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Multiple update VMware Tools how-to

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: December 26, 2012

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Update your VMware tools in multiple Virtual Machines.

If you looking to find a way to update vmware tools multiple VMss in your datacenter, you might want to have a look a following picture which explains that in 3 easy steps:

Install upgrade multiple VMware Tools flat

Here is the step-by-step to update vmware tools multiple vms

01. Select your host where your VMs reside and need their tools to be updated. Click on the Virtual Machines TAB.

02. CTRL + click on each VM that needs the VMware tools to be updated.

03. Right click on those selected VMs and in the menu select Guest > Install/upgrade VMware Tools

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