There's nothing wrong with them being 3rd party, it's just cannot tell if those are the latest version available for the guest OS.
On Thursday, August 11, 2016, Alex Samad <a...@samad.com.au> wrote: > Hi > > Thanks, very interesting, I had recently been testing with them. But > they show up in VC as 3rd party... I will check out the KB. > > > Thanks > Alex > > On 11 August 2016 at 22:03, Rob Nelson <rnels...@gmail.com <javascript:;>> > wrote: > > This. open-vm-tools upgrades seamlessly if you upgrade your kernel, the > > official tools do not. They are only recommended when open-vm-tools is > not > > available.https://kb.vmware.com/kb/2073803 under VMware Support Policy. > I > > mention this because the official tools will be present, but not synced > with > > the new kernel version, so won't be considered Running by vSphere, even > > though the processes themselves are running in the Guest OS, which is > > impossible to ascertain from inside the Guest OS. That's best discovered > > through any one of the vSphere APIs (like PowerCLI) and then use other > > tools/actions to remediate your findings, like VUM. > > > > > > Rob Nelson > > rnels...@gmail.com <javascript:;> > > > > On Thu, Aug 11, 2016 at 7:00 AM, Dan White <d_e_wh...@icloud.com > <javascript:;>> wrote: > >> > >> Did you know that VMWare encourages the use of the open-vm-tools ? > >> You might want to reconsider. > >> > >> Dan White | d_e_wh...@icloud.com <javascript:;> > >> ------------------------------------------------ > >> “Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists > elsewhere > >> in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.” (Bill > >> Waterson: Calvin & Hobbes) > >> > >> > >> On Aug 11, 2016, at 01:21 AM, Alex Samad <a...@samad.com.au > <javascript:;>> wrote: > >> > >> HI > >> > >> Yes went to puppet forge first, but .. the vmtools module use the > >> opensource vmtools package, which I could use, but we have decided to > >> stick with the office install from vmware. and I don't see one of > >> those anywhere. > >> > >> Thanks > >> > >> Alex > >> > >> On 11 August 2016 at 14:12, Nick Cammorato <nick.cammor...@gmail.com > <javascript:;>> > >> wrote: > >> > >> So setting aside if this is a good idea or not, you can do this in a > >> > >> single exec resource. Look at > >> > >> https://docs.puppet.com/puppet/latest/reference/types/exec.html > >> > >> > >> Pay particular attention to onlyif, refreshonly, unless, and creates. > >> > >> Used either alone or in concert with the file resource type > >> > >> > >> (https://docs.puppet.com/puppet/4.6/reference/types/ > file.html#file-attribute-source), > >> > >> you can set up something roughly like: > >> > >> file { 'somepath/vmtools.tar.gz': source => > >> > >> 'http://somesite/vmtools.tar.gz', notify => exec['vmtoolsinst'] } -> > >> > >> exec { 'vmtoolsinst': command => 'stuffs', refreshonly => true } > >> > >> > >> which will download the file then run a command on it if it had to > >> > >> download the file. You could also chain execs ala: > >> > >> exec { 'curl -o somepath http://somesite/vmtoolsd': onlyif => > >> > >> 'shell eval of vmware-toolbox-cmd -v output', notify => vmtoolsinst } > >> > >> exec { 'vmtoolsinst': command => 'stuffs', refreshonly => true } > >> > >> > >> Now going beyond that, you could add in a custom fact to capture the > >> > >> value of vmware-toolbox-cmd. This would look something like: > >> > >> Facter.add('vmtools-toolbox-cmd') do > >> > >> setcode do > >> > >> Facter::Core::Execution.exec(' vmware-toolbox-cmd -v') > >> > >> end > >> > >> end > >> > >> > >> You would then be able to do logic based off this fact. > >> > >> > >> Really though, you should just use the forge - there's a puppet > >> > >> approved module for vmtools: > >> > >> https://forge.puppet.com/razorsedge/vmwaretools > >> > >> > >> HTH, > >> > >> --Nick > >> > >> > >> On Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 11:45 PM, Alex Samad <a...@samad.com.au > <javascript:;>> wrote: > >> > >> Hi > >> > >> > >> so I have a repo of vmware-tools.*.tgz files located at a website. > >> > >> > >> how do I build a module to check > >> > >> 1) is vmware tool install - check does vmware-toolbox-cmd exist > >> > >> 2) is it the right version - check for current version is > >> vmware-toolbox-cmd > >> > >> -v > >> > >> > >> I want to add version number into my hiera DB. think i have worked out. > >> but > >> > >> not sure how to do the client test. > >> > >> > >> I am guessing (psydo code) > >> > >> > >> if exist vmware-toolbox-cmd and if vmware-toolbox-cmd -v >= <version > >> > >> wanted> > >> > >> then > >> > >> do nothing > >> > >> else > >> > >> wget file > >> > >> run vmware-install > >> > >> fi > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > >> > >> "Puppet Users" group. > >> > >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an > >> > >> email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com <javascript:;>. > >> > >> To view this discussion on the web visit > >> > >> > >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/7e990f42- > 22b6-4aff-8887-83768e086cb8%40googlegroups.com. > >> > >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > >> > >> > >> -- > >> > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > >> Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. > >> > >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/puppet-users/zjoK2eEPhDg/unsubscribe. > >> > >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > >> puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com <javascript:;>. > >> > >> To view this discussion on the web visit > >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/ > CAKJ8awfg4Z1ZoWXsvtykZjFOJ7%3DwqKSYoFi5q%3DJkZwq90o1ugw%40mail.gmail.com. > >> > >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > >> > >> > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > >> "Puppet Users" group. > >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an > >> email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com <javascript:;>. > >> To view this discussion on the web visit > >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/CAJ%2BQ1PUCVcvxWdP% > 2BxR5kHVjVHcMmbaPx%3DNfOK_nvrkE3udq0bw%40mail.gmail.com. > >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > >> > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > >> "Puppet Users" group. > >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an > >> email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com <javascript:;>. > >> To view this discussion on the web visit > >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/ca9d3bfe- > 4f8b-407f-941a-232ba52b1d77%40me.com. > >> > >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > > Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. > > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/puppet-users/zjoK2eEPhDg/unsubscribe. > > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > > puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com <javascript:;>. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/CAC76iT_ > 6OCHHo7qQcESVBKouUo7wDdHMbWt9CF6sRv-ZZMekiw%40mail.gmail.com. > > > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Puppet Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com <javascript:;>. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/puppet-users/CAJ%2BQ1PVqxgkV%3DQxH0rVvjxa% > 2BcUcuiL73BxKKu3ZqFQuq_Sw0JA%40mail.gmail.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Rob Nelson rnels...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. 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