The policy setting used to determine when tools are auto-upgraded for
a virtual machine
Enum Constants
Name
Description
manual
No auto-upgrades for tools will be performed for this
virtual machine. Users must manually invoke the UpgradeTools
operation to update the tools.
upgradeAtPowerCycle
When the virtual machine is power-cycled, the system checks
for a newer version of tools when the VM comes back up. If it
is available, a tools upgrade is automatically performed on the
virtual machine and it is rebooted if necessary.