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• Wrong message 'VMware Tools can be updated' for the virtual machine within ESXi 4.1

  These VMware tools in my guest operating system keep on the list "VMware Tools can be updated" and the yellow exclamation point.

  Host operating system is ESXi 4.1.0 build 348481

  VMware Tools version is 8.4.8 build 491717

  It is not on the files with the extension.001 as described in the following article

  http://KB.VMware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US & cmd = displayKC & externalId = 2001382

  I checked and there is no file with this extension.

  I think that VMware tools is unable to read or to compare the correct numbers.  Or is there another reason?

  Reply to my own post:

  The answer, in fact the procedure, is inside this article:

  https://communities.VMware.com/docs/doc-31365

  For some reason VMware Tools is not installed correctly (for example files from previous versions are left inside the hard disk).  So I have to do a manual cleaning before you reinstall the tools.

• VMware tools allows you to change the ip comments

  Is it possible to invoke the VMware Tools of a VM to change the parameters of intellectual property in the guest in a workflow orchestrator OS?

  Thank you very much.

  Comments script package manager

  Examples of powerShell script scripts manager (change IP and DNS servers addresses comments)

  Examples of batch script scripts manager (Administrator Local and management of DNS records)

• VMware Tools upgrade changes machineID, breaks the issuance of licenses for some applications

  We have this application called localization, manufactured by Hyland Software. Whenever I've upgrade VMware Tools on our ESXi hosts on all virtual machines, it breaks the granting of licenses for the application and localization will not work until the licensing is completely redone. No idea why this is happening?

  Below is the reading of the application regarding the issuance of licenses, and attached is a screenshot of the error in the application. I'm certainly not asking someone to solve the problem of the application, but what on earth could possibly VMTools change that would have caused this? Thanks in advance!

  RegisterName	dateregistered	Networkid	pcserialnum	usernum	stationdesc	wkstationgrpnum	cachenum	MacAddress	lastLogon	badlogincount	MachineId
  DALONBASE	01/02/2013	BVVGRCRGRKRO	715828130	0	DALONBASE (SELF)	0	0	005056b33b87	04/02/2013	0

  C8C2A6CCADFA02BFBAA68E68D9842B25

  DALONBASE

  04/08/2012

  YIEGRCRGRKRO

  715827788

  0

  DALONBASE (SELF)

  0

  0

  005056b33b87

  01/02/2013

  0

  006EEA89FBC395E1DAD4C3BA17DF7DF2

  If this is what is causing the problem?

  I'm sure of it - about 99.9% Yes.

  And if so, what changes would affect a particular software feature licenses?

  "All the virtual machines have a hardware version, which shows the characteristics of virtual hardware that supports the virtual machine, such as BIOS or EFI, number of virtual slots, maximum number of processors, the maximum memory configuration and other features material." - from http://www.vmware.com/products/datacenter-virtualization/vsphere/compute.html

  They probably linked the license to an individual (or several) attribute of the "hardware" of the virtual machine. Think of it regarding a physical system - changed nothing in the operating system (at least not GUID, MSN, etc.), it was something that the operating system has access to related material. You could probably bug them enough and get them to reveal madness method they use for this, but I don't know if it would be really useful. You can leave virtual to older material , to some extent, which means that you can reduce the number of times you have to repeat this process.

• VMware tools does not start on the comments

  I would be recognizing a few tracks on this problem, the VMTools won't start;

  The server VM/host: Linux 2.6.18 - 92.1.22.el5PAE #1 SMP i686 i686 i386

  Comments: Linux 2.6.18 - 92.1.22.el5PAE #1 SMP i686 i686 i386

  Anything not appearing in the newspapers when I try to start the services;

  status of /etc/init.d/VMware-Tools

  VMware-guestd is not running

  /etc/init.d/VMware-tools start

  Checking connection to hot acpi OK

  Starting VMware Tools services on the host:

  Switching to host config: OK

  status of /etc/init.d/VMware-Tools

  Mike

  Before running VMware Tools for the first time, you must

  Configure it to your kernel running on the

  following command: "/ usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl".

  Config tools... He'll try to compile tools for your kernel, make sure you have the kernel and GCC installed headers.  If the compilation fails, there should be a build any - any for the "vmware tools" somewhere on this site...

• Space forum reports moved to development tools, but not displayed in the list area

  It's a good idea to move the area report in the category of development tools, but it is not among the list of namespaces

  Development tools

  You must choose the sub-areas to see

  Development tools

  Shoudn't I see it at the same level as the forms?

  Concerning

  Marcus

  Thanks for the heads up! I added registration space.

• Is it possible to prevent the VMware Tools to try to reach the update server?

