Thanks! On the one hand, I had finally figured this out (that is, the installer simply mounts a DVD installer image).
Things were going well (and I had chosen the installer for the 64-bit version), when it failed with a kernel driver error (vmrawdsk)... Two of us checking it out now, but... Thank you, List! From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Sent: Friday, February 24, 2012 7:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: VMWare tools Can't you just mount the CD and do the install from RDP? It might work without a console connection - you could try the /admin RDP switch as well. On 24 February 2012 13:40, Richard McClary <richard.mccl...@aspca.org<mailto:richard.mccl...@aspca.org>> wrote: Interesting, and a previous reply hinted along these lines. This is a "straight" server, not a TermServer box. The ESXi system hosting this is a half-continent away, so opening a direct console is painful (mouse lag turns it into the world's most tedious video game). Hopefully, I can find the install files somewhere on the vCenter host. From: Garcia-Moran, Carlos [mailto:cgarciamo...@spragueenergy.com<mailto:cgarciamo...@spragueenergy.com>] Sent: Friday, February 24, 2012 7:23 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: VMWare tools 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:richard.mccl...@aspca.org<mailto:richard.mccl...@aspca.org>] 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. 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(r) 1717 S. 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