I have updated my previous post http://bit.ly/afTX7f with instructions on how to address this particular issue.
Installing VMware Tools from vSphere’s install/upgrade feature on some Ubuntu versions doesn’t work. Instead manually install the Ubuntu VMware Tools package from within the guest. Once the package is installed, vSphere may not show the new VMware Tools as being ”OK”, instead it shows it as “Out of Date”. Not a big deal, run vSphere’s VMware Tools Install/Upgrade feature after the initial package is installed and it should change to “OK”.
Tags: Linux, Virtualization, VMware
