[Bug 1322434] [NEW] [ESXi] Uninstallation of open-vm-tools should inform VMware platform

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Uninstalling open-vm-tools leaves VMware platform assuming that open-vm-
tools are still installed in the guest. VMware platform supports an RPC
call to receive notification for open-vm-tools uninstallation.
Uninstaller should make use of this RPC to notify the VMware platform
that open-vm-tools has been uninstalled.

A similar issue was fixed in Fedora http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit
/open-vm-tools.git/commit/?id=17141dd91c321fc41f7d1874d64e8ea7d055fcc9.

Reproduced this using Ubuntu14.04:

Steps:
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1.Install Ubuntu14.04 vm and then open-vm-tools.
apt-get install open-vm-tools
2.Uninstall open-vm-tools using package manager by following commands:
apt-get remove open-vm-tools
apt-get purge open-vm-tools
3.Reboot VM.

Result: 
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Get result: 
"Not running, version:2147483647 (3rd-party/Independent)"

Guest information:
(vim.vm.GuestInfo) {
   toolsStatus = "toolsNotRunning", 
   toolsVersionStatus = "guestToolsUnmanaged", 
   toolsVersionStatus2 = "guestToolsUnmanaged", 
   toolsRunningStatus = "guestToolsNotRunning", 
   toolsVersion = "2147483647", 
   toolsUpdateStatus = (vim.vm.GuestInfo.ToolsUpdateStatus) {
      updateRequireReboot = <unset>, 
   }, 
   guestId = <unset>, 
   guestFamily = <unset>, 
   guestFullName = <unset>, 
   hostName = <unset>, 
   ipAddress = <unset>, 
   screen = (vim.vm.GuestInfo.ScreenInfo) {
      width = 800, 
      height = 600
   }, 
   guestState = "notRunning", 
   powerPolicy = (vim.vm.PowerPolicy) null, 
   appHeartbeatStatus = "appStatusGray", 
   appState = "none", 
   guestOperationsReady = false, 
   interactiveGuestOperationsReady = false, 
}

** Affects: open-vm-tools (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
     Assignee: Robert C Jennings (rcj)
         Status: New

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 [ESXi] Uninstallation of open-vm-tools should inform VMware platform
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1322434
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