I have an issue with one of my servers, a secondary exchange server. After updating the vmtools last week I have some difficult to troubleshoot network issues. To start with the webpage to manage exchange does not load, eventually times out locally too. Similarly just attempting to RDP(can ping and telnet fine). If i console to the server i can login but many things seem to take a very long time like 'applying user settings'. Since i wanted to look at the network i try to open network and sharing from control panel and it just hangs i can only end process for explorer.exe and restart it.
I have uninstalled and re-installed vmtools. The upgrade was the only change i made before my weekend reboots anyway.
Un-related / sort of related. My VDI image had issues with this tools version as well, after upgrade users reported mouse and screen issues so i had rolled back to previous version and haven't been able to revisit that yet.
Hope the following KB article helps
Issue has been resolved in 10.2.5
Release notes VMware Tools 10.2.5 Release Notes
Hope this helps.
Thank You
Mohammed Younus
I mis-typed i am already on 10.2.5. I should probably edit the title. but thank you this does similarly describe the behavior i'm seeing. 'port exhaustion' I removed this from the domain as it was another thing to try and now can't re-join. I get 'network cannot be found to 'domainname.com' I am able to join other machines so it only exists here, not a DNS issue although that is the thing that shows the most on MS forums. Also windows FW is off so something causing network issues.
May be it is similar to the issue with July ms patches as described in below url
One thing that became apparent on this server after i removed it from the domain to rejoin (was a recommendation) is that i could not. 'no network path' I came to find i could not telnet to port 445 to the DC where as all other machine can in order to join. Windows FW was off as well i disabled the service all together and no AV in the way, so why does this port not work for this one machine? I have since shut this exchange down to build another, and in that site was easily able to join new pc to domain.