You have been subscribed to a public bug: Uninstalling open-vm-tools leaves VMware platform assuming that open-vm- tools are still installed in the guest. VMware platform supports an RPC call to receive notification for open-vm-tools uninstallation. Uninstaller should make use of this RPC to notify the VMware platform that open-vm-tools has been uninstalled.
A similar issue was fixed in Fedora http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit /open-vm-tools.git/commit/?id=17141dd91c321fc41f7d1874d64e8ea7d055fcc9. Reproduced this using Ubuntu14.04: Steps: ========================= 1.Install Ubuntu14.04 vm and then open-vm-tools. apt-get install open-vm-tools 2.Uninstall open-vm-tools using package manager by following commands: apt-get remove open-vm-tools apt-get purge open-vm-tools 3.Reboot VM. Result: ========================= Get result: "Not running, version:2147483647 (3rd-party/Independent)" Guest information: (vim.vm.GuestInfo) { toolsStatus = "toolsNotRunning", toolsVersionStatus = "guestToolsUnmanaged", toolsVersionStatus2 = "guestToolsUnmanaged", toolsRunningStatus = "guestToolsNotRunning", toolsVersion = "2147483647", toolsUpdateStatus = (vim.vm.GuestInfo.ToolsUpdateStatus) { updateRequireReboot = <unset>, }, guestId = <unset>, guestFamily = <unset>, guestFullName = <unset>, hostName = <unset>, ipAddress = <unset>, screen = (vim.vm.GuestInfo.ScreenInfo) { width = 800, height = 600 }, guestState = "notRunning", powerPolicy = (vim.vm.PowerPolicy) null, appHeartbeatStatus = "appStatusGray", appState = "none", guestOperationsReady = false, interactiveGuestOperationsReady = false, } ** Affects: open-vm-tools (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Assignee: Robert C Jennings (rcj) Status: New -- [ESXi] Uninstallation of open-vm-tools should inform VMware platform https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1322434 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to open-vm-tools in Ubuntu. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
