ESXi ‘Install VMware Tools’ Greyd Out

For some unknown reason, the ‘Install VMware Tools’ was greyd out.

I tried to remove and re-add CD/DVD, but that didn’t work.

Ultimately, I had to download .exe and install manually from within the VM.

<a href="https://packages.vmware.com/tools/esx/latest/windows/x64/">https://packages.vmware.com/tools/esx/latest/windows/x64/</a>
ESXi VMTools download

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