Hello,
I did VMwareTools update via the offline vib bundle install method on the ESXi-Hosts.
My Powershell script does the following:
Output:
Message : Operation finished successfully.
RebootRequired : false
VIBsInstalled : {VMware_locker_tools-light_12.2.5.21855600-21858631}
VIBsRemoved : {VMware_locker_tools-light_12.1.5.20735119-21422485}
VIBsSkipped :
For my ESXi-Server on Version 8x the tools are available for the virtual machines.
For my ESXi-Server on Version 7x the tools are not.
When connecting to the esxi server per ssh and run:
esxcli software vib list | grep tools
Output: tools-light 12.2.5.21855600-21858631 VMware VMwareCertified 2023-07-06
Taking a look into the Product Interoperability Matrix I can see no issues to incompatibility. Even the response Matrix from the CVE (CVE-2023-20867) shows the current version my 7x ESXi-Hosts have are needed to be updated (12.x.x, 11.x.x, 10.3.x).
The virtual machines on my 7x ESXi-Hosts displaying: Running, version:12352 (Current) - which is VMwareTools Version 12.2.0
In the "Updates" section of the virtual machines is also shown "VMwareTools - Up to Date".
Any idea or guess?
Best regards,
Niklas
Hello @Niklas98,
Have you tried doing a vMotion of the VM to another host and put it back to the same one to see if it recognizes that is out of date?
Hello,
yes I already tried that. Still Tools not available.
12.2.0 shown as current version.