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• How to download the latest VMware tools

  Dear team,

  Can you get it someone please let me know where I can download the latest VMware tools?

  concerning

  Mr. VMware

  Hello

  You can download the tool here:

  http://packages.VMware.com/tools/ESX/index.html

  Index of /45848/tools/esx/5.5latest

  Index of /45848/tools/esx/5.1latest

  Kind regards

  P.

• Is there an alternative to the Update Manager - download the latest VMWare Tools for Windows Server 2003

  Hello

  I am really struggling to find an alternative to the Update Manager to download the latest VMWare Tools for Windows (Server 2003)

  There must be a link of just download somewhere? I scoured VMWare.com nothing helps...

  I can find of the OSP for other platforms (SUSE, Ubuntu etc), but nothing for Windows! Why?

  Any help really appreciated!

  Kind regards

  Tony.

  So you are saying I need to download the latest version of ESX/vSphere and then extract the VM Tools of which rpm?

  It might be a way to get them, if you are unable to install the product.

  The version will say vSphere 4.0 be OK for ESXi 3.5 VMs?

  Yes

  André

• I bought 5 Fusion pro and cannot get the VMware Tools to install

  Bought a new iMac and bought Fusion 5 Pro.  I have a 5 year old and reclassified iMac Fusion 4-5 fusion and had no problems.  The new computer is for my wife and I tried and tried to migrate the laptop and it failed every time.  So, I did a clean install of Windows 7 and before I downloaded everything that I installed VMWare Tools.  For the past 2 days, I was passage of the files from the laptop and install programs that she had on the laptop.  Problems with Word and excel as they sit a spin.  Money went to re - install VMware Tools and it launches the installation program and then comes up with an error message... Error 1606: Could Not Access Network Location \\<host>\users\administrator\my documents

  Went into Windows to uninstall VMware tools and he started the uninstall program then stopped and got the same message.  I can not uninstall tools and cannot re - install the tools.  I need help to solve this problem.  I'm a guy of plug-and-play and if there is code to do, in my opinion, I'm sunk.

  Anyone have any ideas on how to solve this problem, so I can get up and go?

  Extra solution after Woodys - please check if mirror folder is enabled or not, if it is enabled, please disable it then try to reinstall the tools.

• Where DL VMware Tools 8.4.6 for Windows 7 x 64?

  Where can I download VMware Tools for Windows 7 x 64 8.4.6 officially?  I found a source to MediaFire, but I would have preferred a VMware site.  Thank you very much.  Enjoy, John.

  Just run it without parameters and it will install the windows.iso file to the default location, and then you can choose to install VMware Tools normally.

• Need for security upgrade VMware Tools?

  Hello, Im using a VMware environment that runs a good handful of Linux VM.  We're running 5.1 VMware update 3 on all hosts.

  Im not a Linux guy and im going to have to start learning more about Linux, but I've noticed to allocate to the virtual machine is here who have Linux, either do not have VMware tools installed, or are obsolete.  Its mix of Red Hat Enterprise 6, SUSE Linux 11, CentOS 4/5/6/7 and Ubuntu.

  My first concern is security, from a point of view security should I get these Linux VM up to date with the latest VMware tools, or else get installed on it?

  A feature point of view im says that the virtual machine is working well.

  Thank you

  Mike

  Hi Defrogger,

  I have a small number of Linux virtual machines in my environment and I have VMware tools installed, its always good to keep up to date.

  They also provide the required drivers for the VM Client interact with the reliable ESXi host. This interface allows also ESXi host be able to check on the health of the client VM during its operation.

  Here's a link below to help you install vmware tools on linux servers

  VMware Tools for Linux clients

  Rob

• VMware Tools for Mac on EsXi 5.5

  I'm trying to install VMware Tools on a Mac on my 5.5 EsXi box.  I get the following error:

  VMWare Tools upgrade error

  Call 'VirtualMachine.MountToolsInstaller' for the 'host name' object on EsXi host failed.

  VIX 21003 = error code

  Anyone where I can download Vmware Tools for mac on an EsXi 5.5 box?  Perform a google search, I am led to this page to download VMware Tools:

  Index of /45848/tools/esx/5.0

  However, this site lists only on Windows and Linux.  I do not see any version of Vmware Tools Mac.

  Nevermind, I was able to get rid of the error message by removing my cd player.  Its strange that after mounting will cause this error.  Also its strange that there isn't any downloadable version online.  But no matter I got it solved.

• Upgrade VMware Tools in ESXi

  Hello

  I can't find how to upgrade vmware ESXi 4.0 to latest tools, or is it automatically upgrade itself to the latest version? I mean not for the guest OS but for ESXi. So when I install VMware Tools on a new guest OS I get the latest VMware tools.

  Thank you

  / Martin

  Hello

  You need to update your ESXi host, usually new updated comes with its own updated VMware tools. Use the Manager to update to patch/update your ESXi hosts. Once the host is update/upgrade VMware tools in the virtual machines will also have the opportunity to upgrade to the latest version.

