upgrade vm hardware and tools with one script

[tdubb123]

hi Is it possible to upgrade vm hardware and tools with one script?

I guess the vm would need to be shutdown before vm hardware upgrade and vmware tools will need to be upgraded before vm hardware.

I think the logic is

upgrade the tools while the guest is running.

Do not reboot

wait til the task is done then shutdown the guest

check the status on the guest to see if its shutdown

upgrade vm hardware

then start up guest

[LucD]

Try something like this

foreach($vm in Get-VM){

    if($vm.ExtensionData.Guest){

        if($vm.Guest.State -eq "running"){

            if($vm.Guest.ExtensionData.ToolsStatus -eq "toolsOld"){

                Update-Tools -VM $vm -NoReboot | Out-Null

                while($vm.ExtensionData.Guest.ToolsStatus -eq "toolsOld"){

                    sleep 5

                    $vm.ExtensionData.UpdateViewData("Guest.ToolsStatus")

                }

                Shutdown-VMGuest -VM $vm

                while($vm.ExtensionData.Runtime.PowerState -eq "poweredOn"){

                    sleep 5

                    $vm.ExtensionData.UpdateViewData("Runtime.PowerState")

                }

                if($vm.Version -ne "v10"){

                    Set-VM -VM $vm -Version v10 -Confirm:$false

                }

                Start-VM -VM $vm -Confirm:$false

            }

            else{

                "$($vm.Name) Tools up to date"

                if($vm.Version -ne "v10"){

                    Shutdown-VMGuest -VM $vm

                    while($vm.ExtensionData.Runtime.PowerState -eq "poweredOn"){

                        sleep 5

                        $vm.ExtensionData.UpdateViewData("Runtime.PowerState")

                    }

                    Set-VM -VM $vm -Version v10 -Confirm:$false

                }

                Start-VM -VM $vm -Confirm:$false

            }

        }

        "$($vm.Name) appears to have no Tools installed"

    }

}

[tdubb123]

Thanks Luc,

I will give it a try. I assume this ill only work for windows guest vms and not linux right?

[LucD]

The script doesn't use any Windows specific features, so this should work for *nix as well.

[vmk2014]

LucD,

  Does this require VM's re-boot after running the script ?

thanks

vm2014

[LucD]

Yes, that is what the Start-VM is doing.

[vmk2014]

Hi LucD,

     Can this script be modified so that VMware tools installed without re-boot or silently so that during schedule windows the VM will re-boot ? I want VMware tools upgrade with no re-boot.

thanks

vm2014

[LucD]

You can use the NoReboot switch on the Update-Tools cmdlet