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Automatically Upgrade VMware Tools in Virtual Machines

When you start an automatic upgrade of VMware Tools, you do not need to perform any operations in the guest operating system that is running on the virtual machine. The automatic upgrade uninstalls the previous version of VMware Tools, installs the latest version that is available for your
ESXi
 host.
The following requirements are for each virtual machine in the upgrade:
  • Power on the virtual machine.
  • Verify that the guest operating system is running.
  1. Select
    Automatic Tools Upgrade
    .
  2. In the
    Advanced Options
     text box, enter advanced options for the Windows or Linux guest operating systems.
    Option
    Action
    Microsoft Windows Guest Operating Systems
    For the Windows guest operating system:
    • Enter
      /s /v "/qn" /l "
      Microsoft_Windows_location
      \
      filename
      .log"
       to perform a silent upgrade of VMware Tools and create a log file in the specified location on the guest operating system.
    Linux Guest Operating Systems
    For the Linux guest operating system:
    • Enter
      --default
       to perform a silent upgrade of VMware Tools and install the
      bin
      ,
      lib
      , and
      doc
       files in the default
      /usr
       directory.
      This is the default behavior.
    • Enter
      --prefix=
      binary_location
      ,
      lib_location
      ,
      doc_location
       to perform a silent upgrade of VMware Tools and install the
      bin
      ,
      lib
      , and
      doc
       files in the specified locations.
  3. Click
    OK.
The
VMware Tools
 label on the
Summary
 tab changes to
OK
.

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