vCenter 6.0u3h - client integration plugin installation failed

[komanek]

Hello,

after upgrade of vCenter from 6.0u3d to 6.0u3h (Windows 2012 R2 server), the old client integration plugin no longer works. So I downloaded a new installation file from the web client authentication page, but the installation fails with error:

There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A program run as part of the setup did not finish as expected. Contact your support personnel or package vendor.

The installer is now divided into two components, run in a sequence: an actual client integration plugin installer (which seems to be installed successfully) and VMware Plug-in Service installer (producing the error). I found a similar problem description regarding an older version of the client ( VMware Client Integration Plugin 6.0 install failed - solution  ), but the workarounds mentioned there did'n help in my case.

Without the integration plugin I am not able to transfer files from and to NFS shares, so it's quite urgent.

Thanks in advance,

David

[SupreetK]

Try the below steps before starting the installation -

1) From the location <C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc>, delete all the hosts.* files (such as hosts.bak, hosts.old, etc.)

2) Un-check the Read-only attributes for the folder <C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc>

3) Disable any Antivirus, Windows Defender, etc.

[komanek · Accepted solution]

That all I already read on the web, tried, but no success. I tried it again now on the second server, no luck.

Here is what I found in windows event viewer:

Product: VMware Plug-in Service -- Error 1722. There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A program run as part of the setup did not finish as expected. Contact your support personnel or package vendor.  Action CipCertInstall, location: C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\Plug-in Service\vmware-cip-init.exe, command: --install

So I tried it manually before I clicked on the error dialog (after that the files would be deleted by the installation procedure) and it complained about missing dll. So I isolated the unzipped installation directory from %TEMP% and found a vcredist_x86.exe file there. Ran it manually, re-ran the setup of the service afterwards (VMware-ClientIntegrationService-8298400.msi) .... and voila, it has been completed successfully.

In Firefox 52 ESR it is now all working again, so this is the solution for me. I wonder if I finally can upgrade Firefox to current version or still need the old ESR ....

thanks for your time

[NJKwork]

Thank you - I had the same problem.  I tried removing the hosts.bak file that was on the system and that did not work.  I then tried your solution of locating the C++ 2013 redistributable from the temp directory, manually ran that, and then re-ran the client integration plugin installer.  Then it finished properly.

Crazy stuff we have to do to get things to work...

Thanks

NK

[komanek]

Yeah, the code quality is poor, unfortunately. For example. now I am stuck on vCenter 6.0 as I upgraded to u3h, which is impossible to upgrade to 6.5/6.7. Hopefully not forever .... crazy stuff, as you said ....

[Tbonez]

After working through several of the Forums and Posts about the VMware Client Integration Plugin 6.0 install failed.

Tried this on Several Different Operating systems.

Copied the %TEMP% and attempted to manually install as administrator.

When running this within a Server Based Operating System of 2008R2 to 2019 (Without User Desktop Experience Installed) It will fail every time.

Server 2012 R2 Added Role-Feature for User Desktop Experience

From Powershell

get-windowsfeature -name *desktop-experience*

Should get install state = Installed

if the install-state is available can run the

install-windowsfeature -name *desktop-experience*

After the Windows Desktop Experience is installed

continue to the Copy of the vcredist_x86 install to complete the prerequisites for the VMware Client Integration Plugin

After the vcredist_x86 is completed you can continue to install the VMware Client Integration Plugin from the attached ISO for the VMware-VCSA-all-6.0.0-14518058.iso

Installation will continue through the Client Integration plugin and Client integration plugin-service and should install correctly.