Okay, the vmdk lacks the version in bionic, focal, and groovy. The ddb.comment field that toolsVersion uses is missing:
# Disk Descriptor File # Created by VMDKstream version=1 CID=7e5b80a7 parentCID=ffffffff createType="streamOptimized" # Extent description RDONLY 20971520 SPARSE "call-me-stream.vmdk" #DDB ddb.adapterType = "lsilogic" # 20971520 / 63 / 255 rounded up ddb.geometry.cylinders = "1306" ddb.geometry.heads = "255" ddb.geometry.sectors = "63" ddb.longContentID = "8f15b3d0009d9a3f456ff7b28d324d2a" ddb.virtualHWVersion = "7"^@^@^@^ ** Also affects: livecd-rootfs (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1893898 Title: open-vm-tools status is toolsNotInstalled after deploy cloud image groovy-server-cloudimg-amd64.ova To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/cloud-images/+bug/1893898/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs