Configuring Automatic Upgrade and
Installation or Removal of a Component
The guest admin can control the automatic upgrade, installation or removal of a
component using the configuration options provided in
tools.conf
file of
VMware Tools .- Automatic Upgrade:The guest admin can control automatic upgrade using theallow-upgradeoption.Theallow-upgradeoption controls whether automatic upgrades (or re-installations) are allowed or not. This option has the values:
- allow-upgrade=true: Enables automatic upgrade of VMware Tools.This is the default value.
- allow-upgrade=false: Disables automatic upgrade of VMware Tools.
Theallow-upgradeoption affects all the auto upgradable tools. - Add or Remove a Feature:The guest admin can control adding or removing a feature from VMware Tools using the following options:
- allow-add-feature: This option controls whether adding a feature from VMware Tools is allowed or not. This option has the values:
- allow-add-feature=true: Enables adding a feature from VMware Tools.This is the default value.
- allow-add-feature=false: Disables adding a feature from VMware Tools.
- allow-remove-feature: This option controls whether removing a feature from VMware Tools is allowed or not. This option has the values:
- allow-remove-feature=true: Enables removing a feature from VMware Tools.This is the default value.
- allow-remove-feature=false: Disables removing a feature from VMware Tools.
- Theallow-add-featureandallow-remove-featureoptions affect Windows tools only.
- If the guest admin disables the automatic upgrade option (allow-upgrade=false), the feature modification options (allow-add-featureandallow-remove-feature) get disabled as well.