VMware Tools
VMware Tools™ (open-vm-tools) is a set of services for managing guest operating systems. For more information about VMware Tools, see About VMware Tools Administration in the VMware documentation.
For Windows, the VMware Tools version must be at least 12288. For Linux, the current version number depends on the OS.
Check installed version is available in Cloud Director. If the version is not current, upgrade VMware Tools.
Install VMware Tools
The initial installation automatically installs the latest version of VMware Tools.
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From Control Panel, open the Cloud Director panel: Cloud powered by VMware → Cloud Director.
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Open the virtual data center page.
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Go to Compute → Virtual Machines.
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From the ACTIONS menu of the virtual machine, select Install VMware Tools → Install.
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Verify that the package has installed:
- Linux
- Windows
dpkg -l | grep open-vm-tools
Example of a response in case of successful installation:
ii open-vm-tools 2:12.1.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.1 amd64 Open VMware Tools for virtual machines hosted on VMware (CLI)
Open the list of installed programs and check for VMware Tools.
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Verify that VMware Tools is running:
- Linux
- Windows
sudo systemctl status open-vm-tools.service
Open the Services → VMware Tools application and look at the State column. The value Executed must be specified and the startup type must be Automatic.
Check VMware Tools version
- From Control Panel, open the Cloud Director panel: Cloud powered by VMware → Cloud Director.
- Open the virtual data center page.
- Go to Compute → Virtual Machines.
- In the virtual machine card, click DETAILS.
- Under General in the VMware Tools field, look for the version of VMware Tools. If Not installed is specified, VMware Tools is not installed.
Update VMware Tools
We recommend that you always update VMware Tools to the latest version.
- Windows
- Ubuntu/Debian
- RHEL/CentOS
- From the official VMware repository, download the VMware Tools installer.
- Run the installer and follow the steps.
- Reboot the virtual machine.
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Update information about the latest packages from all configured sources:
sudo apt update
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Check for available updates:
sudo apt list -upgradable | grep open-vm-tools
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If there is an update available, install it:
sudo apt install open-vm-tools
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Update information about the latest packages from all configured sources:
sudo dnf check-update
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Check for available updates:
sudo dnf list available | grep open-vm-tools
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If there is an update available, install it:
sudo dnf install open-vm-tools