A friend hit this delightful defect this week:

 

• https://quickview.cloudapps.cisco.com/quickview/bug/CSCva09767
• https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCux90747/?referring_site=bugquickviewclick
• https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCuy84075/?referring_site=bugquickviewredir

 

There are several workarounds, but ultimately there’s a COP file for this – ciscocm.VMwareTools2016c.cop.sgn.  The attached defects cover several initial install and help-me-its-dead scenarios.

 

It’s a bit of a horror.  Watch out for those VMWare tools updates!

 

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