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Hello folks,
I am struggling with the installation of VMWare Tools on an arch host with windows 7 guest.
Wiki suggests 1) run vmplayer as root and run installer from inside player, or 2) user #vmware-installer --install-component= from command line
Both methods were attempted, and failed.
In reverse order:
2) There are no errors on the command line, but after the "installation" running vmplayer still throws up a dialog saying that tools are outdated. Also, just as a note, this methods seems like it shouldn't work anyway (at least I think this, but maybe I am ignorant) because:
VMWare tools must be installed once the virtual machine is started and windows desktop loads
This suggests that the tools install is somehow tied to virtual machines individually
using the vmware-installer command there is no option to specify a particular virtual machine, so I assume this is why starting the machine from player does not detect any change after installation
In any case, even though vmware-installer runs with no problems, the virtual machine does not see a new version of VMWare tools installed.
1) I tried this, and the package downloads fine, but there is an error after that and tools are not updated, here is excerpt from log:
2016-02-18T16:34:31.141-05:00| vmplayer| I125: CDS: Cds_SearchBulletins: Searching for product=(all) version=(latest) build=0
2016-02-18T16:34:31.143-05:00| vmplayer| I125: CDS: Cds_SearchBulletins: Searching for product=(all) version=(all) build=3272444
2016-02-18T16:34:31.144-05:00| vmplayer| I125: CDS: Cds_SearchBulletins: Searching for product=(all) version=(all) build=3272444
2016-02-18T16:34:31.145-05:00| vmplayer| I125: CDS: Cds_SearchBulletins: Searching for product=tools-windows version=(all) build=3272444
2016-02-18T16:34:33.651-05:00| vmplayer| I125: CDS: Bulletin payload file relative to metadata: https://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds/vmw-desktop + ws/12.1.0/3272444/linux/packages + vmware-tools-windows-10.0.5-3228253.x86_64.component.tar = https://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds/vmw-desktop/ws/12.1.0/3272444/linux/packages/vmware-tools-windows-10.0.5-3228253.x86_64.component.tar
2016-02-18T16:34:33.655-05:00| vmplayer| I125: CDS: Download job file exists. Skipping download.
2016-02-18T16:34:37.636-05:00| vmplayer| I125: CDS: Final checksum is '6d1bf0cb3e5f8f840a2f69ed61392b81a7c362d470e99bbae58a623255450244' ?= '6d1bf0cb3e5f8f840a2f69ed61392b81a7c362d470e99bbae58a623255450244'
2016-02-18T16:34:37.636-05:00| vmplayer| I125: CDS: Checksum verification succeeded for b0052327-e15f-44cf-acdf-199eea686e6b.
2016-02-18T16:34:37.636-05:00| vmplayer| I125: CDS: TarProcessData: Finished writing /root/.cache/vmware/cds/cdstmp_tools-windows_10.0.5_3272444/descriptor.xml (1327 bytes)
2016-02-18T16:34:39.505-05:00| vmplayer| I125: CDS: TarProcessData: Finished writing /root/.cache/vmware/cds/cdstmp_tools-windows_10.0.5_3272444/vmware-tools-windows-10.0.5-3228253.x86_64.component (90499895 bytes)
2016-02-18T16:34:39.507-05:00| vmplayer| I125: CDS: CdsUnpackJobUpdateFunc: Unpack job is complete
2016-02-18T16:34:39.508-05:00| vmplayer| I125: CDS: Cds_SearchBulletins: Searching for product=ws-linux version=(latest) build=0
2016-02-18T16:34:39.688-05:00| vmplayer| I125: CDS: No cached version for vmware-workstation
2016-02-18T16:34:39.689-05:00| vmplayer| I125: CDS: Cds_SearchBulletins: Searching for product=fusion version=(latest) build=0
2016-02-18T16:34:39.689-05:00| vmplayer| I125: CDS: Cds_SearchBulletins: Searching for product=fusion-mas version=(latest) build=0
2016-02-18T16:34:39.689-05:00| vmplayer| I125: CDS: Found package handler for bulletin mime-type vmware/vmis-component
2016-02-18T16:34:39.873-05:00| vmplayer| I125: CDS: Host is using VMIS 2.1.0
2016-02-18T16:34:40.374-05:00| vmplayer| I125: CDS: CdsInstallProgress: Installing bulletin b0052327-e15f-44cf-acdf-199eea686e6b
2016-02-18T16:34:40.374-05:00| vmplayer| I125: CDS: CdsInstallProgress: Install for bulletin b0052327-e15f-44cf-acdf-199eea686e6b returned installerStatus 3, exitCode 1
2016-02-18T16:34:40.419-05:00| vmplayer| I125: Download Tools Error:
2016-02-18T16:34:40.419-05:00| vmplayer| I125+ There was a problem updating a software component. Try again later and if the problem persists, contact VMware Support or your system administrator.CDS: Cds_SearchBulletins: Searching for product=tools-windows version=(latest) build=0
2016-02-18T16:34:40.591-05:00| vmplayer| I125: CDS: No cached version for vmware-tools-windows
2016-02-18T16:34:40.652-05:00| vmplayer| I125: CDS: Aborting bulletin b0052327-e15f-44cf-acdf-199eea686e6b
2016-02-18T16:34:40.652-05:00| vmplayer| I125: CDS: Bulletin has no jobs and install abort failed with CDS_BULLETIN_NOT_DOWNLOADING_ERROR
2016-02-18T16:34:40.652-05:00| vmplayer| I125: CDS: CdsInstallProgress: Install job failed
2016-02-18T16:35:33.561-05:00| vmplayer| I125: OnGuestCanRunUnityChanged: The guest is a supported version of Windows, checking Tools status. Version status: 4, running status: 0
2016-02-18T16:35:33.561-05:00| vmplayer| I125: OnGuestCanRunUnityChanged: Tools status is OUTDATEDAny suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
WMWare documentation does not provide anything helpful. Basically you are supposed to run the installer from a running guest, and if it doesn't work to contact the admin or vmware... This community is far more responsive in my experience.
Thanks.
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