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Werk #11249: esx_vsphere_vm.guest_tools: Treat unmanaged tools as OK

Component Checks & agents
Title esx_vsphere_vm.guest_tools: Treat unmanaged tools as OK
Date Jul 8, 2020
Level Trivial Change
Class Bug Fix
Compatibility Compatible - no manual interaction needed
Checkmk versions & editions
2.0.0i1 Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)

When using Linux in VMs it is the recommended way to use the open-vm-tools. In this situation the system reports "tools are not managed by VMWare", which is normal and has to be treated as OK.

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