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  1. Vmware tool version linux
  2. Prerequisites
  3. Procedure
  4. What to do next
  5. Checking the version of VMware Tools inside a Linux Virtual Machine on ESX(i)
  6. How should I check the version of VMware Tools?
  7. For Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  8. For Windows Server
  9. Related Pages
  10. Installing and upgrading VMware Tools on x86 Linux VMs
  11. Checking the VMware Tools version
  12. Updating VMware Tools
  13. Installing VMware Tools
  14. Vmware tool version linux
  15. Prerequisites
  16. Procedure
  17. What to do next

Vmware tool version linux

It is recommended that you use Open VM Tools in Linux virtual machines.

For more information about Linux distributions supported by Open VM Tools, see https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/master/README.md and the VMware Compatibility Guide at https://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php.

  • Modern Linux distributions not officially supported by tar tools.
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and later releases.
    • CentOS 8 and later releases.
    • Oracle Linux 8 and later releases.
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 and later releases.

    For the Linux virtual machines that have Open VM Tools installed but are not in the scope mentioned in the preceding bullet, Install/Update/Reinstall VMware Tools menu is enabled, so that you can install bundled tar tools on top of Open VM Tools to get Shared Folder (HGFS) feature support.

    For old Linux virtual machines not supported by Open VM Tools, perform the following steps to install tar tools.

    Prerequisites

    • Power on the virtual machine.
    • Verify that the guest operating system is running.
    • Because the VMware Tools installer is written in Perl, verify that Perl is installed in the guest operating system.

    Procedure

    If the CD-ROM device is mounted, the CD-ROM device and its mount point are listed in a manner similar to the following output:

    /dev/cdrom on /mnt/cdrom type iso9660 (ro,nosuid,nodev)

    Some Linux distributions use different mount point names. For example, on some distributions the mount point is /media/VMware Tools rather than /mnt/cdrom . Modify the command to reflect the conventions that your distribution uses.

    Some Linux distributions use different device names or organize the /dev directory differently. If your CD-ROM drive is not /dev/cdrom or if the mount point for a CD-ROM is not /mnt/cdrom , modify the command to reflect the conventions that your distribution uses.

    The location of this directory depends on where you placed it during the previous installation. Often this directory is placed in /tmp/vmware-tools-distrib .

    tar zxpf /mnt/cdrom/VMwareTools-x.x.x-yyyy.tar.gz
    cd vmware-tools-distrib sudo ./vmware-install.pl

    Usually, the vmware-config-tools.pl configuration file runs after the installer file finishes running. If you attempt to install a tar installation over an RPM installation, or the reverse, the installer detects the previous installation and must convert the installer database format before continuing.

    Depending on the features you use, these instructions can include restarting the X session, restarting networking, logging in again, and starting the VMware User process. You can alternatively reboot the guest operating system to accomplish all these tasks.

    What to do next

    If a new virtual hardware version is available for the virtual machine, upgrade the virtual hardware.

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    Checking the version of VMware Tools inside a Linux Virtual Machine on ESX(i)

    There are a number of ways to check the version of a VMware Tools installation within a Linux Virtual Machine, as stated by the VMware KB on “Verifying a VMware Tools build version”. However, they don’t all work if you are running a mixed environment with some older hosts and older versions of VMware Tools.

    You may want to verify if VMware Tools is even running. New versions are running as “/usr/sbin/vmtoolsd” whereas old versions run as “vmware-guestd”.

    # ps faux | grep -P '(vmware|vmtoolsd)' | grep -v grep root 2714 0.0 0.0 17560 812 ? Ss 2011 19:26 /usr/lib/vmware-tools/sbin64/vmware-guestd --background /var/run/vmware-guestd.pid
    # ps faux | grep -P '(vmware|vmtoolsd)' | grep -v grep root 11488 0.0 0.1 46644 2900 ? S 10:02 0:00 /usr/sbin/vmtoolsd

    To find the version of your VMware Tools, your first try should be the following at the command line.

    # /usr/bin/vmware-toolbox-cmd -v 8.3.12.8191 (build-493255)

    If you are getting the error that the binary does not exist, you’re running a fairly old version of VMware Tools.

