diff --git a/open-vm-tools/services/plugins/serviceDiscovery/serviceDiscovery.c b/open-vm-tools/services/plugins/serviceDiscovery/serviceDiscovery.c
index 87dd58936..c6c2e1dc3 100644
--- a/open-vm-tools/services/plugins/serviceDiscovery/serviceDiscovery.c
+++ b/open-vm-tools/services/plugins/serviceDiscovery/serviceDiscovery.c
@@ -381,9 +381,9 @@ ReadData(ToolsAppCtx *ctx,
    status = SendRpcMessage(ctx, DynBuf_Get(&buf), DynBuf_GetSize(&buf),
                            resultData, resultDataLen);
    if (!status) {
-      g_warning("%s: Read over RPC failed, result: %s, resultDataLen: %" FMTSZ
-                "u\n", __FUNCTION__, (*resultData != NULL) ?
-                *resultData : "(null)", *resultDataLen);
+      g_debug("%s: Read over RPC failed, result: %s, resultDataLen: %" FMTSZ
+              "u\n", __FUNCTION__, (*resultData != NULL) ?
+              *resultData : "(null)", *resultDataLen);
    }
 done:
    DynBuf_Destroy(&buf);
diff --git a/open-vm-tools/services/plugins/serviceDiscovery/get-versions.sh b/open-vm-tools/services/plugins/serviceDiscovery/get-versions.sh
index 496c95eb6..b74d17153 100644
--- a/open-vm-tools/services/plugins/serviceDiscovery/get-versions.sh
+++ b/open-vm-tools/services/plugins/serviceDiscovery/get-versions.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ get_version() {
 }
 
 get_vcops_version() {
-  cat $ALIVE_BASE/user/conf/lastbuildversion.txt 2>/dev/null
+  cat /usr/lib/vmware-vcops/user/conf/lastbuildversion.txt 2>/dev/null
 }
 
 get_srm_mgt_server_version() {
@@ -76,10 +76,15 @@ get_db2_version() {
   db2level 2>/dev/null | grep "DB2 v"
 }
 
+get_tcserver_version() {
+  command -v tcserver >/dev/null 2>&1 && { tcserver version 2>/dev/null; }
+}
+
 echo VERSIONSTART "vcops_version" "$(get_vcops_version)" VERSIONEND
 echo VERSIONSTART "srm_mgt_server_version" "$(get_srm_mgt_server_version)" VERSIONEND
 echo VERSIONSTART "vcenter_appliance_version" "$(get_vcenter_appliance_version)" VERSIONEND
 echo VERSIONSTART "db2_version" "$(get_db2_version)" VERSIONEND
+echo VERSIONSTART "tcserver_version" "$(get_tcserver_version)" VERSIONEND
 
 get_version "/\S+/(httpd-prefork|httpd|httpd2-prefork)($|\s)" -v
 get_version "/usr/(bin|sbin)/apache\S*" -v
diff --git a/open-vm-tools/services/plugins/serviceDiscovery/get-connection-info.sh b/open-vm-tools/services/plugins/serviceDiscovery/get-connection-info.sh
index 1694514af..0fc89c628 100644
--- a/open-vm-tools/services/plugins/serviceDiscovery/get-connection-info.sh
+++ b/open-vm-tools/services/plugins/serviceDiscovery/get-connection-info.sh
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 # check if necesary commands exist
-command -v netstat >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "netstat doesn't exist"; exit 1; }
+command -v ss >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "ss doesn't exist"; exit 1; }
 command -v grep >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "grep doesn't exist"; exit 1; }
 command -v sort >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "sort doesn't exist"; exit 1; }
 command -v tr >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "tr doesn't exist"; exit 1; }
 
 # get pids of listening processes
-space_separated_pids=$(netstat -lntup | grep -Eo "[0-9]+/" | sort -u)
+space_separated_pids=$(ss -lntup | grep -Eo "pid=[0-9]+" | sort -u)
 