  Hope this information is helpful

  Nikhil

• VMware Tools obsolete. update problems

  I use VMare Fusion on my MacBook running 10.6.4 2.0.6; Windows OS is XP Home Edition SP3

  I find more applications that previously did not work well in OSX now running on my MacBook (i.e., various applications of Garmin) and I rarely starts in Windows.

  However, not long ago I started in the Windows and saw the alert, "VMware tools is obsolete. Choose Virtual Machine > install VMwre Toold Menu. "I did it and it failed miserably. I lost tools completely, everything was a bloody mess.

  I moved my folder of the Virtual Machine to a backup on my MacBook to MacBook; I'm back to a point where everything is fine but I am also, of course, get the "VMware tools is obsolete. Choose the Virtual Machine. Installing VMwre Toold Menu. "

  When I choose "VM Menu > install VMwre Toold", I get this alert: you cannot install the VMware Tools package until the guest operating system is running. If your guest operating system is not running, click Cancel and install the VMware Tools package later.  But if I did the merger and then logged on to Windows, the comment system IS running; or am I missing something here?  My problem arises because I ignored this warning the first time I saw and click OK.

  Some good soul has the time and patience to explain what I'm obviously missing here so I can do and to update the VMware Tools?

  Thanks a lot, a lot, if anyone can

  Carl1 wrote:

  Among the choices there is VMware and VMware Tools 64 tools. On those who so that I should choose, please?

  Just run setup.exe

  Post edited by: WoodyZ

• How update the vmware tools on the guest or virtualcenter

  Hello

  We run a store where we support some linux boxes.  We had some problems with time drift and other things and on our vmware guy suggested put us the version of VMWare tools on the guest or virtual Center.  The only problem is that I can't find a procedure for this.

  To clarify, I'm not how to install VMWare tools on virtual machines.  We know how to do and we know to recompile after we patch the kernel.  But our guys VMWare suggests that in the end we're just recompile the same old version of VMWare tools to make it work with the new kernel.

  In fact, we suspect the version we have is very old, that we have not successfully updated because we were running on 2.5 and are now running on 4.0 Update 1 (wait for the 4.1 support nexus is added).

  Thank you

  Dan

  Welcome to the forums!

  So I assume you mean updating the source VMware Tools, which is then used to update VMware tools in guests?

  The guy from VMware is true, recompile the tools is necessary after a kernel update has been done. It is not up-to-date version. However, you must do that to make them work again.

  The latest VMware tools comes with the latest product or updates/patches for this product. Information shows that the tools are not updated after you apply this hotfix or an update.

  They also can be downloaded here (for ESX 4.x) : http://www.vmware.com/patch/s3portal.portal?_nfpb=true&_windowLabel=SearchPatch&SearchPatch_actionOverride=%2Fportlets%2Fpatchupdate%2FdisplayAllBundlePatches&_pageLabel=s3portal_pages_downloadPatch_page

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• How the news works of linux vmware-tools associated with the support of actions HGFS?

  Just to clarify, if it is possible to get from VMware Tools for Linux Guest users qualified/developer/maintainer.

  If memory serves me right, from 12 Workstation, VMware Tools for modified Linux related with the way it handles stocks HGFS.

  Installation of VMware tools on many Linux guests, I always see the same behavior.

  In some installations it build hgfs module, in others it seems fair to connect on vmhgfs-fuse executable. No module hgfs not charged in this case of the kernel then HGFS works as expected.

  Exactly how it works under the hood, how to install VMware Tools/config, can determine whether it is necessary to build the module or just run vmhgfs-fuse?

  Well, strange person, not even VMware guys come on this subject. IMHO is a really interesting thing, I almost always use shared folders between guests and hosts, it's so easy and simple WHEN IT WORKS.

  The fact that no-one comes on this thread, show what I think always: products like workstation are profoundly less used, average people IMHO use 30/40 per cent of the potential software.

  Then, with a few hours and a few Linux guests many kind in hand machines (work with tools in both modes, hgfs.ko or fuse), investigated and found how it works by myself.

  This is what I found.

  Recent versions of VMware Tools for Linux now seems to check the fuse package installed on guest system installed and when they found him, they try to use vmhgfs-fuse (formerly an Open-vm-tools executable) to mount hgfs actions without the need of the hgfs.ko module and so without needing to compile the module often broken kernel. For example, hgfs.ko thin build up to kernel branch 4.4 and it is broken again on 4.5.

  The script vmware-config - tools.pl also seems power - also when it detects the fuse package - properly configure autostart for hgfs share.

  That's all, and it's very useful for me. Hope it will be for others.

• Fusion & VMWare Tools

  I installed merger off a trial download. I would like to download VMWare Tools, if I can share between Mac and Ubuntu. But each tutorial begins with a physical CD drive. Why can't I find a download? I do not see the links of all sites. I found this link on other sites - http://packages.vmware.com/tools/esx/5.5u2/index.html - but I'm unable to find official documentation for VMWare. What Miss me?

  Thank you

  Schmudde

  Hello Schmudde,

  Welcome to the VMware communities forum.

  How to get the VMware tools in your guest ubuntu is by using the menu option "Virtual Machine"-> "install VMware Tools".

