Error upgrade VMWare tools

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Hi,
I am trying to upgrade VMWare tools using the module: community.vmware.vmware_guest_tools_upgrade

I obtain: “msg”: “VMware tools could not be upgraded”

this is the part of ansible yml:

    - name: Upgrade VMware Tools using uuid
      community.vmware.vmware_guest_tools_upgrade:
        hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
        username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
        password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
        datacenter: "{{ vcenter_datacenter }}"
        force_upgrade: true
        uuid: "{{ vm_info.instance.hw_product_uuid }}"
      delegate_to: localhost

It isn’t about uuid problem, but I don’t know how to solve.
My collection is “community.vmware” version “5.1.0”

My vcenter version: 8.0.3

How could I investigate on it?

Thanks
Mario

2

What are the version and running status of VMware Tools?

You should get them from vCenter or with the community.vmware.vmware_guest_tools_info module.

3

Thank you Mario.

From the vcenter I read the VMWare Tools status: Running, version:12325 (Upgrade available)
Mario

The problem seems to be about collections.
I customized my restricted collections with:

Collection         Version
------------------ -------
ansible.utils      5.1.2
ansible.windows    2.5.0
cloud.common       4.0.0
community.general  9.5.0
community.vmware   5.1.0
community.windows  2.3.0
vmware.vmware      1.6.0
vmware.vmware_rest 4.2.0

and I have the problem mentioned.

If I restore the default old collections, it works:

Collection                               Version
---------------------------------------- -------
amazon.aws                               8.2.1
ansible.netcommon                        6.1.3
ansible.posix                            1.5.4
ansible.utils                            4.1.0
ansible.windows                          2.5.0
arista.eos                               9.0.0
awx.awx                                  24.6.1
azure.azcollection                       2.7.0
check_point.mgmt                         5.2.3
chocolatey.chocolatey                    1.5.3
cisco.aci                                2.10.1
cisco.asa                                5.0.1
cisco.dnac                               6.20.0
cisco.intersight                         2.0.20
cisco.ios                                8.0.0
cisco.iosxr                              9.0.0
cisco.ise                                2.9.3
cisco.meraki                             2.18.2
cisco.mso                                2.9.0
cisco.nxos                               8.1.0
cisco.ucs                                1.14.0
cloud.common                             3.0.0
cloudscale_ch.cloud                      2.4.0
community.aws                            8.0.0
community.ciscosmb                       1.0.9
community.crypto                         2.22.1
community.digitalocean                   1.27.0
community.dns                            3.0.5
community.docker                         3.13.0
community.general                        9.5.0
community.grafana                        1.9.1
community.hashi_vault                    6.2.0
community.hrobot                         2.0.2
community.library_inventory_filtering_v1 1.0.1
community.libvirt                        1.3.0
community.mongodb                        1.7.7
community.mysql                          3.10.3
community.network                        5.0.3
community.okd                            3.0.1
community.postgresql                     3.6.1
community.proxysql                       1.6.0
community.rabbitmq                       1.3.0
community.routeros                       2.19.0
community.sap_libs                       1.4.2
community.sops                           1.9.1
community.vmware                         4.7.1
community.windows                        2.3.0
community.zabbix                         2.5.1
containers.podman                        1.16.1
cyberark.conjur                          1.3.0
cyberark.pas                             1.0.27
dellemc.enterprise_sonic                 2.5.1
dellemc.openmanage                       9.7.0
dellemc.powerflex                        2.5.0
dellemc.unity                            2.0.0
f5networks.f5_modules                    1.31.0
fortinet.fortimanager                    2.7.0
fortinet.fortios                         2.3.7
frr.frr                                  2.0.2
google.cloud                             1.4.1
grafana.grafana                          5.5.1
hetzner.hcloud                           3.1.1
ibm.qradar                               3.0.0
ibm.spectrum_virtualize                  2.0.0
ibm.storage_virtualize                   2.5.0
ieisystem.inmanage                       2.0.0
infinidat.infinibox                      1.4.5
infoblox.nios_modules                    1.7.0
inspur.ispim                             2.2.3
inspur.sm                                2.3.0
junipernetworks.junos                    8.0.0
kaytus.ksmanage                          1.2.2
kubernetes.core                          3.2.0
kubevirt.core                            1.5.0
lowlydba.sqlserver                       2.3.4
microsoft.ad                             1.7.1
netapp.cloudmanager                      21.22.1
netapp.ontap                             22.12.0
netapp.storagegrid                       21.12.0
netapp_eseries.santricity                1.4.1
netbox.netbox                            3.20.0
ngine_io.cloudstack                      2.5.0
ngine_io.exoscale                        1.1.0
openstack.cloud                          2.2.0
openvswitch.openvswitch                  2.1.1
ovirt.ovirt                              3.2.0
purestorage.flasharray                   1.31.1
purestorage.flashblade                   1.18.0
sensu.sensu_go                           1.14.0
splunk.es                                3.0.0
t_systems_mms.icinga_director            2.0.1
telekom_mms.icinga_director              2.1.2
theforeman.foreman                       4.2.0
vmware.vmware                            1.5.0
vmware.vmware_rest                       3.2.0
vultr.cloud                              1.13.0
vyos.vyos                                4.1.0
wti.remote                               1.0.10

I don’t think the problem is about the different community.vmware version.
Do I need more collections to install VMWare Tools?

Thanks a lot.
Mario

4

I think you’re wrong there and it does have something to do with the different community.vmware version. If it works with 4.x but doesen’t with 5.x, it looks like I broke something.

I’ve opened an issue about this. Since it looks like a bug in the collection, I think we should track this in the repo instead of here.

Have a look at it if you want to have more information.

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5

I’m pretty sure I’ve fixed this here.

I’m planning to do a new release containing this change end of November / (very) early December.

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6

I’ve released 5.2.0 today an hope your issue is fixed there.