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VMware Tools is an optional, free set of drivers and utilities that enhances both the performance of a virtual machine’s guest operating system and interaction between the guest and the host.

The VMware Tools Control Panel, which is organized in a set of tabs, provides a graphical environment in which VMware Tools settings can be configured. VMware Tools is comprised of the following components:

VMware Device Drivers - replaces many of the guest operating system drivers for physical hardware to ensure network connectivity and prevent drive compatibility issues. VMware Device Drivers smooth mouse operations, make folder sharing available and improve sound, graphics and networking performance.

VMware Services - handles communication between the guest and host operating systems. This program, which runs in the background, is called vmtoolsd.exe in Windows guest operating systems, vmware-tools-daemon in Mac OS X guest operating systems, and vmtoolsd in Linux, FreeBSD and Solaris guest operating systems.

VMware User Process - provides the administrator with the ability to cut and paste text between the VMware Remote Console and the host operating system. Also improves mouse pointer and screen resolution functionality. The program file for VMware User Process is called vmtoolsd.exe on Windows guest operating systems and vmware-user on Linux, Solaris, and FreeBSD guest operating systems.

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Send keystrokes to guest os with vmrun

I can't find documentation or examples of how use typeKeystrokesInGuest command of vmrun tool. I tried send key code, like 30 and I try send Some text, but always got Insufficient permissions in the host operating system. I think, I must give right…
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VMWare Workstation Pro Copy paste is not working from Host to guest

I am using VMware® Workstation 12 Pro. When i try to copy and paste from Host to Guest, the function is not working. Host OS : Windows 10 Enterprise. Guest OS : Windows 7 Ultimate. Network : Bridged (Directly Connect to Physical Network) But,…
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Installing VMware tools fails with error:VGAuthService & Common Agent failed

Cannot install or upgrade VMware Tools on Debian 8. When attempting to install it by typing ./vmware-install.pl, then appears error: update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.16.0-4-amd64 Checking acpi hot plug …
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As of PSCustomObject remove extra values

I have command: Get-VM | Where-Object {$_.NetworkAdapters.NetworkName -eq 'VLAN180'} | Select-Object Name, {$_.Guest.IPAddress} return the following data: ss4.work {10.8.0.6, fe80::dd2a:a7d4:7de0:e64d, fe80::fd66:1962:4009:501a,…
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VMWare ESX image to run on VMWare workstation

I've an linux image(debian) running on VMWare ESX 3.1. Is it possible to copy that image and run it locally on my local VMWare workstation? how?
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VMWare Tools for Ubuntu Hardy

I am using VMWare tools for Ubuntu Hardy, but for some reason vmware-install.pl finds fault with my LINUX headers. The error message says that the "address space size" doesn't match. To try and remediate, I have resorted to vmware-any-any-update117,…
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vmware shared folders hgfs linux kernel 3.12 (ubuntu 14.04) not compiling

Neither the vmware supplied hgfs module nor the hgfs module from the open-vm-tools compiles on my machine running a 3.12 linux kernel. The kernel was obviously configured with UIDGID_STRICT_TYPE_CHECKS and the module is not using those types. How…
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Start remote VM using vmrun

Okay, I know this looks silly but I already spent like 2 days on this :-/ I have a host machine where I am running VMWare Workstation(9.0.3) and 1 VM (Ubuntu 12.04). I have vmrun utility installed on both Host and Guest machines. The questions is,…
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Build automation, VMWare server 2.0, Final builder

I have a database in a VMWare Server 2.0 Virtual machine. I also have a web application in the IIS (7) in the VM. Now I want to execute some database scripts that are in the VM, from the Host machine. Also I have a VB script in the VM that I want to…
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Ansible fails in windows servers when using vmware_tools connection and a username not logged in before

I'm trying to create a directory in a Windows machine and after that copy a file inside the directory. The modules used are win_file and win_copy. This is the code: - name: "win_winrm | main.yml | Create temporary dir 'tmp_ansible' on C:Sistemas…
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Use expression/property in a condition

I would like to use a certain expression/property in a if statement, and also want to list a certain output. I simply don't know how to use these further down the script. $tools = Get-VM | select name, @{N=”ToolsStatus”;…
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How to link libraries when cross compiling

I'm cross compiling open VMWare tools. I pre-compiled glib and i'm setting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH variable to link them. I'm getting the following errors in the link stage. libtool: link: warning: library…
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How to install vmware tools on brand new virtual machine using powercli?

how to install vmware tools on a newly build vm which is not in a domain and doesnot have an IP address assigned. invoke-vmscript or invoke-command are not working.
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How can use VixVM_RunProgramInGuest vix library in python?

Hi I want use RunProgramInGuest function in python for running application in vm_ware workstation but I can't Because I don't know the reference. I want the simple code for the function thanks in advance.
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Difference between vsphere 5.5 and vsphere 6

What are the main difference between vsphere 5.5 and vsphere 6? Are there any feature additions? Are they backwards compatible?
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