v3.2

This is release v3.2. Please refer to changelog for more details.

What's Changed

• [Linux] Add cdrom repo when testing ovt_verify_install for Rocky Linux and AlmaLinux by @ZouYuhua in #546
• [Pardus 23.1 Server] fix autoinstall issue for pardus 23.1 server by @ZouYuhua in #545
• [Windows]Set AvailableSecurityProperties for different OS versions by @123lzxm in #549
• [Linux] Skip vmtoolsd and vgauthd status checking when they are upheld in Flatcar by @keirazhang in #548
• Change conditions of IP address checking in vm_get_ip.yml by @Tomorrow9 in #550
• [Windows] Install online Windows Updates by @123lzxm in #552
• [Pardus] Fix pardus gosc matrix by @ZouYuhua in #553
• Display ESXi model, CPU model and code name at deploy_vm failure by @keirazhang in #554
• [Linux] Update GOSC testing support status for Miracle Linux by @ZouYuhua in #555
• [Windows] Fix known issue caused by Appx package in GOSC test cases by @Tomorrow9 in #557
• Changes for Windows Server unattend xml files by @Tomorrow9 in #551
• [Linux] Collect dmesg, /var/log/messages and journals at virtual devices, firmwares tests failure by @keirazhang in #558
• [Windows] Remove old base snapshot when reset base snapshot by @Tomorrow9 in #560
• [OpenSUSE Leap] ovt_verify_install failed on opensuse-15.6-BETA-64bit by @ZouYuhua in #561
• Update vmtools_url_path with VMTools 12.4.0 ISO URL by @Winnie81 in #563
• [Windows] Skip VBS test for guest OS with lower hardware version by @123lzxm in #562
• Add check VMware services after VMware Tools install by @Tomorrow9 in #559
• [RHCOS] Fix systemd could not find the requested service 'firewalld.service' by @keirazhang in #564
• [Linux] Increase video memory to 8MB for Ubuntu desktop VM by @keirazhang in #565
• Limit screenshot text extraction only at deploy_vm failure by @keirazhang in #566
• [Linux] update get_system_firmware.yml to get system firmware for FreeBSD by @keirazhang in #567
• [Linux] Update open-vm-tools test cases by @keirazhang in #568
• [Linux] Skip disabling firewalld.service for Amazon Linux by @keirazhang in #570
• [Linux] Update packagelist_file in VMware Photon OS kickstart by @keirazhang in #571
• [Linux] Split pre and post tasks out from open-vm-tools installation by @keirazhang in #569
• [CentOS Stream] support centOS Stream in ansible. by @ZouYuhua in #573
• [Windows] Install SSU firstly in test case windows_update_install by @123lzxm in #572
• [Windows] Skip MDAG test for build greater than 26052 by @123lzxm in #574
• Update guestinfo_detailed_data on newer vSphere with latest VMware Tools by @keirazhang in #576
• [FreeBSD 13 32bit] Fix autoinstall failure due to no kde5 package from quarterly repo by @ZouYuhua in #577
• [Linux] Support to test installing open-vm-tools from source on Debian family OS by @keirazhang in #575
• [Windows] Fix OS in-place upgrade issues from Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows Server 2016 by @Tomorrow9 in #578
• [FreeBSD 32bit] Remove kde5 for FreeBSD 13&14 32bit by @ZouYuhua in #579
• [FreeBSD]fix: install open-vm-tools-nox11 by mistake for freebsd 64bit by @ZouYuhua in #580
• [Linux] Support to test installing open-vm-tools from source on FreeBSD by @keirazhang in #582
• [Linux] Update Photon OS GPG key file to 4096 bit by @keirazhang in #581
• Correct guest info guest id in results.log and guest_info.json by @keirazhang in #583
• Fix undefiend error for null list by @123lzxm in #584
• [Windows] fix issue in win_get_driver_installer.yml by @Tomorrow9 in #586
• [FreeBSD] Fix the ping issue for FreeBSD by @ZouYuhua in #585
