Specifications

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7 (Optional)Entercommand‐lineoptionsintheAdvancedfield(see
“Command‐LineOptions”onpage 164).
8ClickOK.
VMwareToolscanalsobemanuallyupgradedfromwithinthevirtualmachine’s
operatingsystembyopeningtheVMwareToolsPropertiesdialogbox(double‐clickthe
iconinthesystemtray)andclickingUpgradein
theOptionstab.
Table 10-1. Command-Line Options
Option Description
-u user Specifiesauserwithsufficientprivilegesonthetargetvirtualmachine,
includingVirtualMachine.Config.*,VirtualMachine.Interact.*,and
VirtualMachine.Provisioning.*
-p password Specifiesapasswordonthecommandline.Ifthisisomitted,thetool
immediatelypromptsforapassword.
-n vmname Thenameofthevirtualmachinetoupgrade.Thisnamecorresponds
tothedisplaynameof
avirtualmachine.Specifymultiplevirtual
machinesusingmultiple‐nparameters.The‐noptionisignoredif‐h
isspecified.
-h host Attemptstoupgradeallthevirtualmachinesonaparticularhost.Fails
ifthespecifiedhostifnotversionESX3.0orgreater.
-m maxpowerons Onaparticularhost,power‐ononly
thisnumberofvirtualmachines
atatime.
-o port SpecifiestheVirtualCenterServerport,ifoneotherthanthedefault
port902hasbeenconfigured.
-t maxpowerontime Afterthetoolsupgradeisscheduledonavirtualmachine,thevirtual
machineispoweredonandallowedtorunthroughthetools
installationprocess.Inmost
cases,theguestpowersoffthemachine
whentheprocesscompletes.Thisparameterallowsausertosetthe
maximumamountoftimeforavirtualmachinetobepoweredonin
casetheguestisunabletoshutdownthemachineitself.
-s Skipsthetoolsanddoesonlythe
virtualhardwareupgrade.
-q Worksquietly.Doesn’tproducestatusorcompletionmessageson
shutdown.