I recently got asked if it is possible to upgrade the VMTools on a VM at the VM level and target a group of them, but not at a host or cluster level. The answer is yes.
There are multiple ways to handle VMtools upgrades/patching. Below I will show how it can be done via the UI and also using PowerCLI where you can target an array of VM objects.
Firstly, lets take a look at the process using the GUI.
Now lets looks at using PowerCLI.
This uses a single VM as an example, but this could easily be modified to utilise an array of VM’s based on a selection criteria such as Name, Tag, Folder etc. Something like this:
$vms = Get-TagAssignment | Where-Object {$_.Tag -like '*app1*'} | Select-Object Entity
foreach ($vm in $vms) {
Get-VM -Name $vm.Entity | Update-Tools
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