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- | ====== Update VMware tools ====== | + | ====== Update VMware tools to version 5.1 ====== |
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+ | ===== Uninstall old vmware tools ===== | ||
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+ | # locate vmware-uninstall-tools.pl | ||
+ | # ./<path and filename from above> | ||
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+ | 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. | ||
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+ | ===== Import Vmware GPG keys ===== | ||
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+ | # 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 | ||
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+ | ===== Create vmware repo (Applies for ESX 5.1 and RHEL5) ===== | ||
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+ | /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 | ||
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+ | ===== Install vmware tools: ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | # yum install vmware-tools-esx-kmods vmware-tools-esx | ||
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+ | Reboot | ||
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+ | ====== Update VMware tools from ESX4.0 to ESX 4.1 ====== | ||
Remove old Vmware tools for Operation System Specific Packages (OSP version). | Remove old Vmware tools for Operation System Specific Packages (OSP version). |