Install VMWARE Tools on Linux

To install VMWARE Tools on Linux.

1. Go to Home -> Inventory -> Hosts & Clusters
2. Right Click on VM -> Guest -> Install/Upgrade VMWARE Tools.

            Now the VMWare tools ISO gets loaded to the CDROM Automatically according to the architecture. now we should install the tools manually

1. Find the CDROM and mount it. follow the previous post MOUNT CDROM to find the the cdrom,
2. Deceide the installation mode.

Installing VMware Tools from the Command Line with the RPM Installer

1. Mount the CDROM,
2. cd /mnt/cdrom
3. rpm -ivh /mnt/cdrom/VMwareTools-5.0.0-<xxxx>.i386.rpm
4. /usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl
5. your linux box should have C libraries related to the kernel,
6. else install kernel-devel using yum or find the rpm and install
7. ps -ef | grep vmware-tools

Installing VMware Tools from the Command Line with the Tar Installer

1. Mount the CDROM,
2. cd /mnt/cdrom
3. tar zxf /mnt/cdrom/VMwareTools-5.0.0-<xxxx>.tar.g
4. cd vmware-tools-distrib
5. ./vmware-install.pl
6. ps -ef | grep vmware