VMware Tools Version with vCenter update 4

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• What is the VMware Tools version / build number in ESXi 4.1U2?

  Hello world

  As far as I know, the version/version number of "VMware Tools" in ESXi 4.1U1 ("4.1 Update 1") is "Version 8.3.7, build-341836" (at least for Windows virtual machines). "

  Can someone tell me if the version/version number of "VMware Tools" in 4.1U2 ("4.1 Update 2") ESXi is different? I read the "Release Notes" for vCenter Server 4.1 update ESXi 4.1 Update 2 - http://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere4/doc/vsp_esxi41_u2_rel_notes.html - and 2 - http://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere4/doc/vsp_vc41_u2_rel_notes.html - but I did find the information on this subject.

  Thanks in advance!

  See you soon,.

  Ricardo

  Hello

  Based on my VMware 4.1 hosts update 2, I ve vmware tools 8.3.12.8191

  So I found following KB that can be useful for you - http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1003947

  Post edited by: MauroBonder

• How the news works of linux vmware-tools associated with the support of actions HGFS?

  Just to clarify, if it is possible to get from VMware Tools for Linux Guest users qualified/developer/maintainer.

  If memory serves me right, from 12 Workstation, VMware Tools for modified Linux related with the way it handles stocks HGFS.

  Installation of VMware tools on many Linux guests, I always see the same behavior.

  In some installations it build hgfs module, in others it seems fair to connect on vmhgfs-fuse executable. No module hgfs not charged in this case of the kernel then HGFS works as expected.

  Exactly how it works under the hood, how to install VMware Tools/config, can determine whether it is necessary to build the module or just run vmhgfs-fuse?

  Well, strange person, not even VMware guys come on this subject. IMHO is a really interesting thing, I almost always use shared folders between guests and hosts, it's so easy and simple WHEN IT WORKS.

  The fact that no-one comes on this thread, show what I think always: products like workstation are profoundly less used, average people IMHO use 30/40 per cent of the potential software.

  Then, with a few hours and a few Linux guests many kind in hand machines (work with tools in both modes, hgfs.ko or fuse), investigated and found how it works by myself.

  This is what I found.

  Recent versions of VMware Tools for Linux now seems to check the fuse package installed on guest system installed and when they found him, they try to use vmhgfs-fuse (formerly an Open-vm-tools executable) to mount hgfs actions without the need of the hgfs.ko module and so without needing to compile the module often broken kernel. For example, hgfs.ko thin build up to kernel branch 4.4 and it is broken again on 4.5.

  The script vmware-config - tools.pl also seems power - also when it detects the fuse package - properly configure autostart for hgfs share.

  That's all, and it's very useful for me. Hope it will be for others.

• VMware Tools Version 5.0.1 of merger?

  Can someone else please check that the correct version of VMware Tools for Windows in Fusion 5.0.1 is 9.2.1 build-818201?

  Thank you!

  Clayj ha scritto:

  Can someone else please check that the correct version of VMware Tools for Windows in Fusion 5.0.1 is 9.2.1 build-818201?

  Thank you!

  Yes, I can confirm that.

• Discover VMWare-Tools-Version

  Hello

  I tried to create a script to find the Versions of VMWare-Tools installed on my guest to view and write to a CSV file.

  Here´s content:

  $vmview = get - VM | Sort-Object {$_.} Name} | Get-View

  $vmview. Config.Tools | Select ToolsVersion. Write-Host # | Export-CSV "C:".
  ' Script_Outputs\VM_Tools_Version_$ Wann.csv '-noTypeInformation

  My problem is:

  The script shows the Version of the tools installed, but it doesn´t show the name

  How can I add the name of the script?

  THX in advance

  Chakoe

  Of course, something like that

  Get-VM |Sort-Object {$_.Name} | Get-View | `
       where {$_.Config.Tools.ToolsVersion -eq "7202"} | `
       Select Name, @{N="Version";E={$_.Config.Tools.ToolsVersion}}
  

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• Version thrown in update with vCenter update Manager 5

  Hi all

  Can you get it someone please let me know what version of ships with update manager vCenter 2.5 update 5?

