VMware: Installation/Upgrade VMware Tools – Red Had Linux Ent. x64

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Last week I created a little “how-to” for some system engineers to install/upgrade VMware Tools in their test environment. Here’s the translated (public) version:

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– VM Summary: VMware Tools – Running (unsupported)

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– Select VM > Guest > VMware Tools Install. The Infrastructure Client will mount VMware Tools ISO inside the VM

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– Create a directory, type in: mkdir /mnt/cdrom next you need to mount the CD-Rom drive, type in:

mount /dec/cdrom /mnt/cdrom

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– The VMware Tools ISO is mounted and must be extracted, type:

cp/mnt/cdrom/VMwareTools [BUILD NUMBER ^] /tmp/

– Navigate to the tmp folder: cd /tmp/

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– Type:

 cd vmware-tools-distrib/

– To install the VMware Tools module type:

./vmware-install.pl


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– The installation detected an older version of VMware Tools, to uninstall this version, type: yes

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– The installation will start, during the installation you need to answer some questions. If you press [enter] the installation will continue with default settings.

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– Type: yes

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– VMware Host-Guest Filesystem is most of the time disabled or not isntalled, also in this installation choose: No

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Type in: No

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– The installation is finished , the VMware Tools ISO will be ejected automatically

 

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– In the vSphere inventory the VMware Tools is Running and correct installed

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