Worket to Upgrade VMware tools

Did you ever write one?

Im interested in this as well

How about this.

# Function to update VMware Tools on a virtual machine
function Update-VMwareTools {
    param(
        [string]$VMName,
        [string]$vCenterServer,
        [string]$Username,
        [string]$Password
    )

    # Connect to the vCenter server
    Connect-VIServer -Server $vCenterServer -User $Username -Password $Password

    # Get the virtual machine object
    $VM = Get-VM -Name $VMName

    if ($VM) {
        # Check if VMware Tools is out of date
        if ($VM.ExtensionData.Guest.ToolsVersionStatus -eq "toolsOld") {
            # Update VMware Tools
            $Task = $VM | Update-Tools -NoReboot -RunAsync

            # Wait for the task to complete
            $Task | Wait-Task

            Write-Host "VMware Tools updated on $VMName"
        } else {
            Write-Host "VMware Tools on $VMName is already up to date"
        }
    } else {
        Write-Host "Virtual machine $VMName not found"
    }

    # Disconnect from the vCenter server
    Disconnect-VIServer -Server $vCenterServer -Confirm:$false
}

# Usage example
Update-VMwareTools -VMName "YourVMName" -vCenterServer "YourVCenterServer" -Username "YourUsername" -Password "YourPassword"
 

Hi Afonso,

I have been upgrading VMware tools like this:

This is just a Required Software policy since I find the Scope to be easier to use than the Evaluation code in a worklet. If a new Vmware tools version comes out, its easy enough to replace the installation file (from vmware) and increment the package version.

There is a way to trigger the update from within the host, but it depends on some Vsphere settings being in place to allow for it:

& "C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\VMwareToolboxCmd.exe" upgrade status
& "C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\VMwareToolboxCmd.exe" upgrade start

The ‘upgrade start’ command will not return anything into the Activity Log if its already at the latest version.

Since the newer VMware tools installer have the c++ redistributables embedded how do you handle the reboots? 

If the devices need a reboot after installing VMware tools I would just suggest using a Worklet, and make use of the Automatic Restart feature:
 

Evaluation Code:

#Check if vmware-tools is installed
if ((choco list | select-string vmware-tools) -like "*vmware*") {$remediate += 1}

# Check for remediation
if($remediate)
{
    Write-Output "vmware-tools IS installed - Flagging for Remediation"
    Exit 1
}
Write-Output "vmware-tools NOT installed - Remediation not needed"
Exit 0

Remediation Code:

if ((choco list | select-string vmware-tools) -like "*vmware*") {choco upgrade vmware-tools -y}