 # grep pattern
 pattern=$(echo $space_separated_pids | tr ' ' '|')
 
 # get matching lines
-netstat -antup | grep -E $pattern
+ss -antup | grep -E $pattern
diff --git a/open-vm-tools/services/plugins/serviceDiscovery/get-listening-process-info.sh b/open-vm-tools/services/plugins/serviceDiscovery/get-listening-process-info.sh
index 173b1c044..d7a102005 100644
--- a/open-vm-tools/services/plugins/serviceDiscovery/get-listening-process-info.sh
+++ b/open-vm-tools/services/plugins/serviceDiscovery/get-listening-process-info.sh
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 # check if necesary commands exist
-command -v netstat >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "netstat doesn't exist"; exit 1; }
+command -v ss >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "ss doesn't exist"; exit 1; }
 command -v grep >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "grep doesn't exist"; exit 1; }
 command -v sort >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "sort doesn't exist"; exit 1; }
 command -v tr >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "tr doesn't exist"; exit 1; }
 command -v ps >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "ps doesn't exist"; exit 1; }
 
 # get pids of listening processes
-space_separated_pids=$(netstat -lntup | grep -Eo "[0-9]+/" | grep -Eo "[0-9]*" | sort -u)
+space_separated_pids=$(ss -lntup | grep -Eo "pid=[0-9]+" | grep -Eo "[0-9]*" | sort -u)
 
 # ps accepts comma separated pids
 comma_separated_pids=$(echo $space_separated_pids | tr ' ' ',')
diff --git a/open-vm-tools/services/plugins/serviceDiscovery/get-listening-process-perf-metrics.sh b/open-vm-tools/services/plugins/serviceDiscovery/get-listening-process-perf-metrics.sh
index ad83762d5..9a694d4c4 100644
--- a/open-vm-tools/services/plugins/serviceDiscovery/get-listening-process-perf-metrics.sh
+++ b/open-vm-tools/services/plugins/serviceDiscovery/get-listening-process-perf-metrics.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 # check if necesary commands exist
-command -v netstat >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "netstat doesn't exist"; exit 1; }
+command -v ss >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "ss doesn't exist"; exit 1; }
 command -v grep >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "grep doesn't exist"; exit 1; }
 command -v sort >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "sort doesn't exist"; exit 1; }
 command -v awk >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "awk doesn't exist"; exit 1; }
@@ -108,6 +108,6 @@ get_performance_metrics() {
   run $pids
 }
 
-space_separated_pids=$(netstat -lntup | grep -Eo "[0-9]+/" | grep -Eo "[0-9]+" | sort -u)
+space_separated_pids=$(ss -lntup | grep -Eo "pid=[0-9]+" | grep -Eo "[0-9]+" | sort -u)
 
 get_performance_metrics $space_separated_pids
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/open-vm-tools/services/plugins/serviceDiscovery/get-versions.sh b/open-vm-tools/services/plugins/serviceDiscovery/get-versions.sh
index b74d17153..c7a1e7cfb 100644
--- a/open-vm-tools/services/plugins/serviceDiscovery/get-versions.sh
+++ b/open-vm-tools/services/plugins/serviceDiscovery/get-versions.sh
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 # check if necesary commands exist
-command -v netstat >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "netstat doesn't exist"; exit 1; }
+command -v ss >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "ss doesn't exist"; exit 1; }
 command -v grep >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "grep doesn't exist"; exit 1; }
 command -v sort >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "sort doesn't exist"; exit 1; }
 command -v ps >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "ps doesn't exist"; exit 1; }
 
-space_separated_pids=$(netstat -lntup | grep -Eo "[0-9]+/" | grep -Eo "[0-9]*" | sort -u)
+space_separated_pids=$(ss -lntup | grep -Eo "pid=[0-9]+" | grep -Eo "[0-9]*" | sort -u)
 
 get_command_line() {
   ps --pid $1 -o command