Producent oprogramowania wypuścił właśnie aktualizację dla produktu VMware Tools o numerze wersji 12.0.0. W najnowszej aktualizacji dodano obsługę systemu Windows Server 2022 oraz Windows 11. W najnowszej wersji zmniejszono zagrożenie wykonania złośliwego kodu poprzez usunięcie luki o oznaczeniu CVE-2022-22943. Po więcej ciekawych informacji zachęcamy do dalszej części posta.
Co nowego:
- Wsparcie dla zarządzania Salt Minion.
- Dodano obsługę Windows 11 i Windows Server 2022.
- Wersja OpenSSL została zaktualizowana do 3.0.0.
- Obsługa gromadzenia i publikowania listy kontenerów działających wewnątrz gości Linuksa.
- Ta wersja jest wolna od podatności CVE-2022-22943.
Aktualnie wspierane systemy operacyjne:
- VMware Tools 12.0.0 supports the following guest operating systems:
windows.isosupports Windows 7 SP1 or Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 and later.- The Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable package is a prerequisite for installing VMware Tools for Windows 12.0.0 and ships with the VMware Tools 12.0.0 download package. While preparing a Windows guest for installation, VMware Tools runs the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable Package installer which checks for the presence of a more recent version on the guest. If the guest has a more recent version already present, the package does not install.
For a 32-bit Windows guest, the prerequisite version is Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2019 Redistributable (x86) version 14.29.30133.0.
For a 64-bit Windows guest, the prerequisite versions are Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2019 Redistributable (x86) version 14.29.30133.0 and Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2019 Redistributable (x64) version 14.29.30133.0. - Installing or upgrading to VMware Tools 12.0.0 is not supported for Windows versions that do not meet the prerequisite. Customers should continue to use VMware Tools 10.2.x or older until they can patch or update their Windows OS to meet the prerequisites for VMware Tools 12.0.0. Refer to Microsoft’s update KB2977003 for latest supported Visual C++ downloads.
- Windows OS level prerequisites
- Windows Server 2022
- Windows 11
- Windows Server 2019
- Windows Server 2016
- Windows 10
- Windows Server 2012 R2 with Microsoft’s update KB2919355
- Windows 8.1 with Microsoft’s update KB2919355
- Windows Server 2012
- Windows 8
- Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1) with Microsoft’s update KB4474419.
- Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) with Microsoft’s update KB4474419.
- The Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable package is a prerequisite for installing VMware Tools for Windows 12.0.0 and ships with the VMware Tools 12.0.0 download package. While preparing a Windows guest for installation, VMware Tools runs the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable Package installer which checks for the presence of a more recent version on the guest. If the guest has a more recent version already present, the package does not install.
darwin.isosupports Mac OS X versions 10.11 and later.- For details on
linux.iso, refer to VMware Tools 10.3.24 Release Notes. - For details on
solaris.iso, refer to VMware Tools 10.3.10 Release Notes.
Znane problemy:
VMware Tools Issues
- Installation of Windows Vista, Server 2008, or Windows 7 fails in a virtual machine.Installing a Windows OS Vista, Server 2008, or Windows 7 in a virtual machine with a boot disk on a PVSCSI controller, fails to install the required PVSCSI driver.Download the VMware Tools package version 11.1.5 from http://my.vmware.com, extract the contents, and use the VMware Tools windows.iso or the floppies for Windows OS Vista or Server 2008.Note:
Users managing ESXi hosts or having a requirement to perform multiple installations of the same Windows OS version on a PVSCSI controller, can see the steps outlined in https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/84200.
- VMware Tools upgrade failed with error code 1072 (The specified service has been marked for deletion.)When upgrading VMware Tools to a new version, if the previous version’s VMware Tools service is not deleted completely, this incomplete service removal causes installing the new VMware Tools version service to fail and leads to a fatal error for the upgrade.When detecting an incomplete service removal to prevent VMware Tools upgrade from failing catastrophically every time, the new service creation will pause and retry to see if the condition clears. The VMware Tools installer will pause for up to 2 1/2 minutes. After this, a fatal error will occur. If the condition clears, the upgrade creates the new service and continues.For more information, see https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/84269.
Workaround:
Retry installing VMware Tools.
- After upgrading to a new version VMware Tools with an installer parameter to remove the NetworkIntrospection feature, the old version of the vnetflt or vnetWFP driver service continues to run.After the upgrade, the NetworkIntrospection feature is not present in the system’s VMware Tools MSI database, but the feature’s vnetflt or vnetWFP driver service still exists.Workaround:Refer to KB 78016.
Note: This issue applies to VMware Tools upgrades from versions older than 11.1.0 only.
- VMware Tools upgrade fails on Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 without SHA-2 code signing support.Microsoft has changed Windows driver signing to use the SHA-2 algorithm exclusively starting December 3, 2019. Legacy Windows systems without SHA-2 code signing support fail driver signature verification.Workaround:Refer to KB 78708.
- Installing or upgrading versions earlier than VMware Tools 10.3.0 to VMware Tools 11.1.x might take longer and Windows OS might need a restart.Installation process might appear to be in progress and displays a message similar to the following:
"Preparing 'VMware Tools' for installation..."During this process, the user might be prompted to restart the operating system.
VMware Tools Issues in VMware Workstation or Fusion
- Shared Folders mount is unavailable on Linux VM.If the Shared Folders feature is enabled on a Linux VM while it is powered off, the shared folders mount is not available on restart.Note: This issue is applicable to VMware Tools running on Workstation and Fusion.Workaround:
If the VM is powered on, disable and enable the Shared Folders feature from the interface. For resolving the issue permanently, edit /etc/fstab and add an entry to mount the Shared Folders automatically on boot.
For example, add the line:
vmhgfs-fuse /mnt/hgfs fuse defaults,allow_other 0 0
- Drag functionality fails to work in Ubuntu.Drag functionality fails to work in Ubuntu 16.04.4 32-bit virtual machines installed using Easy Install. Also, failure of the copy and paste functionality is observed in the same systems.Note: This issue is applicable to VMware Tools running on Workstation and Fusion.Workaround:
- Add the modprobe.blacklist=vmwgfx linux kernel boot option.
- To gain access to larger resolutions, remove svga.guestBackedPrimaryAware = "TRUE" option from the VMX file.
VMware Tools Issue in VMware Horizon
- WDDM driver fails on Windows Update installation when Horizon Agent is installed on Windows 8/Windows 8.1/Windows Server 2008 R2.When Horizon Agent is installed on Windows 8/Windows 8.1/Windows Server 2008 R2, the WDDM driver fails on Windows Update installation.The WDDM driver will be made available through Windows Update service, when the driver publication process completes.
Notatki producenta: VMware Tools 12.0.0
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