Common Exit Codes

You can use exit codes to integrate the VMware Tools configuration utility commands with a scripting tool.

The following table lists the common error codes defined in toolbox-cmd. Each subcommand may return other Windows or Linux error codes.

Table 1. Exit Codes

Code Number	Applicable Command	Description
0	All commands	The command was successful.
1	All commands	A error occurred. For the shrink command, 1 indicates that although shrinking is enabled, the shrink command cannot be carried out.
64	All commands	The command-line argument is not valid (EX_USAGE).
69	upgrade timesync config device stat shrink	For the device command, 69 indicates that the specified device does not exist. Use the list subcommand to display valid names of devices. For the stat command, 69 indicates that the program could not communicate with the host (EX_UNAVAILABLE).
70	globalconf gueststore	There is an internal software error (EX_SOFTWARE).
71	Not used	There is a system error (EX_OSERR).
72	device shrink script	A critical OS file is missing (EX_OSFILE).
75	upgrade stat shrink script config globalconf logging device	The host does not support the query, perhaps because the host is not an ESX/ESXi host (EX_TEMPFAIL).
77	script disk upgrade globalconf logging info config	Permission error occurred (EX_NOPERM).
130	Shrink	SIGNT received (VM_EX_INTERRUPT).