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Vmware tools is a package one can install in guest operating systems that run on a VMware host.

The tools provide more features such as:

  • drag and drop into VM
  • improved graphics performance
  • improved mouse performance

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Linux VMWare Tools build for running kernel or latest installed kernel?

I haven't been able to find any information regarding when building VMWare Tools on Linux whether it builds against the currently running kernel or the latest installed kernel. To clarify (hopefully): If I have a VM running RHEL 6 running kernel…
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VMWare Tools. How often to update and how to handle it?

We have about 8 ESXi Servers (5.5) and about 100 VMs. I always try to keep the ESXi Servers up to date with the vmware patches. This seems to work more or less well for me. Sometimes i need some weeks but i am always nearly up to date. (Thanks to…
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Find out ESXi host from VM?

I have a monitor that is running on all guests, Windows and Linux. I'd like to send back the Parent host of the guest with this monitor, How can I found out the VM host from within a ESXi VM? Ideally I'm looking for a universal way to do this from…
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htop lying about vmware-tools memory consumption

I am experiencing a problem where htop (top too) is incorrectly reporting the memory consumption of a process, in this case the vmware-tools service (highlighted below). I am colorblind and thought I might be mistaking used memory for cache, so I…
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Mouse and video integration with VMware Tools doesn't work on cloned VMs

When I clone a virtual machine from a template that already has Tools installed the mouse integration and better resolution of the console don't work. vCenter recognizes that Tools is installed. Why is that?
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Get vmxnet3 working on Solaris 11 Express and Vmware ESX 4.0

I've installed Solaris 11 express VM and installed tools over it. ESX reports VMware Tools: OK but I can't see vmxnet3 adapter in "ifconfig -a". Ideas?
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Where should custom vmware-tools scripts go

I have installed the VMWare Tools into a test Ubuntu guest, and it's created the standard scripts as expected: poweroff-vm-default poweron-vm-default resume-vm-default suspend-vm-default I add some custom actions to the scripts, but it says in the…
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VMware Tools in Ubuntu guest on VMware Server 2 do not build

When trying to build the VMware tools in my Ubuntu 9.10 64 bit guest on a VMware Server 2.0.2 host with Debian 5 I'm getting strange errors like: Building the vmmemctl module. Using 2.6.x kernel build system. make: Gehe in Verzeichnis…
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Is there a way to automatically install vmware tools on new Windows server VMs upon VM Creation in vCenter7?

We are running vCenter7 to manage our virtual machine infrastructure, i am trying to set up backup verification with nakivos screenshot verification feature, however when the flash VM boot job recovers the VM i want to verify, the verification…
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Silent unattended uninstall switches for vmtools?

Looking for the NON-MSIEXEC totally silent uninstall switches for vmtools. I know the silent install is VMware-tools--x86_64.exe /s /v /qn I just need the uninstall, I feel like it would be similar but it is nowhere to be found in all the land. /?…
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Error Reparing VMWare Client Tools Win2008

When I tried to "repair" client tools in Win2008 64bit, I got error message as Product: VMware Tools -- Error 1935.An error occurred during the installation of assembly…
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VMware Snapshot failing

We are using VMware ESXi 6.0.0 and are having trouble snapshotting some of the VMs with more than one disk in different datastores. The error we are seeing in the VM logs is as follows: 2017-08-12T22:00:15.627Z| vmx| I125: SNAPSHOT: …
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OpenSuse Leap 42.2 Guest on VMWare Player -> VMware Tools Not working after Restart

I installed openSUSE-Leap-42.2-DVD-x86_64.iso as a guest OS on VMware® Workstation 12 Player 12.5.5 on my Win7 Host System. uname -r -> 4.4.27-2-default I just clicked "next" on every setup step ( choose KDE Desktop) of Open Suse and I did NOT click…
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Is it worth it to install VMWare Tools on a non-graphical Linux guest (Red Hat 7 hosting an Oracle server)

This came up because I was not able to activate the time synchronization function from the VCD. Most of what I've seen that discussed the benefits of installing VMWare tools looks like it applies to Windows machines, and perhaps also graphical Linux…
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How do I install VMware Tools in an Ubuntu VM running in VMware Fusion?

I have Ubuntu (Ubuntu 8.04.3 LTS) running in a VMware Fusion VM, and I believe I've installed VMware Tools. But how can I confirm that VMware Tools is running correctly? When I try step 8 of…
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