Install VMware tools RHEL6
1. In Sphere Client: Right click on the VM > Guest
>
2. Install/update VMware Tools
On the VM console in command line, (without GUI
installed):
3. mkdir /cdrom, or anyother mount point you like
4. mount the vitural cdrom from step 1; mount
/dev/cdrom /cdrom
5. cd /tmp
6. tar -xvf /cdrom/VMwareTools (tab to auto-complete)
7. cd vmware (tab to auto-complete)
8. [root@raj vmware-tools-distrib]#
./vmware-install.pl
Creating a new VMware Tools installer database using
the tar4 format.
Installing VMware Tools.
In which directory do you want to install the binary
files?
[/usr/bin] /usr/bin
What is the directory that contains the init
directories (rc0.d/ to rc6.d/)?
[/etc/rc.d] /etc/rc.d
What is the directory that contains the init scripts?
[/etc/rc.d/init.d] /etc/rc.d/init.d
In which directory do you want to install the daemon
files?
[/usr/sbin] /usr/sbin
In which directory do you want to install the library
files?
[/usr/lib/vmware-tools] /usr/lib/vmware-tools
The path "/usr/lib/vmware-tools" does not
exist currently. This program is
going to create it, including needed parent
directories. Is this what you want?
[yes] yes
In which directory do you want to install the
documentation files?
[/usr/share/doc/vmware-tools]
/usr/share/doc/vmware-tools
The path "/usr/share/doc/vmware-tools" does
not exist currently. This program
is going to create it, including needed parent
directories. Is this what you
want? [yes] yes
The installation of VMware Tools 8.8.1 build-528969
for Linux completed
successfully. You can decide to remove this software
from your system at any
time by invoking the following command:
"/usr/bin/vmware-uninstall-tools.pl".
Before running VMware Tools for the first time, you
need to configure it by
invoking the following command:
"/usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl". Do you want
this program to invoke the command for you now? [yes]
yes
Initializing...
Making sure services for VMware Tools are stopped.
[EXPERIMENTAL] The VMware FileSystem Sync Driver
(vmsync) is a new feature that
creates backups of virtual machines. Please refer to
the VMware Knowledge Base
for more details on this capability. Do you wish to
enable this feature?
[no] no
Found a compatible pre-built module for vmci. Installing it...
Found a compatible pre-built module for vsock. Installing it...
The module vmxnet3 has already been installed on this
system by another
installer or package and will not be modified by this
installer. Use the flag
--clobber-kernel-modules=vmxnet3 to override.
The module pvscsi has already been installed on this
system by another
installer or package and will not be modified by this
installer. Use the flag
--clobber-kernel-modules=pvscsi to override.
The module vmmemctl has already been installed on this
system by another
installer or package and will not be modified by this
installer. Use the flag
--clobber-kernel-modules=vmmemctl to override.
The VMware Host-Guest Filesystem allows for shared
folders between the host OS
and the guest OS in a Fusion or Workstation virtual
environment. Do you wish
to enable this feature? [yes] yes
Found a compatible pre-built module for vmhgfs. Installing it...
Found a compatible pre-built module for vmxnet. Installing it...
!!! [EXPERIMENTAL] !!!
VMware automatic kernel modules enables automatic
building and installation of
VMware kernel modules at boot they are not already
present. By selecting yes,
you will be enabling this experimental feature. You can always disable this
feature by re-running vmware-config-tools.pl.
Would you like to enable VMware automatic kernel
modules?
[no] no
Disabling timer-based audio scheduling in pulseaudio.
Detected X server version 1.10.4
Distribution provided drivers for Xorg X server are
used.
Skipping X configuration because X drivers are not
included.
Creating a new initrd boot image for the kernel.
vmware-tools start/running
The configuration of VMware Tools 8.8.1 build-528969
for Linux for this running
kernel completed successfully.
You must restart your X session before any mouse or
graphics changes take
effect.
You can now run VMware Tools by invoking
"/usr/bin/vmware-toolbox-cmd" from the
command line or by invoking
"/usr/bin/vmware-toolbox" from the command line
during an X server session.
To enable advanced X features (e.g., guest resolution fit,
drag and drop, and
file and text copy/paste), you will need to do one (or
more) of the following:
1. Manually start /usr/bin/vmware-user
2. Log out and log back into your desktop session;
and,
3. Restart your X session.
To use the vmxnet driver, restart networking using the
following commands:
/etc/init.d/network stop
rmmod pcnet32
rmmod vmxnet
modprobe vmxnet
/etc/init.d/network start
Enjoy,
--the VMware team
Found VMware Tools CDROM mounted at /media/VMware
Tools. Ejecting device
/dev/sr0 ...
[root@raj vmware-tools-distrib]#
9. umount /cdrom
10. In Vsphere Client: Guest > Install/upVMware
Tools > OK
11. To confirm the install; in the client > VM
Summary tab and look for OK next to VMWare Tools
12. Restart VM
