Jun 17, 2015 - Currently, there are two options of installing VMware Tools for Linux guests, the. Vmware-install.pl -d default && rm -rf vmware-tools-distrib/ && rm -f.com/2015/06/automating-installation-of-vmware-tools-for-mac-os-x.html. How-to Install VMware Tools in Ubuntu if you’re new and don’t know the basic Linux commands? Just follow this article and the video. In this video you’ll see the two approaches of installing VMware Tools in Ubuntu based systems. First of all, the demo video from shows the process while running the Ubuntu VM through, so the process of mounting the VMware Tools is slightly different when using the vSphere client, but the rest of the process is the same. The second part video shows the steps needed to install VMware tools in Ubuntu Server based VM. I really like the KB videos produced by VMware KBTV because they’re really good and can help out people starting with virtualization. ![]() And installing VMware tools is not obvious when you’re new to this. For more experienced users this does not bring much knowledge, I know, but the’re not targeted. The article is here to help new people. The video uses Ubuntu desktop 12.04 while the latest Ubuntu is 12.10, but the process is the same. The video is quite helpful in if you want to see and remember the commands which you need to know when creating a directory for the mount, and mounting the CD ROM. Note that the video is going quite fast so if you need some of those commands I wrote them here. ********************************************************************* Shop for vSphere licenses at VMware Store: • (lifetime license) • (lifetime license) • (lifetime license) ********************************************************************* • First, choose menu VM > “ Install VMware Tools” through vSphere Client (or if you’re running Workstation or Fusion then menu Virtual Machine > “Install VMware Tools”. • Copy the VMware-tools-distrib folder on the desktop Through the command window, first create a directory and mount • sudo mkdir /mnt/cdrom • sudo mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom Then you just basically need to extract the content of the VMware tools CD into a temp folder and then use the this command: • tar xzvf /mnt/cdrom VMwareTools-9.2.2-893683.tar.gz -g /tmp and then: • sudo./vmware-install.pl -d NOTE: the -d is for accepting the defaults (so you don’t have to re-validate each of those.). Yes, the video is an excellent for learning the basics. If you’re installing VMware Tools for Ubuntu server, the process is almost the same, but there is no GUI. This website is maintained. Vladan is as an Independent consultant, professional blogger, vExpert 2009 - 2018, VCAP-DCA/DCD, VCP. ESX Virtualization site has started as a simple bookmarking site, but quickly found a large following of readers and subscribers. Visiting Indian Ocean and Reunion Island? My wife Nicole and I just opened our B&B with private jacuzzi. Check it out! AloeveraBeach - Rent a Flat 300m from the beach. Capacity 4 pers. Feel free to network via Twitter. Many of you may have wanted to run a Mac OS X virtual machine in your vSphere setup but get hit with the error that darwin11– 64Guest is not supported, as outlined in As the KB explains that this is because you must be running Apple certified hardware to run a Mac OS X virtual machine. I’m sure that this has to do with the licensing of the OS X product. There are two different versions of his unlocker utility, one for ESXi 5.0/5.1/5.5 and another for ESXi 6.0. Make sure that you use the appropriate utility for the version of your ESXi host. How It’s Done ESXi 6.0 Download Mac OS X Unlocker for VMware V2 (currently V2.0.6) from the. • Extract unlocker206.zip to a folder on your computer. • Upload the contents to a datastore on your ESXi host. • Put your host in maintenance mode. • Enable the ESXi shell by following if you haven’t already done so. • Open the ESXi shell. • Navigate to the directory on the datastore where the unlocker was uploaded to: # cd /vmfs/volumes/ Datastore/ DirectoryName Where Datastore is the datastore name where the patch file was uploaded to, and DirectoryName is the directory you created on the datastore. • Make the install script executable. # chmod +x esxi-install.sh • Run the install script. #./esxi-install.sh • Reboot the ESXi host: # reboot • Exit maintenance mode, and enjoy. • Use the darwin.iso file in the tools folder to mount and install VMware Tools.
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