I needed to upgrade VMware Tools on a large number of virtual machine for a customer who is currently going through a migration from VMware ESX 4.1 to VMware ESXi 5.5. The customer is also going to use Trend Micro Deep Security for the host level antivirus protection and therefore needs to install VMware Tools with vShield Driver integration.
Here is how you install / upgrade VMware Tools from the command line:
setup64.exe /S /v "/qn REBOOT=R ADDLOCAL=ALL REMOVE=Hgfs,Unity,PerfMon,WYSE,BootCamp,Debug,ThinPrint"
Where:
/S – Silent, non-GUI installation
/v – pass parameters directly to MSI
REBOOT=R – ReallySuppress the server reboot. Note The installer may indicate if a reboot is necessary by exiting with ERROR_SUCCESS_REBOOT_REQUIRED.
ADDLOCAL=ALL – Install all components locally
REMOVE=component(s) – Component or components (separated by comma) that will NOT be installed / excluded. Please refer to Names of VMware Tools Components Used in Silent Installations article to identify what components you can exclude in your environment.
Check %TEMP%/vmmsi.log*.log to ensure all the components have been installed as required.
Check if VMware vShield driver is installed and running.
- Run msinfo32.exe
- Navigate to “Software Components“, “System Drivers“
- Check if the “vsepflt” / “VFileFilter” system driver is in the list and the state is Running with status OK.
Follow this link to download the latest or the old version of VMware Tools:
http://packages.vmware.com/tools/esx/latest/
Hope this will help.