VMware tools update fails on ESXi 6 hosts with Dutch Operating System VMs

Ivo Beerens
Date : May 4, 2015
Categories : esxi ,VMware
Tags : esxi-2 ,VMware ,VMware-horizon-view

After upgrading all the hosts in the lab environment to VMware ESXi 6, I tried to upgrade the VMware tools version of a Dutch Windows 7 golden VM used by VMware Horizon View. The VMware tools upgrade fails with the following message:

VMware Tools Setup Wizard ended prematurely

This is a known bug in VMware ESXi 6.0 with Dutch Operating System VMs (see KB, link ).

The following work around can be used:

Create a local group named “everyone”
Add the user used for installing VMware tools to the “everyone” group
Run the VMware tools upgrade
Remove the “everyone” group