CENTOS VMWARE TOOLS DOWNLOAD HOW TO
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In a Windows OS you would get increased graphics performance as well as the ability to move mouse in and out of the console, but obviously that isn’t a problem with Linux in a shell environment. You can also use VMware tools if running scripts (for example Power CLI) to build more complex VM workflows, in example start-up that waits for tools to be running. You do get some insight into the guest OS with VMware tools, like the assigned IP-addresses and you can use VMware tools as a sign of guest OS health (as you can tell if the tools are running or not, and in a crashed OS tools won’t run).

A guest OS will function properly without VMware tools, but personally I don’t leave one without as the power actions do come in handy. In a case that you don’t need the drivers bundled with VMware tools, nor the functionality of shutdown/restart guest OS then the use of VMware tools is minimal. If you ever need to update a CentOS or RHEL server and exclude VMware tools from the update list, just use the following simple command: yum -x 'vmware-tools*' -x 'kmod-vmware-tools*' update Update:Ĭentos 7.x and RHEL 7.x guide can be found here.įorgot to answer this before. Note: The URL contains the ESX version (in example 5.1, 5.5 etc.).

CENTOS VMWARE TOOLS DOWNLOAD INSTALL

Install VMware-Tools yum -y install vmware-tools-esx-nox Install VMware-Tools yum -y install vmware-tools-esx-nox CentOS 6.x 32-bit You can browse the VMware tools repository with the following URL: You can also use the “latest” repository. Highlight the CD/Drive on the left sidebar under the Hardware tab and click on the remove button. Theres no need to download epel-release files any more - its now in the CentOS extras repo so you can just yum -enablerepoextras install epel-release - extras is enabled by default but the -enablerepo caters for those that have disabled it. (Don't start the VM) Select the 'Settings' option to edit the hardware settings. Open VMWare Workstation Player and right-click on the VM.

CENTOS VMWARE TOOLS DOWNLOAD HOW TO

If you have 5.1 Update 1, change the repository accordingly. How to install/reinstall VMWare tools grayed out.

The examples below are for the base version of ESXi 5.1 and 5.5. Installing VMware Tools on Centos 6.x is quite simple, here is a short reminder on how to do it.

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