

In order to do this, our VM needs to have access to the internet to be able to download the packages from the configured repositories.

Soon after you click on Install VMware Tools, you’ll see a new archive appear on the desktop titled VMware Tools, as shown below. In the following steps, we will install open-vm-tools for Ubuntu from the command line. Click on the VM menu at the top of the window and select Install VMware Tools, as shown below. More recently, VMware has been encouraging Operating System vendors and communities to develop their own version of the VMware tools, which are known as the “open-vm-tools.” The VMware Tools (VMware ISO) installations for most Operating Systems are now described as “deprecated”. In the “Old Days,” the norm was to mount an ISO provided by VMware and install their version of the VMware Tools. Most every Virtual Machine needs to have some sort of VMware Tools running. VMware Tools support for guest operating systems in 10.1.10 windows.iso supports Windows Vista and later.

John Borhek How to guides, Linux, Operating Systems, Ubuntu, VMware vSphere October 6, 2015 VMware Tools is a suite of utilities that enhances the performance of the virtual machine's guest operating system and improves management of the virtual machine.
