error: ERROR: boot disk not supported

  The layout of boot device on the host computer does not support the upgrade.

  and second is that after reinstalling clean and lost all unique settings on my ESXi host, I am now stuck in SAN iSCSI partition mapping after following the guide from: support.dell.com/support/edocs/software/eslvmwre/AdditionalDocs/cnfigrtn* guide/storage* _guide.pdf

  See the following attachment.

  I wonder how do people in the production system running ESXi 3.5 u 4 filled with hundreds of VM?

  any idea and suggestion would be welcomed gladly.

  Thank you.

  Kind regards

  AWT

  Same thread: Re: ESXi 3.5 4 problem to upgrade by adding the VMFS partition existing on iSCSI SAN

  Have you solved the problem by using the new analysis?

  André

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• Big problems after upgrade to ESXi U2 U3

  So I'm pretty new to ESXi, a few months, this server running.

  change I think the problem was the following. When I created VM1 and opened on the old old V of the DIR drive it was only a single file and it opens fine. When I created VM2 and open the old disk from the old DIR it couldn't find the other files because it resembled the new DOH DIR.! and then after that I moved all the files on disc to the new dir then it did not work and gave me the parent changed message. / edit

  Thus, all started when I tried to use VMware Infrastructure Update on my workstation to update my ESXi server. After the update, I rebooted and the server never came back to the top. I thought: my installation is basic I'll just re - create a new USB key with the current U3 and start with that and re-setup ESXi.

  So I did and was able to create a new virtual machine for server 1 and use my old virtual drive of Server1 and booted up and works perfectly.

  Then I created a new virtual machine to Server 2 and used my old virtual server disk 2 and when it started it was not the right server... but it was the virtual hard disk only I could take in this DIR. After I looked again using the browser of data store, I noticed the snapshot files. If I had started in an old cliché, or I guess as the snapshot of base. But all my data are in the latest instant 2 capture files. I can't mount it as a virtual hard drive.

  I got the error "... reason: the virtual disk parent has changed since the child was created."

  Where I am now is so I have started more than once as the basis of snapshots without the current clichés and they do not seem to hang on after that a basis has been started and changed.

  Is there anyway for me to get data from this mess?

  Any help and input is greatly apprciated!

  Hello

  You can take a look at my post in this thread.

  http://communities.VMware.com/message/1167519#1167519

  Thank you

  Samir

• can't see vm after upgrade to esxi 3.5. VM folder exists on the DATA store.

  Test env.

  I upgraded to esx3.5 esxi

  When installing, I had an option to leave vmfs partition. After installation I don't see the VI client machine.

  Of course, I in/vmfs/volumes/datastore1/2003-1 with vmdk and etc.

  How to access the machine?

  Thank you.

  Hello mla!

  It seems you need to re-register the virtual machine. Two ways to do:

  (1) of VIClient, go to Configuration / Storage select your datastore righ - click on, choose Browse, navigate to your directory of the virtual machine, select the .vmx file and do a right click, then chooose "add to the inventory.

  (2) in the other direction its the COS. Log in and use the command: registry of vmware-cmd - s < full-path-to-the-VM-.vmx-file >

  Hope helps.

  Ciao

• No automatic installation of VMware Tools after the P2V migration

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  Then I tried to start an application in this virtual machine and it doesn´t work. I made a second migration before tools VMware and the driver installation has been finished, I started the application and it worked. But after installtion it didn t work more.

  I tried to cancel the installation, but that luckily possible.

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  Do not turn it on in the first place - or like a rude thing - rename temporarily the windows.iso

• What happens to the cleaning after upgrade with Host Update Utility?

  Hello

  I've just updated my esx 3.5 to 4.0 using the host update utility.

  I noticed that in the data store, it is now the iso esx4.0 and an esxconsole-* folder.

  These 2 are always required? or is it safe to remove them after the upgrade? They take a part of the review of the space on the local data store.

  Thanks in advance!

  The .iso file may be deleted.

  But the esxconsole-* file is the COS for COS vmdk.

  If you are unable to delete this folder and you cannot delete the related VMFS data store.

  André

• Problem with some of the tools after upgrade.

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