VSC upgrade to 9.7 fails with open-vm error processing package open-vm-tools
Applies to
Virtual Storage Console upgrades from 9.6 to 9.7
Issue
When upgrading Virtual Storage Console from 9.6 to 9.7, the upgrade fails with the error below:
Nov 03 23:05:09: Starting installation of open-vm-tools..... Line 455: open-vm-tools-desktop cloud-init
libxmlsec1 libxmlsec1-openssl open-vm-tools pciutils
libmspack0 libxmlsec1 libxmlsec1-openssl open-vm-tools
Get:11 file:/upgrade squeeze/main amd64 open-vm-tools amd64 2:10.3.10-1+deb10u2 [569 kB]
Selecting previously unselected package open-vm-tools.
Preparing to unpack .../10-open-vm-tools_10.3.10-1+deb10u2_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking open-vm-tools (2:10.3.10-1+deb10u2) ...
Setting up open-vm-tools (2:10.3.10-1+deb10u2) ...
[....] Starting open-vm daemon: vmtoolsdinvoke-rc.d: initscript open-vm-tools, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing package open-vm-tools (--configure):
open-vm-tools
Nov 03 23:05:12: Finished installation of open-vm-tools...0
Setting up open-vm-tools (2:10.3.10-1+deb10u2) ...
[....] Starting open-vm daemon: vmtoolsdinvoke-rc.d: initscript open-vm-tools, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing package open-vm-tools (--configure):
open-vm-tools