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--- linux_wiki:vmware_tools [2015/10/03 00:06]
billdozor created
+++ linux_wiki:vmware_tools [2019/05/25 23:50] (current)
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 **Checklist**
-  * Install completed on CentOS 6.
+  * Distro(s): Enterprise Linux 6/7
+----
+===== Uninstall Previous Versions =====
+Remove previous versions of vmware tools or the installer will complain.
+Uninstall previously installed compiled (tar) version of vmware tools<code bash>vmware-uninstall-tools.pl</code>
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 ===== CentOS 6 - VMware Tools =====
-  - Open vSphere Client and navigate to VM
+Create VMware Tools Repo
-  - Right click VM => Guest => Install VMWare Tools
+<code bash>
-  - Login to VM as root
+vim /etc/yum.repos.d/vmware-tools.repo
-  - Create mount directory
-    * <code bash>mkdir /mnt/cdrom</code>
+[vmware-tools]
-  - Mount CDROM
+name=VMware Tools
-    * <code bash>mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom</code>
+baseurl=http://packages.vmware.com/tools/esx/5.5latest/rhel6/x86_64/
-  - Copy Install archive to tmp
+enabled=1
-    * <code bash>cp /mnt/cdrom/VMwareTools-8.6.15-2495133.tar.gz /tmp/</code>
+gpgcheck=1
-  - Extract
+</code>
-    * <code bash>tar -xvf VMwareTools-8.6.15-2495133.tar.gz</code>
-  - Install Prereqs
+Import the repo key
-    * <code bash>yum install perl</code>
+<code bash>
-  - Install vmware-tools and answer yes to run the configure script (default)
+rpm --import http://packages.vmware.com/tools/keys/VMWARE-PACKAGING-GPG-RSA-KEY.pub
-    * <code bash>/tmp/vmware-tools-distrib/vmware-install.pl</code>
+</code>
-    * Accept defaults for all directory install locations by pressing enter.
-    * Accept defaults for features to enable (do not enable features for Fushion or Workstation environments)
+Install
-  - Un-mount cdrom
+<code bash>
-    * <code bash>umount /mnt/cdrom</code>
+yum install vmware-tools-esx-kmods vmware-tools-esx-nox
-  - Cleanup tmp files
+</code>
-    * <code bash>rm /tmp/VMwareTools-* ; rm -rf /tmp/vmware-*</code>
-  - Reboot
+----
-    * <code bash>shutdown -r now</code>
+===== CentOS 7 - VMware Tools =====
+VMware tools is available in the CentOS 7 base repo.
+Install
+<code bash>
+yum install open-vm-tools
+</code>
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