I just wanted to give everyone a heads up that we have a minor update to the VMware Tools for Nested ESXi Fling (esx-tools-for-esxi-9.7.2-0.0.5911061.i386.vib) and you can find the list of changes below.
What's new in version 1.2:
- Larger resource pool for programs started using the VIX/Guest Operations API (resolves this issue)
- Now supports Guest Time Synchronization
- No longer require -f flag to install the VIB
If you have any feedback, feel free to leave a comment here or on the Flings page.
Jason Boche (@jasonboche) says
Thanks for sharing William. Have you installed the new VIB package yet? Tools version is now reporting as 9442 which appears older than version 9537 which ships in the VMware-VMvisor-Installer-201507001-2809209.x86_64.iso
I don't know if this is factual or not.
Jason Boche (@jasonboche) says
By the way, that's vSphere 6, not 5.x. Assuming at this point the new tools version is still for vSphere 5.x only.
William Lam says
Jason,
That's correct, the updated VMware Tools for ESXi is meant for vSphere 5.x and not 6.x. Some of these fixes will make it into a future update of 6.x
Tommy says
will this allow guest customization for ESXi?
beltwaybenny says
Subscribing...
AdamG says
Fling page is gone. Is this dead now?
William Lam says
Adam,
Let me check with the Flings folks, I noticed its down for me as well.
William Lam says
It should be back now, some weird glitch apparently
Shibu George says
Where I can get the vmwaretools for ESXi 6.7 and 7.0.
William Lam says
You mean VMware Tools for Nested ESXi? If so, they're already included by default within ESXi image, so when it boots as a VM, it'll run by default