Now with Tools being updated more frequently to remediate vulnerabilities I will be using this procedure to keep on top of ensuring they are up to date.VMware Workstation 16 Pro | 14 September 2020 | Build 16894299 In the past I had not given much thought to VMware Tools in Workstation and just used the version that came with it. This mounts the ISO in the VM and then running setup64.exe in the guest it shows the expected v11.3.0. So what I have detailed above is great for new VMs that have the first install of Tools, but what about exisiting VMs? After replacing the windows.iso and right clicking on the VM we can now see: When a new version of VMware Tools is released simply follow the procedure above again to keep it up to date. Now when we start a Tools installation we see: Move the new windows.iso to C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation.Rename the downloaded file VMware-tools-windows-11.3.0-18090558.iso to windows.iso.Browse to C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation.After installing the 2022 VM and starting a Tools installation:Īnd letting the Tools splash screen come up we can see out of the box Workstation v16.1.2 comes with VMware Tools v11.2.6:Īs stated above, Tools v11.3.0 is available, so we want to have that as the version applied when installing Tools in Workstation. In this case, I am using a Windows Server 2022 VM so the iso file I want to look at is windows.iso. In that folder there are several iso files: VMware Workstation Tools Locationīy default, the Tools iso that comes as part of a Workstation install can be found at C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation.
We need to download the file VMware-tools-windows-11.3.0-18090558.iso Direct Link to the iso. The latest VMware Tools can always be accessed at. I covered this in my previous post Silent Install VMware Tools. Download VMware Toolsįirst we need to download the latest VMware Tools.
This post was written using Workstation v16.1.2, VMware Tools 11.3.0 and the guest OS was Windows Server 2022. In this post I will detail how to keep Tools up to date in a Workstation installation. There are various ways you can deploy and manage Tools on a vSphere installation but it is a manual process in Workstation.īy manual process I mean to update on Workstation you would have to mount the new Tools ISO to the VM and kick off an installation inside the OS. Traditionally VMware Tools was tied to a release of ESXi but that has changed where they are released on a regular cadence.
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