Technical Note: [Accelops KB] How to upgrade VMware Tools

[Andy_G]

Description

Summary of Topic

The following are steps on how to remove and install/upgrade VMware Tools

For General Guidlines on what to upgrade for VMware, please reference this link:
http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=101067...

Online Steps (Internet Accessible)

NOTE: Copy the following AS IS -- DO NOT MODIFY THIS AT ALL!

echo -e "[vmware-tools]\n\
    name=VMware Tools\n\
   
  baseurl=http://packages.vmware.com/tools/esx/4.1latest/rhel6/x86_64\n\
    enabled=1\n\
    gpgcheck=1\n\
   
  gpgkey=http://packages.vmware.com/tools/keys/VMWARE-PACKAGING-GPG-RSA-KEY.pub\n"
  \
     >
  /etc/yum.repos.d/VMWare-Tools.repo ; yum -y install vmware-tools ; rm -f
  /etc/yum.repos.d/VMWare-Tools.repo
    

 

Offline Steps (Non-Internet Accessible)

Pre-Requisite Step

Download the VMware Tools ISO image:

1. Navigate to the link http://packages.vmware.com/tools/esx/index.html.
2. Click the link for your version of ESX/ESXi.
3. Click the link for your version of guest operating system. (For AO releases 3.7.6
4. Download the VMware Tools RPM files and upload those to your AO Super, AO Worker, or AO Collector.

• File Names will start with:
• vmware-open-vm-tools-common-x.x.x-xxxxxxxxxxx.el5.x86_64.rpm
• vmware-open-vm-tools-kmod-x.x.x-xxxxxxxxxxx.el5.x86_64.rpm

Steps

[These are steps based on ESXi server 4.0+ from vSphere Client 5.0]

Part 1 - Removal of bundled VMware tool

1. Log into your VA and run a rpm -qa | grep vmware
2. Remove the vmware-open-vm-tools-common-x.x.x-xxxxxx.xxx and vmware-open-vm-tools-kmod-x.x.x-xxxxxx.xxx
• NOTE: x.x.x-xxxxxx.xxx - this indicates variations of the version that you may have already installed

• The Following has to be removed in the exact order

1. rpm -e vmware-open-vm-tools-common-x.x.x-xxxxxx.xxx
2. rpm -e vmware-open-vm-tools-kmod-x.x.x-xxxxxx.xxx

Part 2 - New VMware tool installation/Upgrade

• The Follow has to be installed in the exact order

1. rpm -i vmware-open-vm-tools-kmod-x.x.x-xxxxxxxxxx.el5.x86_64.rpm
2. rpm -i vmware-open-vm-tools-common-x.x.x-xxxxxxxxx.el5.x86_64.rpm
3. reboot
4. Once AO has rebooted please run the following to verify the install:
5. rpm -qa | grep vmware-open-vm-tools
6. You can also verify this through vsphere in the summary tab of each of your VM's (VMware Tools field should inform you that it's "Running")

Additional Information

N/A

Version Application

All