How to Install VMware Tools on CentOS/RHEL 8 VMware Virtual Machines

1. How do I install VMware tools on a virtual machine?
2. How do I install VMware tools on Linux?
3. How do I start VMware tools in Linux?
4. How do I know if VMware tools is installed on redhat?
5. How do I know if VMware tools are installed?
6. How do I upgrade VMware tools in Linux virtual machine?
7. What is VMware tools for Linux?
8. How do I install Open VMware tools on my desktop?
9. What is the difference between open-VM-tools and VMware tools?
10. How do I find VMware Tools version in Linux?
11. How do I open VMware tools?
12. How do I enable open VM tools?

How do I install VMware tools on a virtual machine?

To install VMware Tools, follow this procedure:

1. Start the virtual machine.
2. On the menu of the VMware console window, choose Player→Manage→Install VMware Tools. The dialog box shown here appears. ...
3. Click Download and Install. ...
4. Follow the instructions in the Setup program to install the VMware tools.

How do I install VMware tools on Linux?

VMware Tools for Linux Guests

1. Choose VM > Install VMware Tools. ...
2. Double-click the VMware Tools CD icon on the desktop. ...
3. Double-click the RPM installer in the root of the CD-ROM.
4. Enter the root password.
5. Click Continue. ...
6. Click Continue when the installer presents a dialog box saying Completed System Preparation.

How do I start VMware tools in Linux?

To work around this issue, you can manually start, stop, or restart VMware Tools with the commands:

1. /etc/vmware-tools/services.sh start.
2. /etc/vmware-tools/services.sh stop.
3. /etc/vmware-tools/services.sh restart.

How do I know if VMware tools is installed on redhat?

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: vmware-toolbox-cmd -v. If VMware Tools is not installed, a message displays to indicate this.

How do I know if VMware tools are installed?

Checking the VMware Tools version

1. Locate the VMware Tools icon in the System Tray. Move the mouse pointer over the icon. ...
2. To check which version is installed, right-click the VMware Tools icon and select About VMware Tools. The About VMware Tools dialog displays information about the currently installed version.

How do I upgrade VMware tools in Linux virtual machine?

Procedure. Select the menu command to mount the VMware Tools virtual disc on the guest operating system. Right-click the virtual machine and select All vCenter Actions > Guest OS > Install/Upgrade VMware Tools.

What is VMware tools for Linux?

VMware Tools is a suite of utilities that enhances the performance of the virtual machines guest operating system and improves management of the virtual machine. ... Provides the ability to take quiesced snapshots of the guest OS. Synchronizes the time in the guest operating system with the time on the host.

How do I install Open VMware tools on my desktop?

Procedure

1. Make sure the package index is updated: sudo apt-get update.
2. The command to install and upgrade are the same. If the VM has a GUI (X11, and so on), install or upgrade open-vm-tools-desktop: sudo apt-get install open-vm-tools-desktop.
3. Otherwise, install open-vm-tools: sudo apt-get install open-vm-tools.

What is the difference between open-VM-tools and VMware tools?

Open-VM tools (OVT) is an open source implementation of VMware tools. The same as VMware tools, OVT is suite of virtualization utilities which improves the performance, functionality, administration and management of virtual machines (VMs) running within VMware vSphere environment.

How do I find VMware Tools version in Linux?

Verifying a VMware Tools build version (1003947)

1. From the Console, run the vmware-toolbox command from terminal and click About.
2. To determine the vmware-tools version, run the command: vmware-toolbox-cmd -v.

How do I open VMware tools?

To open the VMware Tools control panel, double-click the VMware Tools icon in the system tray. If the VMware Tools icon does not appear in the system tray, go to Start > Control Panel. Locate the VMware Tools icon and double-click it.

How do I enable open VM tools?

Procedure

1. Go to Manage > System Settings > Advanced Tuning Parameters.
2. Perform one of the following tasks: If you want to. Do. Enable Open VM Tools support. Set vmtoolsd. enabled to true. Disable Open VM Tools support. Set vmtoolsd. enabled to false. ...
3. Reload the page.
4. Apply the changes to the system.