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Select Install VMware Tools from the ensuing menu. Right-click the VM on which you wish to install VMware Tools and highlight Guest OS on the drop-down menu. If the distribution you are using offers this, you will be able to find the Open VM Tools under the package name: open-vm-tools Linux (Older Versions) This allows VMware Tools to be maintained in the same way as other components of the VM's OS. Most recent Linux distributions offer the installation of VMware Tools via their package management systems.

SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP4 and higher.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 and higher.

This installation method is valid for the following versions of GNU/Linux: For more information for operating systems not covered here, please see the VMware documentation for VMware Tools.

If you would like to read more on OVT head on over to this article.The procedure for installing VMware Tools varies depending on the OS on your VM. VMware fully supports for the OS’s that are certified on the VMware Compatibility Guide.

SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 and later releases.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 and later releases.

Recent Ubuntu releases (12.04 LTS, 13.10 and later).

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Updating OVT will be done through the Linux update mechanic and you can no longer update them using vCenter.įor now the following distributions include OVT: This means that customers don’t have to manage the lifecycle of the VMware Tools for certain Linux distributions anymore. No you can install or update the VMware Tools just like you would otherwise.įurthermore VMware Tools for Linux (Open-VM-Tools or OVT for short) has been handed over to the Linux community enabeling the adoption of the tools in the Linux kernel main line.

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Ln -s /vmfs/volumes/ shared_datastore_name/vmware-tools /productLockerĪfter this you should be able to change to the productlocker directory and find the ISO file you placed on the datastore

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For the manual way you need to run commands from the ESXi shell. For ESXi 5.x or later you can use this command: This can be done by either rebooting the host or manually by recreating the symbolic link. Now that the configuration is changed we need to apply it. The host will automatically search the sub directory within the parent directory you entered. Make note that you do not enter the sub directory that is holding the actual ISO file. Change this setting so that it contains the path to the directory you created in the previous step. You can find this setting within the Advanced settings for the host using the vSphere (web) client. Next you will need to adjust the “UserVars.ProductLockerLocation” setting on each host (you could use host profiles to reduce the manual repetition). In this folder you will place the new VMware Tools ISO file that you downloaded van the VMware site. It doesn’t matter what name you give the directory as long as the sub folder has the name “ vmtools“. This link by default points to a directory on the local datastore. Fortunately for us the location that the symbolic link points to can be changed so that a shared datastore can be used.įirst you would need to create a directory on one of your shared datastores like I have done in the screenshot below. On each host there is a location called the “ProductLocker”, which is a symbolic link that is created when booting a host. It is possible to change the location where an ESXi host looks for the VMware Tools.

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You can now download them directly from the VMware site, but that still means you need to get the ISO ready for use.Ĭopying the ISO to every ESXi would be a time consuming task and luckily there is an alternative. Now that the VMware Tools aren’t included with the ESXi builds it is no longer possible to download them through Update Manager. Prior to this change the ISO file that was downloaded with a new build would be placed on the local datastore of an ESXi host. When applying the VMware Tools to a virtual machine the ISO would be mounted form the local datastore and unmounted after the installation / update was done. Now VMware decided to untie the build releases, given the VMware Tools enginering team the ability to provide the latest benefits as quickly as possible to their customers. After updating an ESXi host you would have the ability apply a new build of the VMware Tools to your virtual machines.

Until recently new builds of the VMware Tools where tied to the ESXi builds.