  Concerning

  Jam

  Jam,

  She threw 6.1.6.

• With vcenter Update Manager

  Hello

  I tried to install UM on the same VM as my vcenter. sql express already running sound.

  I created the new 32-bit odbc, vum_db but it is not listed under "change the database defaults to" there are master, model, tempdb and my vcenterdb.

  During the installation of the software, I get "the system dsn odbc specified currently points to the master server in ssql database...

  do I need to connect to a full blown sql to create the sql on sql server express or should I choose 'Install an instance of Microsoft sql server r2 Express' instead of an existing supported database.

  The database is not listed, because you have created only the DSN, not the database on the instance of MSSQL Express... for this reason, try 'install an instance of Microsoft SQL Server Express R2 2xxx.

• vCenter Server Appliance and VMware Tools update

  I've just updated VCSA to 5.1.0.10000 build 1065184. I had to uninstall VMware Tools first because the update failed with

  "VMware Tools can not install because it seems that another installation of.

  VMware Tools is already present. Please remove the previous installation and

  then try again to install this version of VMware Tools. »

  error in /opt/vmware/var/log/vami/updatecli.log (I had a similar problem with the previous update).

  After updating, I see in this newspaper:

  "22/05/2013 14:43:48 [INFO] Running/opt/vmware/share/vami/vami_reconfigure_tools.

  VMware tools is not installed on this virtual machine.

  "22/05/2013 14:43:48 [INFO] status update: reconfiguration of done VMware tools.

  Should I install VMware Tools via vSphere Web Client again? I assumed VMware Tools to install update VCSA. I can see the packets in any case:

  VM-vcenter: ~ # rpm - qa | grep-i vmware-tools

  VMware-Tools-vmmemctl-KMP-default-1.2.1.2_3.0.13_0.27-3

  VMware-Tools-vmxnet-KMP-default-2.0.14.0_3.0.13_0.27-3

  VMware-tools-services - 9.0.5 - 1.sles11

  vmware-tools-plugins-hgfsServer-9.0.5-1.sles11

  VMware-Tools-plugins-VMBackup-9.0.5-1.SLES11

  VMware-Tools-VMCI-Common-9.0.5-1.SLES11

  VMware-Tools-vsock-KMP-default-9.3.3.0_3.0.13_0.27-3

  VMware-Tools-Libraries-NOx-9.0.5-1.SLES11

  VMware-Tools-vmmemctl-Common-9.0.1-3

  VMware-tools-core - 9.0.5 - 1.sles11

  vmware-tools-plugins-autoUpgrade-9.0.5-1.sles11

  vmware-tools-plugins-guestInfo-9.0.5-1.sles11

  vmware-tools-plugins-powerOps-9.0.5-1.sles11

  VMware-Tools-plugins-VIX-9.0.5-1.SLES11

  VMware-Tools-ESX-kmods-default-9.0.5-1.SLES11

  VMware-Tools-vmxnet-Common-9.0.5-1.SLES11

  VMware-Tools-VMCI-KMP-default-9.3.18.0_3.0.13_0.27-3

  VMware-tools-guestlib - 9.0.5 - 1.sles11

  vmware-tools-plugins-deployPkg-9.0.5-1.sles11

  vmware-tools-plugins-timeSync-9.0.5-1.sles11

  VMware-Tools-ESX-NOx-9.0.5-1.SLES11

  VMware-Tools-vsock-Common-9.0.5-1.SLES11

  VMware-tools-Foundation - 9.0.5 - 1.sles11

  But I can not start the daemon:

  VM-vcenter: ~ # /etc/init.d/vmware-tools-services start

  From an operating system daemon invited VMware Tools: failure

  After the assumption, I deleted/usr/lib/vmware-tools/lib / and was able to run vmware - install.pl and install VMware Tools 9.0.1.18551 (build 913578) then.

  I'm still confused why vmware-tools-services - 9.0.5 - 1.sles11 and other packages installed during the VCSA update did not work.

