"VMware Tools is not installed in this virtual machine"

[Coliban]

And when i try to install VMware-Tools, it just does nothing and afterwoods complains about "VMware Tools is not installed in this virtual machine". It is obscure, since i already installed some linux-systems on the ESXi server and succeeded in installing VMWare-Tools. Except for this machine. Maybe i need a special configuration?

regards

[Texiwill]

Hello,

2 things:

-- what version of Linux? (make and kernel version would be ideal... ie... redhat 3.10-129)

-- how did you install VMware Tools?

Best regards,
Edward L. Haletky
VMware Communities User Moderator, VMware vExpert 2009-2015

Author of the books 'VMWare ESX and ESXi in the Enterprise: Planning Deployment Virtualization Servers', Copyright 2011 Pearson Education. 'VMware vSphere and Virtual Infrastructure Security: Securing the Virtual Environment', Copyright 2009 Pearson Education.

Virtualization and Cloud Security Analyst: The Virtualization Practice, LLC -- vSphere Upgrade Saga -- Virtualization Security Round Table Podcast

[Coliban]

opensuse 13.1, 64bit

The confusing about that is, that i was able to install VMware tools on another opensuse machine on the same esxi server.

regards

[Texiwill]

Hello,

VMware Tools relies on some Perl modules as well. However, please do the install by doing the following:

-- Open up a vSphere Client Console to the VM

-- Login

-- Select Install Update Tools menu option from the Console to the VM

-- MOunt the cdrom usually using:  sudo mount /dev/cdrom /mnt

-- copy the .tar.gz file from /mnt to /tmp

-- unpackage the .tar.gz file

-- run the "script" command

-- cd /tmp/vmware*

-- run the installer

on end or failure 'exit'

The result will be a typescript file. Go through that file looking for errors or post it here.

Best regards,
Edward L. Haletky
VMware Communities User Moderator, VMware vExpert 2009-2015

Author of the books 'VMWare ESX and ESXi in the Enterprise: Planning Deployment Virtualization Servers', Copyright 2011 Pearson Education. 'VMware vSphere and Virtual Infrastructure Security: Securing the Virtual Environment', Copyright 2009 Pearson Education.

Virtualization and Cloud Security Analyst: The Virtualization Practice, LLC -- vSphere Upgrade Saga -- Virtualization Security Round Table Podcast

[Coliban]

Hello,

thank you for the advices, but which cdrom should i mount to which location? I haven´t got a cdrom drive, should i mount some vmware-tools image?

regards

[Texiwill]

Hello,

When you use the menu to 'Install/Upgrade Tools' it loads up the ISO Image into the virtual CDROM slot on the VM. That is what you will be mounting. For this to work, your VM does have to virtual CDROM device available.

Best regards,
Edward L. Haletky
VMware Communities User Moderator, VMware vExpert 2009-2015

Author of the books 'VMWare ESX and ESXi in the Enterprise: Planning Deployment Virtualization Servers', Copyright 2011 Pearson Education. 'VMware vSphere and Virtual Infrastructure Security: Securing the Virtual Environment', Copyright 2009 Pearson Education.

Virtualization and Cloud Security Analyst: The Virtualization Practice, LLC -- vSphere Upgrade Saga -- Virtualization Security Round Table Podcast

[gkarthikkumar]

Hi,

Issue VMware Tools not installed on VM machines summary page on VMware ESX version 3.5.0.

Also IP and DNS not showing on Summay page. Hence we are unable to connect this machines by remote.

Please help us to fix the issues quickly. Here I have enclosed the attachments.

Thanks.

[dhimanv86]

Thank you Texiwill​

Your provided solution resolved my problem. Thanks