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VMWARE tools cannot be updated in the K1000 and K2000 appliances in ESXi 6.5
Description
After upgrading the ESXi hypervisor to 6.5 the vmware client shows the VMWare Tools as outdated. The server is unable to upgrade the vmware tools and if a virtual CD/DVD drive is mounted the iso files are missing. This issue only affects virtual appliances, hosted by ESXi 6.5 or above.
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KACE Systems Deployment Appliance
6.1.251, 6.0.425, 5.1.84
KACE Systems Management Appliance
9.0.270, 8.1.108
KACE as a Service
Topic(s):
Troubleshooting
Article History:
Created on: 12/5/2016 Last Update on: 5/7/2023
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