topic Re: required powercli script for Mass update of VMtools manually in VMware PowerCLI Discussions

required powercli script for Mass update of VMtools manually

prasanna22kumar — Wed, 11 May 2022 12:28:10 GMT

Hi Lucd ,

Kindly help me out with powercli script for Mass update of VMtools manually from Shared folder.

Scenario:- Store the VMtools.exe (VMware-tools-11.2.6-17901274-x86_64.exe) from shared folder and Update the same via script in multiple VM's.

Below is the script I'm trying..no go with it.

#Variables
$computername = Get-Content c:\temp\servers.txt
$sourcefile = "c:\temp\VMware-tools-11.2.6-17901274-x86_64.exe"
#This section will install the software
foreach ($computer in $computername)
{
$destinationFolder = "\\$computer\C$\Temp"
#It will copy $sourcefile to the $destinationfolder. If the Folder does not exist it will create it.

if (!(Test-Path -path $destinationFolder))
{
New-Item $destinationFolder -Type Directory
}
Copy-Item -Path $sourcefile -Destination $destinationFolder
Invoke-Command -ComputerName $computer -ScriptBlock {Start-Process 'c:\temp\VMware-tools-11.2.6-17901274-x86_64.exe'}
}

Kindly assist me ...Thanks in advance.

Regards,
Kumar

Re: required powercli script for Mass update of VMtools manually

LucD — Wed, 11 May 2022 12:46:05 GMT

No error messages?
Can you enable logging on the EXE?

Re: required powercli script for Mass update of VMtools manually

prasanna22kumar — Wed, 11 May 2022 12:52:14 GMT

Hi Lucd,

I'm able to copy the .EXE to remote VM on C:\TEMP, but it's not executing the exe automatically.

no error, But stuck her from past 20 min

or any other way I can execute VM tools instead of doing it manually on Multiple Server's.

Regards,
Kumar

Re: required powercli script for Mass update of VMtools manually

LucD — Wed, 11 May 2022 12:57:02 GMT

That sounds as if the script is waiting with a prompt (you don't see) to allow admin privileges.
Is UAC enabled?

Re: required powercli script for Mass update of VMtools manually

prasanna22kumar — Wed, 11 May 2022 13:07:29 GMT

Thanks for your reply ..

I have to verify with Windows team whether UAC is enabled or disabled. If it's enabled , than i don't know whether i can disable it.

When i checked in the system I'm running it's "enabled to notify"

There is any way i can bypass this notify one & run automatically other than disabling (UAC) manually in all VM's

Regards,
Kumar

Re: required powercli script for Mass update of VMtools manually

CNorris_Const — Wed, 11 May 2022 14:44:21 GMT

It's not advised to bypass UAC using PowerShell. You would need to change registry values on the remote machine in order to achieve this.

Is it possible to have a service account with admin privileges' created for scripts to run under?

I have a code snippet that will set your VM to upgrade Tools on next OS reboot. You could easily modify this and use it how you want in your environment. I'm assuming your VMs reboot at least once a month for some sort of patching:

$ToolsAutoSettingsVMs = Get-Cluster | Get-VM | Sort | Get-View -Property @("Name", "Config.GuestFullName", "Guest.GuestFullName", "Config.Tools.ToolsUpgradePolicy") | Select -Property Name, @{N="Configured OS";E={$_.Config.GuestFullName}}, @{N="Running OS";E={$_.Guest.GuestFullName}}, @{N='ToolsUpgradePolicy';E={$_.Config.Tools.ToolsUpgradePolicy }} ForEach ($VM in ($ToolsAutoSettingVMs)){ $VMConfig = Get-View -VIObject $VM.Name $vmConfigSpec = New-Object VMware.Vim.VirtualMachineConfigSpec $vmConfigSpec.Tools = New-Object VMware.Vim.ToolsConfigInfo $vmConfigSpec.Tools.ToolsUpgradePolicy = "UpgradeAtPowerCycle" $VMConfig.ReconfigVM($vmConfigSpec) }

Re: required powercli script for Mass update of VMtools manually

prasanna22kumar — Wed, 11 May 2022 14:59:10 GMT

Hi Norris,

Thanks a lot...I can try this one...But if i want to do one particular cluster...?? how can i do that..!

Regards,
Kumar

Re: required powercli script for Mass update of VMtools manually

CNorris_Const — Wed, 11 May 2022 15:20:48 GMT

You can put your cluster name after the Get-Cluster command in the first line as follows:

$ToolsAutoSettingsVMs = Get-Cluster "CLUSTERNAMEHERE" | Get-VM | Sort | Get-View -Property @("Name", "Config.GuestFullName", "Guest.GuestFullName", "Config.Tools.ToolsUpgradePolicy") | Select -Property Name, @{N="Configured OS";E={$_.Config.GuestFullName}}, @{N="Running OS";E={$_.Guest.GuestFullName}}, @{N='ToolsUpgradePolicy';E={$_.Config.Tools.ToolsUpgradePolicy }}

Re: required powercli script for Mass update of VMtools manually

prasanna22kumar — Wed, 11 May 2022 15:25:08 GMT

Hi Norris ...Thanks a lot ....you made my day..!!

I will try the below script if any issues ..i will keep you posted.

Thanks a lot.

Cheers,
Kumar.

Re: required powercli script for Mass update of VMtools manually

CNorris_Const — Wed, 11 May 2022 15:34:13 GMT

Glad to hear it! You're very welcome. Look forward to hearing back on how it goes -- Cheers!

Re: required powercli script for Mass update of VMtools manually

prasanna22kumar — Wed, 11 May 2022 15:57:40 GMT

Hi Norris,

One more help. Instead of cluster name...can I change to one Single ESXI HOST there ..??

$ToolsAutoSettingsVMs = Get-Host "ESXIHOST NAME HERE" | Get-VM | Sort | Get-View -Property @("Name", "Config.GuestFullName", "Guest.GuestFullName", "Config.Tools.ToolsUpgradePolicy") | Select -Property Name, @{N="Configured OS";E={$_.Config.GuestFullName}}, @{N="Running OS";E={$_.Guest.GuestFullName}}, @{N='ToolsUpgradePolicy';E={$_.Config.Tools.ToolsUpgradePolicy }}

Whether this works..??

Regards,
Kumar.

Re: required powercli script for Mass update of VMtools manually

CNorris_Const — Wed, 11 May 2022 16:00:15 GMT

Try this:

$ToolsAutoSettingsVMs = Get-VMHost "ESXIHOST NAME HERE" | Get-VM | Sort | Get-View -Property @("Name", "Config.GuestFullName", "Guest.GuestFullName", "Config.Tools.ToolsUpgradePolicy") | Select -Property Name, @{N="Configured OS";E={$_.Config.GuestFullName}}, @{N="Running OS";E={$_.Guest.GuestFullName}}, @{N='ToolsUpgradePolicy';E={$_.Config.Tools.ToolsUpgradePolicy }}

Re: required powercli script for Mass update of VMtools manually

prasanna22kumar — Wed, 11 May 2022 16:06:14 GMT

Hi Norris,

Thanks a lot ...!

I will check and updated you !

Cheers,

Kumar