How to install or upgrade VMware Tools on linux server

You need to login on the server where you need to install or upgrade the vmware tool.

Check the status of vmtools from vcenter GUI & Servers.

/etc/vmware-tools/services.sh status

Please follow the below steps to install or upgrade the VMware Tools:-

1.    From vsphere select the virtual machine on which vmtools need to be installed and then Choose VM > Install VMware Tools.

2. As root mount the VMware Tools virtual CD-ROM image to /mnt

mount /dev/cdrom /mnt

3. go to /tmp and untar the installation file.

cd /tmp
tar zxf /mnt/VMwareTools-x.0.0-<xxxx>.tar.gz

4. Run the VMware Tools installer:

cd /tmp/vmware-tools-distrib

./vmware-install.pl -d
 

Unmount of the VMware Tools virtual CD-ROM image is done automatically.

Login to server as root and run below command to start the services:

/etc/vmware-tools/services.sh start


Run below command to check the status of vmtools:

/etc/vmware-tools/services.sh status

Uninstall the vmtools by running below command:

/usr/bin/vmware-uninstall-tools.pl