That works. At least it does on ESX 3.5. It's also an MSI file so it can be deployed with group policy, which is very helpful.
From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 2:52 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: VMWare tools 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<mailto:oozerd...@gmail.com>> wrote: On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 9:50 AM, <pdw1...@hotmail.com<mailto: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<mailto:richard.mccl...@aspca.org> > To: > ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com<mailto: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> > [mailto: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<mailto:cgarciamo...@spragueenergy.com> > To: > ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com<mailto: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<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. 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