VUM can also be used to automate the VMware Tools upgrade process for the VM in the inventory. During the powering on or the restart of a VM, Update Manager can be configured to check the VMware Tools version that's installed in the VM and perform the upgrade to the newest version that's supported by the host that is running the VM. The upgrade of VMware Tools can be scheduled to avoid VM downtime during working hours.
The procedure is the same as what's used to upgrade the hardware version of a VM:
- From vSphere Web Client, go to the VMs and Templates inventory to attach the requested baseline.
- Once the VM Tools Upgrade to Match Host baseline has been attached (through the Attach baseline... button), click Scan for Updates..., selecting VM Tools upgrades as the option to check the VM's compliance against the attached baseline. After doing this, click OK:
If the virtual machines do not have VMware Tools installed, they will be listed in incompatible objects.
- To remediate a non-compliant VM, click the Remediate button to upgrade the VM Tools for an outdated VM.
- Now follow the steps we used previously to upgrade the hardware version to complete the remediation procedure.
- Once the upgrade has been performed, you will see that the previously non-compliant objects are now in a compliant state.