I am choosing to hold off on the optional -NoReboot flag as I want any updates to take affect immediately and have prepared my system for restarts.
To connect to your vCenter Server, and shut up the certificate errors, type the following code at your PCLI prompt:. Open up a vSphere PowerCLI window as administrator. Run this command to start the VMware Tools process: 'C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\vmtoolsd.exe' -n vmusr. The story is >here<< ok, so not yet ^_^ ). To launch the VMware Tools process using the Windows run command box: Open the Windows Run dialog by pressing the Windows + R keys at the same time. Make sure PowerCLI is installed on your local system (which I hadn’t done since my last phys install. Installing/Updating VMware Tools in Core from PowerShell Insert the following code into the advanced input box of the window that pops up. Choose Guest – Install/Upgrade VMware Tools. This one’s easy! Right click on the VM (I’m still using the installed vSphere client 😛 ). Updating VMware Tools in S2K12R2 Core using VCS GUI It’s not currently being used in production or anything that will cause heartache and pain. I don’t have the ‘check and upgrade tools during power cycling’ option turned on for my servers as it represents unwanted change happening when I’m not ready for it, adding to the chaos that is our student network! So this one focuses on that using the command line, and using vCenter Server Update Manager. I have a couple of S2K12R2 Core servers and I keep on forgetting how to install and/or update VMware tools. One more thing off my list before classes start! Updating all my hosts, and the VM tools and virtual hardware.
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