For example, some features enabled for Windows guests are not available for Linux guests. It is highly recommended that you install VMware Tools on guest OSs running on VMware virtual machines (VMs).Ī set of features available after installing VMware Tools is not the same for different operating systems. A VM can work without VMware Tools, but most features and advantages of using VMs are not available without the VMware Tools functionality. Each hardware version uses the appropriate emulated hardware, drivers which are installed with VMware Tools. As you may recall, when you create a VM, you should select the hardware version. This is achieved through offering better mouse performance (no lags with a mouse pointer), higher graphics performance, shared clipboard, the ability to drag & drop files, in addition to scripting to automate tasks inside a VM. VMware Tools is a set of drivers and utilities that are installed on a guest operating system (OS) and can improve the performance of the guest OS, synchronize time between a host and guest, and improve the user experience. How to enable shared clipboard on ESXi VMs.Installing VMware Tools on Linux automatically.The blog post consists of the following main parts: Today’s blog post covers VMWare Tools and the VMware Tools installation process on different operating systems including Linux, Windows, macOS, FreeBSD, and Solaris.
If you have ever deployed a VMware VM on VMware ESXi, VMware Workstation, VMware Player, or VMware Fusion, you’ve probably noticed that after installing a guest operating system (OS), the VMware hypervisor asks you to install VMware Tools. By Michael Bose How to Install VMware Tools on Linux, Windows, MacOS, FreeBSD, and Solaris
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