• 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.

• Update the VMware tools cluster HA/FT

  We have a cluster running multiple 5.1 ESXi hosts and a 5.0 ESXi host. The virtual machine running on 5.1 guests show their tools VMWare is obsolete, but the virtual machine running on the 5.0 show their tools as being COMMON since with each new version of ESX, VMWare tools must also be updated. My question is: If we update VMware tools on virtual machines on 5.1, guests will be able to run on the host 5.0 if necessary? Therefore, an active cluster HA/IP hosts automatically migrated to guests according to load, etc.

  Any help is appreciated. Thank you.

  You can use the "product VMware interoperability matrices" to check compatibility. See the attached screenshot where you can see that running the ESXi 5.1 on ESXi hosts tools 5.0 is supported. You can find "the VMware product interoperability matrices" at: http://partnerweb.vmware.com/comp_guide2/sim/interop_matrix.php

• VMware Tools update fails

  When I run a virtual machine, I get a popup telling me that a new version of VMware Tools (version 8.8.2) is available.  If I click to download, update the product for awhile then stops with an error box saying that there was a problem updating the component.

  As far as I can tell, I have VMware Tools installed 8.8.2.  How can I remove this popup?

  Running VMware on Linux CentOS 5.8 8.0.3.

  With the machine off, go in the Edition-> Preferences-> updates and and uncheck the two boxes «»  That should do it.

• 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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• VMware Tools after upgrade to ESXi Update 3

  I recently tested the upgrade of one of our hosts of update 2 to 3 update.  After you apply the update using Update Manager virtual machines running on the host State VMware Tools ToolsOK instead of the ToolsOutOfDate show expected.  It seems that there is indeed a new version of the tools installed with the update 3, but virtual Centre is not correctly state.

  All the world has noticed this problem?

  This is a known issue. I would recommend to use for free a 3rd third party tool to check the version numbers:

  http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2008/11/12/cool-tool-update-RVTools-21/

  Duncan

  Blogs: http://www.yellow-bricks.com

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• Update VMware tools and hardware of txt file

  need to update the vmware tools more material on a cluster of virtual machines to txt file

  So I have

  Get-contexte.\vms.txt | % {update-tools $_ - Runasync}

  Then I'll check before virtual machines in virtual machine material

  Get-content.\vms.txt | % {get - vm $_} | Select ' Name,@{N='ToolStatus; E={$_. {{ExtensionData.Guest.ToolsStatus}}

  
  

  If they are ok,

  
  

  Then I'll make the material

  get-content.\vms.txt | % {set - vm -vm $_-version V9-confirm: $false}

  
  

  
  

  is there a better way to put it together in a script?
  

  
  

  It is ok, but not fully automated.

  So that the process is fully automated, you could do something like this

  $vms = get-Content.\vms.txt

  # Update VMware tools

  $taskTab = @ {}

  Update-tools - VM $vms - RunAsync | %{

  $taskTab.Add ($_.) ID, $null)

  }

  # Wait until all tasks are completed

  While ($taskTab.Count - not 0) {}

  $keys = $taskTab.GetEnumerator () | %{

  $status = get-task-Id $_. Key

  if($Status.) State - only ' works') {}

  $_. Key

  }

  }

  $keys | %{

  $taskTab.Remove($_)

  }

  sleep 5

  }

  # Update HW

  Set-VM - vm $vms - V9-confirm Version: $false

• VMware Tools will not be upgraded after ESX 3.5 Update 4

  I just updated our ESX 3.5 Update 4 host and now our VMs show there is an update for VMware Tools.  However, the update fails near the end of the upgrade with error 1722.

  Any thoughts on what could be the cause?

  -Ken

  The solution that works for me for this error to this machine virtual (operating system Windows 2003) was to start the following services.

  • Distributed Transaction Coordinator. (usually a culprit for the failure of the installation I found anyway...)

  • Application system COM +.

  If these services where not started, start this service and retry the update or install.

  You can stop these services (if you want) once Setup is complete