No help with the specific issue, but do you have a snapshot or an image backup taken before the attempted tools upgrade? If you have one, you can restore it and start again.
On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 6:55 PM, Jeff Poling <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a Windows 2008 Server Core system running as a VM on VMware vSphere > 4.1. The vmware tools upgrade went poorly and now the lanmanserver (server) > service is stuck in start_pending. Reboots do not correct it. I am trying > to reinstall vmware tools, but the installer is stuck on “removing backup > files” (possibly related to the server service being hung??). > > > > Has anyone seen this before? Any thoughts on how to fix it? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Jeff > > ~ 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
