fastest way to upgrade vmtools and hardware

[tdubb123]

I got all my vms on esxi 5 now. now i gotta upgrade the vmware tools and virtual hardware.

what is the quickest way to do this with minimum downtime and user impact

[TomHowarth]

Create a PowerCLI script with the update-tools commandlet

http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/PowerCLI/PowerCLI41/html/Update-Tools.html

if you are unaware of how to do this, ask the question in the following forum.

http://communities.vmware.com/community/vmtn/server/vsphere/automationtools/powercli?view=discussion...