Introduction

In this document we explore the many options on how to get the Virtual Machine VMware Tools status on a single approach per VM or multiple VMs.

Step-by-step guide using VSS CLI

Per VM

1. Login to https://vss-cli.eis.utoronto.ca with your VSS Credentials or use your local VSS CLI install.

2. Use the ID or Name to get the current tools status:

   vss-cli compute vm get {VmName-or-ID} tools
   
   version             : 12320
   version_status      : guestToolsCurrent
   running_status      : guestToolsRunning

Multiple VM 

1. Login to https://vss-cli.eis.utoronto.ca with your VSS Credentials or use your local VSS CLI install.

2. Use the --columns option to specify both object attributes tools_version, tools_version_status and tools_running_status:

   vss-cli --columns=moref,name,tools_version,tools_version_status,tools_running_status compute vm ls
   
   moref     name          tools_version  tools_version_status    tools_running_status
   --------  ----------  ---------------  ----------------------  ----------------------
   vm-14929  1905P-hoth            12320  guestToolsCurrent       guestToolsRunning

Step-by-step guide using vSphere Web client

Per VM

1. Sign in to vCenter using the vSphere Web Client

2. Go to VMs and Templates

3. Click on the VM.

4. Click on the Summary Tab.

5. Look for the VMware Tools property as follows: