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VMware Tools Version posted: Jan 30, 2008 8:48 PM

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Andreas Masur
843 posts since
Feb 26, 2007
Hi,

First of all thanks for another update...however, did the VMware Tools stay the same with Fusion 1.1.1? After installing/upgrading 1.1.1, I routinely installed the tools again...however, they still show the same version (7.6.2 Build 62573)?
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Re: VMware Tools Version

1. Jan 31, 2008 2:37 AM in response to: Andreas Masur
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MPM01
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Nov 21, 2007
VMware Tools version for VMware Fusion 1.1.1(72241) is 7.6.2 (62573)

Re: VMware Tools Version

2. Jan 31, 2008 4:03 AM in response to: MPM01
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Andreas Masur
843 posts since
Feb 26, 2007
Okay....so same as before...great...thanks.

Ciao, Andreas

Re: VMware Tools Version

3. Jan 31, 2008 9:19 AM in response to: MPM01
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etung
11,302 posts since
Oct 15, 2006
VMware Tools version for VMware Fusion 1.1.1(72241) is 7.6.2 (62573)

That doesn't make sense, there were minor Tools fixes (e.g. for Xorg 7.1 detection). I'm seeing at least the Linux Tools as being 7.6.2 (72241).

Re: VMware Tools Version

4. Jan 31, 2008 8:39 PM in response to: etung
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Andreas Masur
843 posts since
Feb 26, 2007
Well...okay...so is there is a new build or isn't there?

Strangely enough, installing the tools after updating to 1.1.1 seem to have installed the same version for me. Furthermore, the 'Upgrade' button was and is still grayed out.

I did try to re-install them again just a minute ago and I only get the option to either repair, modify or remove them. Thus, clearly, I do not get any new tools which now seems to indicate that the upgrade somehow did not work correctly. Although it shows 1.1.1 and the correct build, there are no new tools available. I will probably go ahead and uninstall Fusion completely and then re-install 1.1.1 from scratch tomorrow. But this is certainly not the update experience I was hoping for...

Ciao, Andreas

Re: VMware Tools Version

5. Feb 1, 2008 6:27 PM in response to: Andreas Masur
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Technogeezer
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Dec 7, 2007
I saw this as well with an XP guest that I've got. Upgraded Fusion to 1.1.1, and then I went to install the VMware tools in the XP guest. After "installation", I found that the build was still noted as 62573 in the guest's VMware tools "About" box.

I double checked the ISOs that got installed by the Fusion 1.1.1 upgrade. They matched those in the Fusion 1.1.1 installation bundle. So I'm thinking either a packaging error or an installation issue within the guest..

At this point, I de-installed VMware Tools in my XP guest and then re-installed them. VMware Tools in the guest now reports the tools build as 72241.

Weird...

Re: VMware Tools Version

6. Feb 1, 2008 6:33 PM in response to: Technogeezer
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etung
11,302 posts since
Oct 15, 2006
I asked around and the answer I got was that there wasn't anything new in Tools, so the version didn't get bumped. I'm not sure I believe there's nothing new (I would believe that there are no major/significant changes), but the version not being changed would explain your observations.

Re: VMware Tools Version

7. Feb 1, 2008 6:46 PM in response to: etung
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Technogeezer
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Dec 7, 2007
Ahhh. So the version of Tools really didn't change for Windows (which I did notice), but the build number did. So if I understand correctly, the same code base of Tools got built in both 1.1 and 1.1.1. So does the build number change reflects that it was built along with Fusion 1.1.1?

Re: VMware Tools Version

8. Feb 1, 2008 6:47 PM in response to: Technogeezer
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etung
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Oct 15, 2006
So if I understand correctly, the same code base of Tools got built in both 1.1 and 1.1.1. The build number changed to reflect that it was built along with Fusion 1.1.1.

Right.

Re: VMware Tools Version

9. Feb 2, 2008 5:23 AM in response to: etung
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Andreas Masur
843 posts since
Feb 26, 2007
Well...then..somehow the upgrade did not work...since I still get the same build for the tools. Nonetheless, when I find a minute I will go ahead and uninstall both Fusion and Tools and do a clean install.

Thanks again.

Ciao,, Andreas

Re: VMware Tools Version

10. Feb 2, 2008 8:43 AM in response to: Andreas Masur
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Technogeezer
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Dec 7, 2007
I interpret etung's response as:

The version (7.6.2) of VMware tools is the same between 1.1 and 1.1.1, as it is the same code. My guess is that any Tools upgrade process would see the version being the same and not touch anything. The build number change just appears to be an artifact of the Fusion release process - they just re-built the 7.6.2 version of Tools along with 1.1.1.

A Fusion uninstall/reinstall is probably a waste of time. If the date stamp on the ISO files in /Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion/isoimages is around January 18, 2008, then the product upgrade went fine.

I would expect that installation of Tools in a new guest would reflect 7.6.2 and the new build number.

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