Dismount-Tools

NAME Dismount-Tools



SYNOPSIS

This cmdlet dismounts the VMware Tools installer CD.





SYNTAX

Dismount-Tools [[-Guest] <VMGuest[]>] [<CommonParameters>]



Dismount-Tools [[-VM] <VirtualMachine[]>] [[-Server] <VIServer[]>] [<CommonParameters>]





DESCRIPTION

This cmdlet dismounts the VMware Tools installer CD from one or more virtual machines operating systems specified

by the VM and Guest parameters. To specify a server different from the default one, use the Server parameter. The

virtual machines must be powered on.





PARAMETERS

-Guest <VMGuest[]>

Specifies the guest operating systems from which you want to remove the VMware Tools.



Required? false

Position? 1

Default value None

Accept pipeline input? True (ByValue)

Accept wildcard characters? false



-Server <VIServer[]>

Specifies the vCenter Server systems on which the search for virtual machine names passed by the VM parameter

is performed. If no value is given to this parameter, the search for the virtual machine names is performed on

the default server.



Required? false

Position? 2

Default value None

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? true



-VM <VirtualMachine[]>

Specifies the virtual machines from which you want to remove the VMware Tools.



Required? false

Position? 1

Default value None

Accept pipeline input? True (ByValue)

Accept wildcard characters? true



<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,

ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,

OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see

about_CommonParameters (https:/go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).



INPUTS



OUTPUTS

None







NOTES









-------------------------- Example 1 --------------------------



Dismount-Tools VM



Dismounts the VMware Tools from the VM virtual machine. The virtual machine must be powered on.

-------------------------- Example 2 --------------------------



Get-VMGuest VM | Dismount-Tools



Dismounts the VMware Tools from the virtual machine specified by its guest operating system. The virtual machine

must be powered on.



RELATED LINKS

Online Version: https://code.vmware.com/doc/preview?id= ... Tools.html

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