A couple of weeks ago I contacted Rob, the man behind RVTools, and asked him if he could add an export or copy+past functionality to his amazing tool “RVTools”. This amazing tool checks the VMware tools version and gives you the option to update them all at once. Rob updated his tool today:
Version 1.1
Changes: May 10, 2008
You can copy the selected datagrid values with ctrl-c to the clipboard. The header text is automatically included. After this you can paste the clipboard data to your favorite editor.
The login form remembers the names and/or IP addresses of the entered ESX hosts and/or VirtualCenter servers.
You can use a filter to display only the “templates” or “virtual machines”.
Annotations “notes” field is visible in the datagrid.
http://rvtools.deveij.com
Especially the copy and paste option is handy for those who do consultancy like me, thanks Rob for adding this feature and for this excellent tool! Nextup converting it into a VirtualCenter plugin?!? 
vSphere 4.0 Quick Start Guide
3rd-Party RVTools for VMware Updated to Version 1.1…
VCP, Rob de Veij has recently updated his RVTools, a small .NET 2.0 application which uses the VI SDK to display the version of the installed VMware tools.
It also shows if the tools are upgradeable. The button “Upgrade VMware Tools” starts an Up…
Sounds good.
I had the problem when I did a Automatic Tools Upgrade per VM via VC that around a dozen of VM’s did not reboot correctly. Afterwards when I went to console of the W2003 VM and try to log in I got the message the server was shut down unexpectedly.
At that time I was still running 3.5 woithout patches, so maybe this issue is coverd now. Anybody recocnizes this problem?