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Installing and Configuring Linux Guest Operating Systems

 TheVMwareToolscontrolpanel,whichletsyoumodifysettings,shrinkvirtualdisks,andconnectand

disconnectvirtualdevices.

 Asetofscriptsthathelpsyouautomateguestoperatingsystemoperations.Thescriptsrunwhenthe

virtualmachine’spowerstatechangesifyouconfigurethemtodoso.

 TheVMwareuserprocess(vmware-useronLinuxguests),whichenablesyoutocopyandpastetext

betweentheguestandmanagedhostoperatingsystems.InLinuxguests,thisprocesscontrolsgrabbing

andreleasingthemousecursorwhentheSVGAdriverisnotinstalled.

Makesureyouconfiguretheguestoperatingsystem

toincludethedevelopmentpackagesbeforeinstallingor

reinstallingVMwareTools.ThisenablesVMwareToolstodeterminethecorrectmouseconfigurationand

moduleconfiguration.Animproperlyconfiguredguestoperatingsystemcancauseproblems,includingguest

operatingsystemcrashes,whenyouinstallVMwareTools.

VMwareToolshasthefollowinglimitationsinLinux

virtualmachines:

 Shrinkdiskisnotsupported.

 ThemousedriverinstallationfailsinXWindowSystemversionsearlierthan4.2.0.

TheinstallersforVMwareToolsarebuiltintoESXasISOimagefiles.AnISOimagefilelookslikeaCD‐ROM

toyourguestoperatingsystem.YoudonotuseanactualCD‐ROMdisctoinstall

VMwareTools,nordoyou

needtodownloadtheCD‐ROMimageorburnaphysicalCD‐ROMofthisimagefile.

WhenyouselecttoinstallVMwareTools,VirtualCentertemporarilyconnectsthevirtualmachine’sfirstvirtual

CD‐ROMdiskdrivetotheISOimagefilethatcontainstheVMwareTools

installerforyourguestoperating

system.Youarereadytobegintheinstallationprocess.

To install or upgrade VMware Tools on a Linux guest from X with the RPM installer

YoucanperformRPMinstallationsonlyincertainLinuxdistributionssuchasRedHatandSUSELinux

EnterpriseServer,amongothers.ForotherLinuxdistributions,followtheRMPinstallationguidelines

providedwiththedistributionorsee

thenextsection.

1Openaconsoletothevirtualmachine.

2Poweronthevirtualmachine.

3Aftertheguestoperatingsystemstarts,right‐clickthevirtualmachineandselectInstall/Upgrade

VMwareTools.Theremainingstepstakeplaceinsidethevirtualmachine.

4Dooneofthefollowing:

 IfyouseeaVMwareToolsCDicononthedesktop,double‐clickit,andafteritopens,double‐click

theRPMinstallerintherootoftheCD‐ROM.

 Ifyouseeafilemanagerwindow,double‐clicktheRPMinstallerfile.

InsomeLinuxdistributions,theVMwareToolsCDiconmightfailtoappearonthedesktop.Inthiscase,

double‐clickComputeranddouble‐clicktheCD‐ROMdriveandyoushouldseea

VMwareTools-3.5.0-<xxxxx>.i386.rpmfileaswell

asaVMwareTools-3.5.0-<xxxxx>.tar.gzfile

(where<xxxxx>isthebuildnumberoftheESXrelease—forexample,buildnumber82663forESX3.5

Update1).OryoumayinstallVMwareToolsfromthecommandline,asdescribedinthenextsection.

5Ifprompted,entertherootpasswordandclickOK.Theinstallerprepares

thepackages.

6ClickContinuewhentheinstallerpresentsadialogboxthatshowsCompletedSystemPreparation.A

dialogboxappearswithaprogressbar.Whentheinstallerisdone,VMwareToolsisinstalled.Thereisno

confirmationorfinishbutton,howeveryoucanverifyinstallationinVIClientintheSummary

tabofthe

Linuxvirtualmachine.Youcandeletethevmware-tools-distribfolder.

NOTEIfyoudonothaveVMwareToolsinstalledinyourvirtualmachine,youcannotusetheshutdownor

restartoptionsinVirtualCenter .Youcanuseonlythepoweroptions.Ifyouwanttoshutdowntheguest

operatingsystem,shutitdownfromwithinthevirtualmachineconsolebeforeyou

poweroffthevirtual

machine.

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