Updating VMware Tools Install Order

ad12diaz — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 20:11:50 GMT

I was hoping to get some feedback as to how others are handling upgrading VMware Tools on dedicated VMs. We have a Full Clone pool that we assign VMs to users and according to the VMware documentation below, the Horizon Agent needs to be uninstalled before VMware Tools gets updated.

https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2118048

With Instant Clones, this is easy enough where the parent image can be updated following the above install order. With a dedicated pool, the Full Clones reply on a template image provided by vCenter. The install order can be performed on this template image, but how are other addressing the existing VMs?

According to VMware support, I need to be following this install order as a best practice. When you have over 100+ dedicated VMs, this introduces a bit of overhead just to update VMware Tools.

Is it just best to put together a script that could perform the following tasks?

1. Uninstall the Horizon Agent.

2. Reboot.

3. Update VMware Tools.

4. Reboot.

5. Re-Install the Horizon Agent.

6. Reboot

Thanks.

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Updating VMware Tools Install Order