VMware Tools Stuck in “Upgrade in progress” Fix
I notice the VMware Tools status on some VMs (mostly Linux) is “Upgrade in progress”.
For these VMs, I cannot vMotion them to another host; and some of these VMs, the “Edit Settings” and “Edit Resource Settings” are grayed out. Solution:
►1) Find the ESXi host running the VM
►2) Use vSphere C# Client to connect to the ESXi host directly; Do not connect to the vCenter Server.
►3) Locate the VM in the vSphere C# Client
►4) Right-click on the VM, Guest, End VMware Tools Install
►5) VMware Tools status changes back to running.
Then I can vMotion the VM or run the VMware Tools installation again.