  I'm under 8.0 on a Win 7/64 host.  I usually install tools in a virtual machine that has no network connectivity.  When I start to install the tools, he's trying to connect to the update server to check if it is current.  Is it possible to have tools simply boot and install and not try to connect?  Thank you.

  I don't have a VMware Workstation 8 running at the moment, but IIRC the update settings can be configured in Edit-> preferences.

  André

• Upgrade to 4.1 VMware tools 8.3.2 cause the print spooler restart

  I just wanted to see if anyone else has had this problem.

  After having modernized our guests from 4.0u2 to 4.1, I improved the tools on my virtual machines.  The next day on the virtual machines Citrix PS4.5 users had tons of printing problems.  These servers also had poor performance and restarted thoughout the day because the constant spooler restarts chess CPP triggered.

  The solution was to remove the tools from these hosts and re - 8.3.2 vmware install tools 4.0u2 (4.0.0 build 261974).  All other virtual machines seem to be fine with the new tools of 4.1.   (I also tried to remove just the fine print of the 8.3.2 driver tools without success)

  I report to VMware Monday and post what they say.  I just wanted to see if someone of another running Citrix or Terminal Server VM has the same issues.

  Thank you.

  We had similar problems of VERRRY as you did and resolved in this article:

  http://KB.VMware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalID=1026851

  We had to enable VT - x / AMD - v option in the bios AND active the option "use Intel VT-X/AMD-V for the instruction set virtualization and Intel EPT/AMD RVI for MMU virtualization for our VM

  We had problems with Server 2003 Enterprise with 8 GB of RAM (so using the/3 GB switch in the boot.ini file) our Exchange 2003 server.

  This machine works now head and shoulders all the rest - we're still testing the rest of our virtual machines to ensure they remain stable after changing the CPU/MMU virtualization settings.  So far so good!

  I really hope that helps you!  14 hours STRAIGHT was devoted to this, including yelling, throwing objects, cursing vmware etc...

• Why the snip tool does not display in the accessories under XP?

  Directions say to watch in Accessories for the snip tool, but it is not there or in one of the menus in the toolbar.

  Hello Barr3,

  A Snip tool that was not available until Windows Vista.
  See:
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/use-Snipping-Tool-to-capture-screen-shots

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/Snipping-Tool-frequently-asked-questions

  You may be able to download a 3rd party cutting tool that is compatible with Windows XP.
  Do a search on the Internet for download of a cutting tool options.

  Sincerely.

  Marilyn

• How do you get tools VMWare Fusion refuses to install the full package of VMWare tools?

  Host operating system: OSX 10.9.1

  Guest OS: Windows XP Home Edition SP3 with all relevant updates

  Running VMWare Fusion 6.0.2

  I want to reduce the VM - but:

  (1) by double-clicking on the icon of VMWare Tools in the status bar displays the dialog box 'a way'

  (2) right click on the VMWare tools icon is displayed 'About', 'Disable the icon' and 'Exit '.

  (3) there is NO entry for VMWare Tools in the control panel.

  WHAT I AM DOING WRONG?

  #@$%#^$%*(^*^%^#$$%@!!!!

  VMware Fusion 5 and 6 to shrink the disk automatically when you use Clean Up a virtual hard drive or take a look on Defragmenting, shrinkage and cleaning of disks of virtual machines VMware Fusion (1001934) and the shrinking a virtual disk using scripts in VMware Fusion 5 (2033583) (which should work always in VMware Fusion 6 too).

• The purpose of VMware Tools in a Linux guest?

  There are benefits to install VMware tools in a Linux without head/command line only VM?  The only things I see it adding would share his IP address info.  Are there features that I miss out on by installing do not?

  Indeed, as the RPM and tar from the instructions in file ends with "Start X Windows", it seems that it is not designed for anything other than the GUI (for mouse tracking/display setting enhancements)?

  With VMware tools, you can make things easier. For example, you can do 'clean shutdown' of the machine virtual of ESXi, or synchronize the time between ESXi and VM. I'm not sure but I think that vmware balooning pilot would need tools to work correctly.

  But you can still live without vmware-tools and perform all of the above tasks (although not as easily). Personally, I don't use vmware-tools with linux-VM as modular kernel is not permitted in our society.

• 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."

• How to launch and use the VMware tools

  After installing 2008r2 as a virtual machine and install VMware Tools, I am unable to open the tools and use them.  I did two days of searching, and I can't find an answer to my problem.    Downstairs is an action I took, but I would appreciate any help from the community.

  Purpose:

  Laboratory at home training and certification.

