====== Update VMware tools to version 5.1 ======

===== Uninstall old vmware tools =====



  #  locate vmware-uninstall-tools.pl
  # ./<path and filename from above>

  Uninstalling the tar installation of VMware Tools.
  Stopping VMware Tools services in the virtual machine:
   Guest operating system daemon:                          [  OK  ]
   Unmounting HGFS shares:                                 [  OK  ]
   Guest filesystem driver:                                [  OK  ]
   Guest memory manager:                                   [  OK  ]
  File /etc/X11/xorg.conf is backed up to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.old.1.
  File /etc/updatedb.conf is backed up to /etc/updatedb.conf.old.1.
  File /etc/modprobe.conf is backed up to /etc/modprobe.conf.old.1.
  The removal of VMware Tools 3.5.0 build-158874 for Linux completed 
  successfully. Thank you for having tried this software.

===== Import Vmware GPG keys =====


  # rpm --import http://packages.vmware.com/tools/keys/VMWARE-PACKAGING-GPG-DSA-KEY.pub
  # rpm --import http://packages.vmware.com/tools/keys/VMWARE-PACKAGING-GPG-RSA-KEY.pub

===== Create vmware repo (Applies for ESX 5.1 and RHEL5) =====

  /etc/yum.repos.d/vmware-tools.repo:
  [vmware-tools]
  name=VMware Tools for Red Hat Enterprise Linux $releasever - $basearch
  baseurl=http://packages.vmware.com/tools/esx/5.1/rhel5/$basearch
  enabled=1
  gpgcheck=1


===== Install vmware tools: =====


  # yum install vmware-tools-esx-kmods vmware-tools-esx

Reboot


====== Update VMware tools from ESX4.0 to ESX 4.1 ======

Remove old Vmware tools for Operation System Specific Packages (OSP version).

  # yum remove vmware-* -y
  # rpm -e --noscripts vmware-open-vm-tools-xorg-drv-mouse-12.4.3.0-0.208167.el5
  # rpm -e --noscripts vmware-open-vm-tools-xorg-drv-display-10.15.2.0-0.208167.el5

Update Vmware repository

  # cd /etc/yum.repos.d/
  # vi vmware-tools.repo
  Change repository from EXS4.0 to 4.1:
  baseurl=http://packages.vmware.com/tools/esx/4.1/rhel5/x86_64
  gpgcheck=1

Get rpm package key from Vmware:
  # cd /tmp
  # wget http://packages.vmware.com/tools/keys/VMWARE-PACKAGING-GPG-RSA-KEY.pub

Install GPG key:
  # rpm --import VMWARE-PACKAGING-GPG-RSA-KEY.pub  

Install new vmware-tools
  # yum install vmware-tools -y
  # service vmware-tools restart

Vmware OSP install document:

[[http://www.google.dk/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CBcQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vmware.com%2Fpdf%2Fosp_install_guide.pdf&ei=LIJ_TaW5McqRswa08oTjBg&usg=AFQjCNHONN3oGw-k7rUa7ChE_vMqYUIpog]]