vmware tools service is not running for windows 2019 VMs with vmware tools version 13.0.5.

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

vmware tools service fails to start on windows 2019 VMs with the error code 1067 and installed vmware tools version is 13.0.5.

 

 

 

Environment

ESXi 7.x

ESXi 8.x

 

Resolution

Upgrade the VMware Tools to 13.0.10.

Installing and upgrading VMware Tools in vSphere

Additional Information

Build numbers and versions of VMware Tools

VMware Tools 13.0.5.0 Release Notes