Introduction
In this document we explore the many options on how to get the Virtual Machine VMware Tools status on a single approach per VM or multiple VMs.
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Step-by-step guide using VSS CLI
Per VM
Login to https://vss-cli.eis.utoronto.ca with your VSS Credentials or use your local VSS CLI install
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Initialize VSS CLI with vss-cli configure mk:
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Use the
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12320 version_status :
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guestToolsCurrent running_status : guestToolsRunning
Multiple VM
Login to https://vss-cli.eis.utoronto.ca with your VSS Credentials or use your local VSS CLI install
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Initialize VSS CLI with vss-cli configure mk:
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Use the
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tools_version,tools_version_statusandtools_running_status:Code Block vss-cli --columns=
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moref,name
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,tools_version,tools_version_status,tools_running_status compute vm ls
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moref name tools_version tools_version_status
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Step-by-step guide using vSphere Web client
Per VM
Sign in to vCenter using the vSphere Web Client
Go to VMs and Templates
Click on the VM.
Click on the Summary Tab.
Look for the VMware Tools property as follows:
Per Folder
- Sign in to vCenter using the vSphere Web Client
- Select the folder and go to Related Objects tab.
- Select Virtual Machines sub tab.
- Right Click on the table headers and select show/hide columns.
- Scroll down until you find VMware Tools Version/Running Status, check them and click Ok.
- At this point you’ll see two additional columns in the table showing VMware Tools version and VMware Tools Status as follows:
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