I just make a console connection to the server, then at the top, click on the VM drop-down menu, click on Guest and select Install\Upgrade VMWare tools.
From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:00:17 +0000 Subject: RE: VMWare tools OK, I give up – how does one do a manual install? From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, February 24, 2012 7:44 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: VMWare tools We're on v4.1, and I always have to manually install the tools thru vcenter. It's not a big deal to me since I don't create that many servers. And on that note, I am so glad we finally got a virtual solution in place. Instead of the get quote for a new server, order it, set it up now it's "Okay, give me an hour or two and I'll have it up and running." From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: RE: VMWare tools Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:23:08 +0000 I’ve yet to find an issue installing tools on any server, Ubuntu, Windows (NT,2000,2003,2008) that being said, sometimes servers like Terminal Servers might have an issue timing out unless you switch modes on them. For the most part I always open up a direct console onto the servers log on and then fire up the tools install so I can see what’s going on, most are done within 5-10 minutes. Have you looked into the Event logs on the server? Maybe an Autorun issue? On the ones that failed have you tried a mount CD and then do the tools manually (next,next,finish)? From: Richard McClary [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, February 24, 2012 8:09 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: VMWare tools Greetings! Why is it that on some VMWare VM’s, VMTools will not install? I can find no errors nor any consistency. Locally, we are currently running ESX 3.5. I see the failure for VMTools to install on some Windows 2003 machines. On others, created at about the same time (within a day or two), VMTools installs on them quickly with no issues. Several weeks back, I created my first Windows 2008 server on an ESX 4.1 system. In vCenter, I gave the command to install VMTools. 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