Upgrading VMware Tools without restart

[43A8V]

Hi,

Can the VMware Tools on  VM be upgraded without restarting the vm after update? it is possible ?

if so, are the installations even effective without rebooting?

many thanks in advance

[NelsonCandela]

Of course it is possible.

The changes are effective once the installation is done, yet I recommend at some later time to restart the machine anyway, especially if we're talking about Windows-based VMs.

You may right-click a VM in the Flash-based / HTML5 Web Client and update VMware tools with the following parameters:

Advanced Options:

/S /v "/qn REBOOT=R ADDLOCAL=ALL REMOVE=Hgfs"

You can also utilize PowerCLI to update the VMware Tools like so:

$VM = "MyVM"
Get-VM $VM | Update-Tools -NoReboot

Be aware that when using paravirtualized drivers a short network loss might occur when replacing the VMware Tools based network drivers (one to two ping losses).

BR

NC

[diegodco31]

Hi

Check if the following VMware KB article helps:

httpx://thatservernerd.com/2016/05/27/upgrade-vmware-tools-on-multiple-vms-in-vsphere-without-rebooting/ 

VMware Knowledge Base

Clarification on (Zero-Down Time) VMware Tools Upgrade in vSphere 5.1 - VMware vSphere Blog

Moderator edit by wila: I have unlinked the servernerd URL as it is indeed a tad weird - the certificates presented are curious to say the least. If you really want to visit then change httpx into https.

[jbullock]

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