Install VMWare Tools on Linux Guest (Redhat/Bluehat)

Problem Description : 

On a Linux guest, you need to install VMware Tools 

 Resolution : 

1. In VCenter choose the VM you want to install VMWare Tools on.

2. Right-click the VM and choose Guest --> Install/Upgrade VMWare Tools.

3. As root, mount the VMWare Tools virtual CD-ROM

To create a mount point, run: mkdir /mnt/cdrom

mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom

cd /tmp

4. Untar the VMware Tools tar file:

tar zxf /mnt/cdrom/VMwareTools-5.0.0-<xxxx>.tar.gz

Where <xxxx> is the build/revision number of the VMware Workstation release.

5. Run the VMware Tools installer:

cd vmware-tools-distrib

./vmware-install.pl

Respond to the configuration questions on the screen. Press Enter to accept the default value. You will accept most of the defaults. Choose to enable some of the VMWare services related to third-party backup. If not we can always go back and turn them on.

Choose the X windows size of 1024x768

6. When the installer completes you may need to reboot the VM.

If you ever need to reconfigure settings, the config tools are located in the VMware Tools installation folder where you untared the files: ex. cd /tmp/vmware-tools-distrib/ - then run ./vmware-config-tools.pl

 Revision Date : 8/1/2013