    # /usr/bin/vmware-toolbox-cmd -bash: /usr/bin/vmware-toolbox-cmd: No such file or directory

    If that’s the case, you can try to check the version via the config-tools script.

    # grep buildNr /usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl my $buildNr; $buildNr = '4.0.0 build-236512'; return remove_whitespaces($buildNr);

    That will show you the build number of your ESX(i) host, and not directly the VMware Tools version. If that still shows 4.0, you can already upgrade to ESX(i) 4.1 which has an updated version of VMware Tools available that features the “vmware-toolbox-cmd” command.

    An alternative without grepping the config-tools is invoking the tool and searching the output.

    # vmware-config-tools.pl -h 2>&1 | grep "VMware Tools" VMware Tools 4.0.0 build-236512 for configurator.

    On some VMware Tools installations, you can also find your version using the following:

    However, I could not find a host within my reach to demonstrate the output.

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    How should I check the version of VMware Tools?

    You can check the VMware Tools version from your guest OS.
    Here is an example of how to check the VMware Tools version for Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Windows Server.

    For Red Hat Enterprise Linux

    Please execute the command below on your guest OS.

    # vmware-toolbox-cmd -v 9.0.10.29005 (build-1481436)

    For Windows Server

    Please right-click the VMware Tools icon in the task tray and click on «About VMware Tools».

    It is accommodated to Windows Update as of the time of the release of Templates.
    You can check the date and time of the update of the Template that was applied to the Virtual Machine at «C:Enterprise_Cloud_Appsreadme.txt» in the Windows OS.

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    Installing and upgrading VMware Tools on x86 Linux VMs

    VMware Tools provides many drivers specific to running your x86 VM operating system. Among others, VMware Tools provides the video driver that allows you to control your VM mouse cursor and the networking drivers required for VM network connectivity.

    If you’re having issues with the mouse cursor or connecting to the VM, make sure you’re using the Skytap-supported version of VMware Tools. Newer versions of VMware Tools may not work with Skytap VMs.

    • Don’t install VMware Tools on Power (non-x86) VMs.
    • Skytap supports VMware Tools version 11.0.5 build 15389592 for Windows VMs and version 10.0.6 build 3560309 for legacy Linux VMs. These versions are available as an .ISO in the Skytap public assets library. They can also be downloaded from the VMware website. Using unsupported versions of VMware Tools may cause unexpected behavior in Skytap VMs.
    • Most modern major Linux distributions include `open-vm-tools`, an open-source product that generally works with Skytap. For more information, see github/vmware/open-vm-tools. If your VM has and problems with `open-vm-tools` (for example, if it doesn’t shut down correctly), follow the instructions below to install VMware tools.

    Checking the VMware Tools version

    To check which version of VMware Tools is installed on an x86 Linux VM
    1. Open Terminal.
    2. Enter the following command to display the VMware Tools information in Terminal:

    Updating VMware Tools

    You can’t update VMware Tools for Linux. Instead, use the instructions below to install the latest supported version.

    Installing VMware Tools

    These instructions describe the process for installing VMware Tools on Ubuntu 16.04. The steps for your Linux distribution will likely be different.

    1. Before editing the VM, create a template of it. Should any issues arise, you can restore your VM from this template.
    2. Navigate to the environment details page for the environment that contains the VM you want to update. Make sure that the VM is powered on and that you’re logged in.
    3. On the tile for the VM you want to update, click Load ISO(Load ISO). load ISO
    4. Click All.
    5. Select the ISO to install VMware Tools for Linux. select ISO
    6. Click load ISO(Load ISO).
    7. Depending on the VM guest OS settings, the ISO may automatically mount in the VM or you may need to mount the ISO manually. 
     mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom

    Источник

    Vmware tool version linux

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    You can manually install VMware Tools on a Linux virtual machine using the command line. For later Linux distributions, use the integrated open-vm-tools version.

    For more information about Linux distributions supported by Open VM Tools, see Open VM Tools (README) and the VMware Compatibility Guide at https://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php.

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