  Hardware environment: (based on "Chris Wahl" home Build Lab)

  SuperMicro Motherboard MBD-X10SLH-F-O

  Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 3.30 GHz processor with 32 GB of ram

  Software environment:

  64-bit version of Windows 7 Professional, host operating system

  VMware Workstation 10 with all updates installed with administrator privileges

  VM #2: vSphere 5.1 install

  VM #1: The Windows 2008R2 VM I have a problem with VMware tools.

  I've deleted and rebuilt the two VM three times now, thinking it was my environment somehow.  ESXi 5.1 works although I have not built anything there yet.  I am able to access this part of the laboratory fine of vSphere Client.

  VMware Tools:

  Within the Services of VM 2008 I can see VMware Tools started service, the icon in the system tray notification area and see the files on the C: drive of the virtual computer, but there is no way to open it.

  I followed several links to create a virtual laboratory, but should not be this hard to run a program.  It's my first time that you try to use VMware tools, but I'm following the steps in the lab below install procedures.

  In the middle of the page of "Blog Editor" part 4 "build the ultimate vSphere Lab is where it installs the VMware tool and lowest after restarting Windows Update service I'm stuck to the next step."

  "Open VMware Tools, go to the Shrink ."  Click on the button of the prepare to shrink . »

  ?  How to "open the VMware Tools?

  Now on the path I have searched for and deleted and reinstalled the tools, but always without success.

  Here is a link where I found the following measures to be taken, but it doesn't work either.  The "NOTE" at the bottom, it's something I noticed and made sure was right when I installed the last time tools.

  I even found a link to where you can download the tools separately from the ISO files, and yet, it does not work.  A LITTLE HELP PLEASE!

  http://www.vdsyn.com/Windows-2008-R2-virtual-machine-VMware-tools-shows-not-running-current-after-vmotionsnapshot-operations-randomly/

  So next step that we did was
  1 uninstalled VMware Tools in the virtual machine
  2 restarted the VM
  3. manually deleted/renamed the C:\Program VMware Tools
  4. manually deleted/renamed C:\Programdata\VMware\VMware tools
  5 Rebooted
  6. install the VMware tools
  7 Rebooted

  The issue is not reproducible after the same

  
  NOTE: Make sure that the virtual computer CD player points to the correct image.  I found it always go back to the windows 7 iso image on my C: drive from physical machines to where the image 2008r2 was on drive E:

  No need to reinstall again. You're not missing something. VMware has changed the VMware Tools tray and removed options that were available in previous versions. Take a look at for example experience front of VMware: The VMware Tools GUI is gone - now what? with some information about this change and the replacement of the command line.

  André

• the application could not start because the configuration of the incorrect application of reinstallation of the application can solve the problem by Insalling Vmware tools so that windows server 2003

  the application could not start because the configuration of the incorrect application of reinstallation of the application can solve the problem by Insalling Vmware tools so that windows server 2003. PFA

  Ranjana,

  Please, review the vminst.log file located in % TEMP and see if we could see related errors.  Otherwise follow the troubleshooting steps below;

  1. check that the guest operating system that you want to install VMware Tools is fully certified.

  2. check that the correct guest operating system is selected

  3. check that the good ISO image is loaded. For more information, see ensuring good ISO image VMware tools is loaded (1003910).

  4. check that the VMware Tools ISO image has not been damaged. For more information, see determine if your VMware Tools ISO image is damaged on a host ESX/ESXi (1004820).

  5. If you are installing a Windows operating system, make sure that you do not encounter problems with your Windows registry database. For more information about the resolution of the problems of register with VMware Tools, see Impossible to upgrade the existing VMware tools (1001354).

  6. If you install on a 64-bit Linux guest OS, make sure that there are no missing dependencies. For more information, see Tools from VMware install fails to start the daemon of guest OS on the operating systems 64-bit Linux with the glibc-common package 32-bit installed (1023185).

  If your problem persists, please refer to: KB VMware: VMware Tools installation problems that are defective in a guest operating system or contact support.

  ~ dGeorgey

• Problem (re) launch vmware-tools on Centos 6.4 x 64-"" is not a directory.  The execution is canceled.

  Hello

  I have a problem with a virtual machine on my Vmware with Centos 6.4 5.1. The vmware-tools doesn't work anymore. (and the service de/etc/init.d disapear). When I run /etc/vmware-tools/services.sh start, she tell me to reconfigure the vmware with /usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl tools

  And when I run it in the end I have a:

  "

  "" is not a directory.

  The execution is canceled.

  "

  Nothing else, first time I've... What can be?

  THX

  Hello and welcome to communities, it seems that vmware tools have been uninstalled during the upgrade or manual. Can you confirm if sudo is not the problem here by giving /usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl sudo