I have written a PowerCLI script that simplifies the process when upgrading VMware tools on all Servers in a Virtual Environment after a VMware version / patching version update.

Whist running the script, you will need to fill in the blanks with regards to vCenter name, Cluster name, and Email details.

Ensure you have the required version of PowerCLI installed before attempting to run this script.

# Upgrade of VMTools

Notes: Script to update VMtools by batch using a CSV file

By Ryan Mangan 03/06/2014

Connect to vcenter server 

Write-host "******  VMware Tools Upgrade Script ******" -foregroundcolor green add-pssnapin VMware.Vimautomation.core $vcenter = read-host "Enter the vCenter Instance" connect-viserver -Server $vcenter -WarningAction SilentlyContinue #Import vm name from csv file

$CSVLoc = read-host "enter CSV File location e.g c:\temp\deploy.csv" Import-Csv $CSVLoc |  foreach {      $strNewVMName = $_.name            #Update VMtools without reboot  $Clustername = Read-host "enter cluster name"     Get-Cluster $Clustername | Get-VM $strNewVMName | Update-Tools –NoReboot     write-host "Updated $strNewVMName ------ "             $report += $strNewVMName  }  write-host "Sleeping ..."  Sleep 120  #Send out an email with the names  $SenderID = Read-host "enter email from address" $RecipEmailID = Read-host "enter repcipient email id" $EMAILSRV = Read-host "enter Email Server Name" $emailFrom = $SenderID  $emailTo = $RecipEmailID $subject = "VMware Tools Updated"  $smtpServer = $EMAILSRV  $smtp = new-object Net.Mail.SmtpClient($smtpServer)  $smtp.Send($emailFrom, $emailTo, $subject, $Report)