[Bug 1893898] Re: open-vm-tools status is toolsNotInstalled after deploy cloud image groovy-server-cloudimg-amd64.ova

[John Chittum]

focal and bionic builds with this fix were not completed prior to the
December holidays. Builds with the changes for focal and bionic should
happen soon in 2021.

Xenial is still awaiting a fix to be committed.

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Title:
  open-vm-tools status is toolsNotInstalled after deploy cloud image
  groovy-server-cloudimg-amd64.ova

Status in cloud-images:
  In Progress
Status in livecd-rootfs package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in livecd-rootfs source package in Xenial:
  Fix Committed
Status in livecd-rootfs source package in Bionic:
  Fix Released
Status in livecd-rootfs source package in Focal:
  Fix Released
Status in livecd-rootfs source package in Groovy:
  Fix Released

Bug description:

  [Impact]

   * with groovy-server-cloudimg-amd64.ova daily build, when only deploy OVA and don't power on VM, the VMTools status is "toolsNotInstalled"
  But in fact, we have installed open-vm-tools.

  [Test Case]

   * build vmdk image and verify that buildlog now mentions emitting
  ddb.toolsVersion = "2147483647" field for the image. See
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-
  tools/+bug/1893898/comments/12

  [Regression Potential]

   * The change affects Vagrant / VMware ova/vmdk formatted images,
  which all use modify_vmdk_header function.

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