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1. Installing VMware Tools
Link: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Tools/12.3.0/com.vmware.vsphere.vmwaretools.doc/GUID-D8892B15-73A5-4FCE-AB7D-56C2C90BD951.html
Description: Updated on 02/16/2024. Installing VMware Tools is part of the process of creating a new virtual machine, and upgrading VMware Tools is part of the process of keeping your virtual machine up to current standards. Although your guest operating systems can run without VMware Tools, many VMware features are not available until you install VMware Tools.
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2. How to install VMware Tools (1014294) | VMware KB
Link: https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1014294
Description: Mar 13, 2019 · Resolution. Installing VMware Tools. The following are general steps used to start the VMware Tools installation in most VMware products. Certain guest operating systems may require different steps, but these steps work for most operating systems. Links to more detailed steps for different operating systems are included in this article.
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Link: https://customerconnect.vmware.com/en/downloads/info/slug/datacenter_cloud_infrastructure/vmware_tools/12_x
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4. VMware Tools Documentation
Link: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Tools/index.html
Description: VMware Tools is a set of services and components that enable several features in various VMware products for better management and seamless user interactions with guest operating systems. VMware Tools Lifecycle Management provides a simplified and scalable approach for installation and upgrade of VMware Tools.
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5. Manually Install VMware Tools on Windows
Link: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Tools/12.3.0/com.vmware.vsphere.vmwaretools.doc/GUID-391BE4BF-89A9-4DC3-85E7-3D45F5124BC7.html
Description: Mar 14, 2024 · Download PDF. Feedback. Updated on 03/14/2024. You can manually install VMware Tools on a windows virtual machine. The Guest operating systems that support VMware Tools are Windows 2000 and earlier, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista and later versions.
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6. Introduction to VMware Tools
Link: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Tools/12.3.0/com.vmware.vsphere.vmwaretools.doc/GUID-28C39A00-743B-4222-B697-6632E94A8E72.html
Description: Jun 14, 2021 · VMware Tools is a set of services and modules that enable several features in VMware products for better management of guests operating systems and seamless user interactions with them. VMware Tools has the ability to: Pass messages from the host operating system to the guest operating system.
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7. Download VMware Tools - VMware Customer Connect
Link: https://customerconnect.vmware.com/en/downloads/details?downloadGroup=VMTOOLS1126&productId=1073
Description: Apr 29, 2021 · Download VMware Tools. VMware Tools is a set of services and modules that enable several features in VMware products for better management of, and seamless user interactions with, guests operating systems.
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8. Open VM Tools - VMware Docs
Link: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Tools/12.3.0/com.vmware.vsphere.vmwaretools.doc/GUID-8B6EA5B7-453B-48AA-92E5-DB7F061341D1.html
Description: Updated on 07/28/2023. Open VM Tools (open-vm-tools) is the open source implementation of VMware Tools for Linux and FreeBSD guest operating systems. The open-vm-tools suite is bundled with some Linux operating systems and is installed as a part of the OS, eliminating the need to separately install the suite on guest operating systems.
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9. GitHub - vmware/open-vm-tools: Official repository of VMware open-vm
Link: https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools
Description: open-vm-tools is a set of services and modules that enable several features in VMware products for better management of, and seamless user interactions with, guests. It includes kernel modules for enhancing the performance of virtual machines running Linux or other VMware supported Unix like guest operating systems.
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10. Install Open VM Tools - VMware Docs
Link: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Tools/12.3.0/com.vmware.vsphere.vmwaretools.doc/GUID-C48E1F14-240D-4DD1-8D4C-25B6EBE4BB0F.html
Description: Updated on 02/22/2023. Most Linux distributions include open-vm-tools and some distributions install open-vm-tools by default. The open-vm-tools provided by Linux distrubutions meet the need of many users. Note: Different Linux distributions update …