  Who will present a virtual CD-ROM for your guest OS.

  More details can be found here: Installation of VMware on a Ubuntu virtual machine tools

  --

  Wil

• VMware Tools and VM migration

  I have a question: -.

  Suppose we have a esxi host with 2 versions one with esxi4.1 and another with esxi5.5 and vm is running on esxi5.5 with the latest vmware tools but with material 7. is it possible to migrate this virtual machine to esxi4.1 without any problems even with vmware to update tools?

  From the link I provided above:

  Extended support of the VMware Tools does two things:

  1. it allows virtual computers running older versions of VMware Tools to operate in a supported configuration on more recent versions of ESXi.

  2. it allows the VMS running newer versions of the VMware tools to run in a supported configuration on older versions of ESX/ESXi.

  So, the answer is YES, you can run a virtual machine with VMware Tools of ESXi 5.5 on an ESXi 4.1 without problem.

• How to launch and use the VMware tools

  After installing 2008r2 as a virtual machine and install VMware Tools, I am unable to open the tools and use them.  I did two days of searching, and I can't find an answer to my problem.    Downstairs is an action I took, but I would appreciate any help from the community.

  Purpose:

  Laboratory at home training and certification.

  Hardware environment: (based on "Chris Wahl" home Build Lab)

  SuperMicro Motherboard MBD-X10SLH-F-O

  Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 3.30 GHz processor with 32 GB of ram

  Software environment:

  64-bit version of Windows 7 Professional, host operating system

  VMware Workstation 10 with all updates installed with administrator privileges

  VM #2: vSphere 5.1 install

  VM #1: The Windows 2008R2 VM I have a problem with VMware tools.

  I've deleted and rebuilt the two VM three times now, thinking it was my environment somehow.  ESXi 5.1 works although I have not built anything there yet.  I am able to access this part of the laboratory fine of vSphere Client.

  VMware Tools:

  Within the Services of VM 2008 I can see VMware Tools started service, the icon in the system tray notification area and see the files on the C: drive of the virtual computer, but there is no way to open it.

  I followed several links to create a virtual laboratory, but should not be this hard to run a program.  It's my first time that you try to use VMware tools, but I'm following the steps in the lab below install procedures.

  In the middle of the page of "Blog Editor" part 4 "build the ultimate vSphere Lab is where it installs the VMware tool and lowest after restarting Windows Update service I'm stuck to the next step."

  "Open VMware Tools, go to the Shrink ."  Click on the button of the prepare to shrink . »

  ?  How to "open the VMware Tools?

  Now on the path I have searched for and deleted and reinstalled the tools, but always without success.

  Here is a link where I found the following measures to be taken, but it doesn't work either.  The "NOTE" at the bottom, it's something I noticed and made sure was right when I installed the last time tools.

  I even found a link to where you can download the tools separately from the ISO files, and yet, it does not work.  A LITTLE HELP PLEASE!

  http://www.vdsyn.com/Windows-2008-R2-virtual-machine-VMware-tools-shows-not-running-current-after-vmotionsnapshot-operations-randomly/

  So next step that we did was
  1 uninstalled VMware Tools in the virtual machine
  2 restarted the VM
  3. manually deleted/renamed the C:\Program VMware Tools
  4. manually deleted/renamed C:\Programdata\VMware\VMware tools
  5 Rebooted
  6. install the VMware tools
  7 Rebooted

  The issue is not reproducible after the same

  
  NOTE: Make sure that the virtual computer CD player points to the correct image.  I found it always go back to the windows 7 iso image on my C: drive from physical machines to where the image 2008r2 was on drive E:

  No need to reinstall again. You're not missing something. VMware has changed the VMware Tools tray and removed options that were available in previous versions. Take a look at for example experience front of VMware: The VMware Tools GUI is gone - now what? with some information about this change and the replacement of the command line.

  André

• VMware tools are not installed

  I have vmware player v6 on a windows machine

  I installed windows 7 as a virtual machine on a windows computer, but I can't get vmware tools to install - because the installation process does not start.

  In the vmware window, I click on manage/player/install VMware tools and nothing happens, never. I get no start installation upward. So I tried also to start/run/D:\setup and I get "Please insert a disc into the dvd drive. It's so useless, nothing I will get the installer to start and after trawling google ages each page says the same thing, which is what I tried already and who never works. WTF |. I have to do to get the vmware tools installer to run?

  Edit: I also tried to download and tools-windows - 9.6.1.exe running and who has done sweet FA as well.

  If you are using VMware Player 6.0,1 on a Windows host and you want to install VMware Tools in Windows 7, then do what follows is workaround to which question you encounter that does not automatically download the VMware Tools.

  Tools-windows - 9.6.1.exe.tar on the host, not the comments, download and unzip it.  Then run the file tools-windows - 9.6.1.exe.  This (silently) installs VMware Tools for Windows (windows.iso) in the working directory of VMware Player.  You should then be able to install VMware Tools normally on the Menu, but if it doesn't work then fix the windows.iso of CD/DVD virtual machine and run the installation from the Windows virtual machine.