Here's an idea... No idea if it would work, but I don't see why it wouldn't. Copy the contents of that CD to a fileshare, install from that share. Don't have to deal with the CD being mounted properly or autorun.
On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 12:04 PM, Michael Leone <oozerd...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 9:50 AM, <pdw1...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > 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. > > That's what I always do. Sometimes the upgrade to a new version takes > 10 minutes to do, sometimes it takes 1 minute, sometimes it just > doesn't seem to do it ... since we're in the process of upgrading to > v5, and I have 100 VMs, and each VMTools upgrade requires a reboot, I > foresee much fun ... and upgrading the virtual hardware version to the > latest v8 is another shutdown (not just a reboot) ... > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: richard.mccl...@aspca.org > > To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com > > 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: pdw1...@hotmail.com [mailto:pdw1...@hotmail.com] > > 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: cgarciamo...@spragueenergy.com > > To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com > > 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: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® > > > > 1717 S. 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