■ To determine whether you have the latest version of VMware Tools, look on the Summary tab for the virtual machine.ġ) Select the menu command to mount the VMware Tools virtual disc on the guest operating system. ■ Because the VMware Tools installer is written in Perl, verify that Perl is installed in the guest operating system. ■ Verify that the guest operating system is running. For more information, see Operating System Specific Packages for Linux Guest Operating Systems. With OSPs you can use the native update mechanisms of your operating system to download, install, and manage VMware Tools. For virtual machines in a vSphere environment, you can alternatively use VMware Tools operating system specific packages (OSPs) to install and upgrade VMware Tools. This procedure describes how to use the VMware Tools tar installer to install or upgrade VMware Tools. When you power on a virtual machine, if a new version of VMware Tools is available, you see a notification in the status bar of the guest operating system. Install the latest version of VMware Tools to enhance the performance of the virtual machine's guest operating system and improve virtual machine management. Click Install to start the installation process:ġ0.For Linux virtual machines, you manually install or upgrade VMware Tools by using the command line. The Complete installation option will install all VMware Tools features, while the Custom installation option will let you choose which features to install.ĩ. The Typical installation option will suffice for most situations. Select the installation type and click Next. Click Next in the Welcome to the installation wizard window:Ĩ. If you didn’t get the AutoPlay window, go to D:\setup.exe, where D: is the virtual CD-ROM drive.ħ. Click on Run setup64.exe to start the VMware installation. Click Download and Install in the Software Updates window that opens:Ħ. From the Player menu bar, select Player > Manage > Install VMware Tools to start the VMware Tools installation:ĥ. Log in in the guest OS as the administrator.Ĥ. Make sure that the Auto detect option is selected:ģ. Under Hardware, go to CD/DVD and select the Use physical drive option on the left. To do this, go to Player > Manage > Virtual Machine Settings: This enables the virtual machine’s first virtual CD/DVD drive to detect and connect to the VMware Tools ISO file. Configure the virtual CD/DVD drive to autodetect a physical drive. The guest OS must be running in order to install VMware Tools.Ģ. If the virtual machine is turned off, power it on. VMware Tools is automatically installed when the Easy Install option is used for Windows installation, but if you didn’t use this option, you will need to install VMware Tools manually. VMware strongly recommends installing VMware Tools in a virtual machine running Windows OS.
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