Or, Install VMware
tool in CentOS.
Or, Install VMware
tool in Linux/CentOS virtual machine.
Description: Please
make sure you are having internet access on the CentOS/Linux machines you are
trying to install VMware tool. This will help you in installing prerequisites of
VMware tools before proceeding with the VMware tools installations.
Steps (please
follow the stages of the steps given below very carefully to get the VM tools
installed successfully):
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Stage-1 (Install prerequisites):
Note: Make sure
internet is accessible on the virtual machine you are installing VMware tool.
# yum install open-vm-tools
# yum install perl gcc make kernel-headers kernel-devel -y
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Stage-2 (Proceed with
vmware tool installation):
1. Attach the VMware tools package using vSphere client
(Right Click on Virtual Machine > Go to Guest > Click on Install/upgrade
VMware tool option)
2. Now Run following commands sequentially to install VMware
tool.
# mount /dev/cdrom /mnt
# cd /mnt
# ls
manifest.txt VMwareTools-10.0.6-3620759.tar.gz vmware-tools-upgrader-64
run_upgrader.sh
vmware-tools-upgrader-32
# cp -p VMwareTools-10.0.6-3620759.tar.gz /tmp
# cd /tmp
# tar xzvf VMwareTools-10.0.6-3620759.tar.gz
# cd vmware-tools-distrib
# ./vmware-install.pl
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Wait for the installation to be completed (you may need to Type YES and press Enter multiple time during the installation of the VMware tool).
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