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Upgrade Windows VMware Tools

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Description

This playbook upgrades VMware Tools for one or multiple Windows VMs. It waits for VMware Tools to become available, gathers VMware Tools info, attempts to upgrade without reboot, and if necessary, reboots the VM and retries the upgrade again. It also disabled updating VMware Tools from within the guest and the displays the current and new VMware Tools status.

Credentials

  • sys_ansible_vmware

Input

Variable Description
target Target VM FQDN

Output

None

Dependencies