The VMTools guestinfo property
guestinfo.gc.notification can be queried to identify Windows guest customization status from guest VM.
- When customization starts, guestinfo.gc.notification is set to Started.
- After customization is done, and the system has rebooted, guestinfo.gc.notification is set to Completed.
- When customization gets error, guestinfo.gc.notification is set to %error_string%.
This property can be queried by regular Tools commands:
<detected_path>/vmtoolsd[.exe] --cmd "info-get guestinfo.gc.notification"Note: The result will be
Started or
Completed or
%error_string%.