Disconnect the CD/DVD drive on the VM? That's where I've usually found my problem.
Kurt On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 05:09, Richard McClary <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. Only recently > did I log back into that particular VMWare environment. I happened to check > on the server I had created. In vCenter, “Summary”, it shows that VMTools > were not installed. > > > > In vCenter, clicking that VM, then “Guest”, I see I have only the option to > cancel the installation. (Likewise on the ESX 3.5 VM’s on which VMTools > would not install.) > > > > Again, anybody know why VMTools simply will not install on some VM’s? > > -- > > Richard D. McClary > > Jr Infrastructure Architect, Information Technology Group > > ASPCA® > > 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 > > Urbana, IL 61802 > > [email protected] > > P: 217-337-9761 > > C: 217-417-1182 > > F: 217-337-9761 > > www.aspca.org > > > > > > The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is > from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals® (ASPCA®) > and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may > contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not > the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any > dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, > and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received > this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and > permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout > thereof. > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
