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Installing and Configuring Linux Guest Operating Systems
VirtualmachinesmustbehostedonESXServer3.0.1orgreater,andtheVirtualCenterservermustbe
version2.0.1orgreater.
VirtualmachinesmustberunningaguestoperatingsystemthatissupportedbyESXServer3.0.1or
greaterandVirtualCenter2.0.1orgreater.
Virtualmachinesmustbepoweredon.
TomanuallyupgradeVMwareTools:
1 LaunchtheVIClientandlogintotheVirtualCenterserver.
2 SelecttheInventory>HostsandClustersview.
3 Selectthehostorclusterthatcontainsthevirtualmachinesyouwanttoupgrade.
4 SelecttheVirtualMachinestab.
5 Selectthevirtualmachinesyouwanttoupgradeandpowerthemon.
6Right‐clickyourselectionsandselectInstall/UpgradeVMwareTools.
7 (Optional)Entercommand‐lineoptionsintheAdvancedfield(see“AppendixB:Command‐LineOptions
forVMwareToolsUpgrades”onpage 21).
8ClickOK.
ToconfigurevirtualmachinestoupgradeVMw areToolsautomatically:
1Makesureyourvirtual
machineispoweredoffandopentheVirtualMachinePropertiesdialogboxfor
thevirtualmachineyouwanttoupgrade.
2 SelectOptionstab>VMwareTools.
3 SelectCheckandupgradeToolsbeforeeachpower‐onunderAdvanced.
4ClickOK.
Thenexttimethevirtualmachineispoweredon,itchecksthe
ESXhostforanewerversionofVMwareTools.
Ifoneisavailable,itisinstalledand,ifrequired,theguestoperatingsystemisrestarted.
Cloning a Linux Guest Operating System
AfteryouhavecreatedandconfiguredaLinuxvirtualmachine,youhavetheoptionofconvertingitintoa
template.YoucanthenusetoolsinVirtualCentertocloneadditionalvirtualmachinesfromthistemplate.
Duringthecloningprocessatechniquecalledcustomizationallowsyoutocustomizetheidentityandnetwork
settingsofyourvirtualmachine’sguestoperatingsystemsoitisreadytobeginworkimmediatelyinyour
targetenvironment.Cloningandcustomizationallowyoutoprovisionnewvirtualmachinesmuchmore
quicklythanyoucanbybuildingthemmanually.Youcansaveyourvirtualmachinesettingsinaspecification
thatyoucanrecalllaterandreuse.YoudothisusingtheGuestCustomizationwizard.Thereareseveralways
toaccessthecustomizationwizard,asdescribedbelow.
Linux Requirements for Guest Customization
GuestcustomizationofaLinuxguestoperatingsystemcanoccurif:
ThecloneortemplatehasoneofthefollowingLinuxversionsinstalled:
RedHatEnterpriseLinuxASversions2through5(including64‐bitversions)
RedHatApplicationServerversions2through5(including64‐bitversions)
SUSELINUXEnterpriseServer8,9,or10
ThemostrecentversionofVMwareToolsisinstalledintheguestoperatingsystem.
N
OTECustomizationforRedHatLinux4andgreaterandSUSELinuxEnterpriseServer9andgreater
issupportedonlyonhostsrunningESX3.5andgreaterorESXi3.5andgreater.
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