When I trying to install VW Player Tools (login to quest os -> in menu::Virtual Machine::Install VM Ware tools) I got error message "Could not find component on update server. Contact VMWare Support or your sys.admin".
m/b: DELL 09KPNV Intel X58 (Tylersburg 36S) + ICH10R
video card: nVidia Quadro 600 (p1033) chipset nVIDIA Quadro 600 (GF108)
hdd: ADATA SSD Sata3 120G
net. card: Broadcom BCM5761 NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet PCIe
What is solution? How can I get vm tools?
Thank you
Dmitrij Golubev
I am or was in the same boat as lots of VWware Player users that could not update their VMware Tools to the latest available version after updating to VMware Player 4.0.2. Below is a description of how I got my hands on the latest VMware tools and how I got version 8.8.1 of the VMware Tools installed on my guest Windows OS machines without the need to download or install the trial version of VMware Workstation. I hope these help someone.
Here goes:
I performed all these steps on a Windows OS host machine. The instructions are provided "as is" and only list what I did, not what will work for every person that uses VMware Player. GOOD LUCK!!!
1. Download the the VWware tools from this link: (http://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds/vmw-desktop/player/4.0.1/528992/linux/packages/). Make sure to down the correct version for your Windows OS GUEST machine. In my case I needed the 32-bit version from this directory listed as vmware-tools-windows-8.8.1-528992.i386.component.tar.
2. Use WinZip or 7zip or some other application to extract the .tar file to a folder on the host Windows machine. You'll save yourself some hassle if you extract the folder to the root of your C:drive or move the folder there after extraction is complete. With WinZip, by default, you'll get an extracted folder named "tools-windows-8.8.1.exe" containing the executable files.
3.From the command line (go to RUN, type CMD, hit enter), use proper command line navigation commands to navigate to the extracted folder containing the executable files.
4. Extract the .exe file by launching the file named "tools-windows-8.8.1.exe" with a command switch of /e "whereIwanttoextractthefiles".
Example: "C:\tools-windows-8.8.1.exe\tools-windows-8.8.1.exe" /e "C:\tools extraction" (Make sure to encapsulate file paths within double quotes else spaces will cause the commands to fail.)
5. Using the command line, navigate to the newly created folder where the exe was extracted.
Example: "C:\tools extraction"
6. Launch the file named "tools-windows.msi" with an msi extraction command. Yes you have to extract this package as well. :smileyangry:
Example: "msiexec /a "C:\tools extraction\tools-windows.msi" /qb TARGETDIR="C:\MyFolder"
This will extract the vmware tools msi package that was compressed within the exe file. You'll now have access to the file you need.
7. Using the example from step 6, you will now have a folder on the root of the C:drive named MyFolder. Buried in this folder is a file named "windows.iso". From my example the file path to "windows.iso" would be "C:\MyFolder\ProgramFiles\VMware\tools-windows\windows.iso"
8. Now, launch VMware Player 4.0.2. From the Home screen of VMware Player, click once on the Windows guest machine that you wish to upgrade the VMware Tools on. Click Edit virtual machine settings. From the Hardware tab, select the CD/DVD device listed there. On the right hand side of this screen, select "Use ISO image file:" under Connection. The Browse button will become enabled. Click Browse and navigate to the "windows.iso" and then click Open. Click OK.
9. Start this Windows OS guest machine in VWware Player. Once the machine starts, the ISO file will mount as a virtual CD and you can install VMware Tools 8.8.1 from there.
10. Once installation is complete, you'll be prompted to restart the VM.
MAKE SURE to edit your Virtual Machine settings again to revert the change you made in step 8. Set the CD\DVD connection back to
"Use physical drive" or whatever setting you had prior to these actions.
Hopefully, VMware will get the 8.8.2 tools issue corrected soon.
Wyzul
