Hi,
I have 624 VM's in my cluster most of the VM's are showing " vmware tools out of date"
is there any way to get how meany are update how meany are out date can we generate report
If i want to update the VMware tools what is the best practice to do ...on by one may take lot of time
There are couple of way you can find the vmware tools out date.
1) Using vSphere Client, select datacenter/cluster and select VM tab filter with VM Name and Vmware tools status
2) Using RVtools(RVTools - Home)
3) Using Power CLI (Get-VM | Select Name, Version, ToolsVersion, ToolsVersionStatus)
You can PowerCLI to update vmware tools without reboot
Get-VM | Update-Tools -NoReboot
Check this if you want to use import VM from CSV file https://communities.vmware.com/blogs/amitrajit/2013/10/22/update-vmware-tools-without-reboot
If you have Update Manager set up, in the vSphere client, go to VMs and Templates view, go to the Update Manager tab, attach the "Vmware tools Upgrade to match Host", then Scan. When the scan completes, the compliance summary will show you the numbers you are looking for.
There are couple of way you can find the vmware tools out date.
1) Using vSphere Client, select datacenter/cluster and select VM tab filter with VM Name and Vmware tools status
2) Using RVtools(RVTools - Home)
3) Using Power CLI (Get-VM | Select Name, Version, ToolsVersion, ToolsVersionStatus)
You can PowerCLI to update vmware tools without reboot
Get-VM | Update-Tools -NoReboot
Check this if you want to use import VM from CSV file https://communities.vmware.com/blogs/amitrajit/2013/10/22/update-vmware-tools-without-reboot