• [FreeBSD 14] Missing the desktop cause the failure of testcase ovt_verify_status at detecting vmtoolsd user process by @ZouYuhua in #587
• [Windows] Add retry to decrypt bitlocker volume by @123lzxm in #588
• [OpenSUSE] ovt_verify_pkg_install is failed and undefined variable is reported in ovt_verify_pkg_install by @ZouYuhua in #590
• Change docker images' path by @Tomorrow9 in #591
• [FreeBSD 13] fix ovt_status issue for FreeBSD 13 64bit by @ZouYuhua in #589
• Print error message when failed to get ESXi server config properties by @keirazhang in #595
• Add new test case host_verify_saml_token by @keirazhang in #593
• Force to install latest required packages on Photon OS by @keirazhang in #592
• [Windows] Add removing Copilot appx package before running GOSC test cases by @Tomorrow9 in #596
• [Linux] Add support for RHEL 10 and CentOS 10 by @keirazhang in #597
• [Linux] Skip LSILogic and LSILogicSAS testing for RHCOS 4.16.0 or later by @keirazhang in #599
• [Linux] Check guest has GUI from display-manager service or running Xorg or Xwayland process by @keirazhang in #598
• [Windows] Add new test case windows_online_updates_install by @Tomorrow9 in #594
• update autoinst.xml without separate /home partition for opensuse/sle-15.6 by @linhuali in #603
• [Linux] Mask packagekit service for Suse family OS by @ZouYuhua in #602
• Update vmtools_url_path with VMTools 12.4.5 ISO URL by @Winnie81 in #604
• Remove deprecated OS from GOS support list by @ZouYuhua in #605
• [Linux] Support to test installing open-vm-tools from source on Suse family OS by @keirazhang in #601
• [Linux] Fix PVRDMA failure due to server VM or client VM IP changed for Ubuntu by @keirazhang in #600
• [Windows] Take screenshots before and during guest OS install for debugging by @Tomorrow9 in #606
• Replace VMware KB links with Broadcom KB links by @keirazhang in #609
• Change to skip running included tasks when condition not meet and refine unnecessary filter by @Tomorrow9 in #607
• [Linux] Update GOSC test scope and handle known issues with workaround by @keirazhang in #608
• [Windows] Change to use setup.exe for new VMware Tools release by @Tomorrow9 in #611
• Add autoinstall support for Fedora Workstation by @linhuali in #612
• Update ks.cfg for Fedora Workstation by @linhuali in #615
• [Linux] Enable cloud-init services after modifying configs for cloud-init GOSC by @keirazhang in #613
• [Windows] Add application or filesystem quiesce snapshot type check in test case check_quiesce_snapshot by @Tomorrow9 in #610
• [Linux] Get cloud-init version from command line by @keirazhang in #617
• [Windows] Change getting VMware Tools ISO path and add not supported status by @Tomorrow9 in #616
• [Windows] change disk partition size in Autounattend xml files by @Tomorrow9 in #619
• [Windows] windows_online_updates_install result is 'Not Applicable' when there are updates installed by @Tomorrow9 in #614
• [Linux] Add config option 'without-x' for installing open-vm-tools from source on Ubuntu 24.04 by @keirazhang in #621
• Fix VM datastore value when the datastore name has space by @keirazhang in #623
• [Windows] get VM guest info again after VMware Tools install by @Tomorrow9 in #620
• Fix unsupported parameters issue by @Tomorrow9 in #624
• [Windows] App quiesce not supported when disk controller is IDE or SATA by @Tomorrow9 in #625
• [Windows] set fixed mount point for older OS versions in test case windows_update_install by @123lzxm in #626
• Changes for 3.2 release by @Tomorrow9 in #627
• Update Ansible collections versoins in the new created docker image by @Tomorrow9 in #628

New Contributors

• @dependabot made their first contribution in #547

Full Changelog: v3.1...v3.2