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Troubleshooting VMware Tools Installation and Upgrade Issues
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Introduction to VMware Tools
VMware Tools Services
VMware Tools Lifecycle Management
VMware Tools Device Drivers
VMware User Process
Using Open VM Tools
Operating System Specific Packages for Linux Guest Operating Systems
Installing VMware Tools
Disable Access Protection from the McAfee Antivirus Virus Scan Console
Integration of VMware AppDefense with VMware Tools
Exclude AppDefense Component During Installation
Automating VMware Tools Installation for Multiple Windows Virtual Machines
Suppress Prompts About Unsigned Drivers on Windows Operating Systems Before Vista
Add VMware as a Trusted Publisher to Suppress Driver Prompts
Names of VMware Tools Features Used in Silent Installations
Manually Installing VMware Tools on a Windows Virtual Machine
Manually Installing VMware Tools on a Linux Virtual Machine
Installing open-vm-tools
Manually Installing VMware Tools in a macOS Virtual Machine
Manually Installing VMware Tools on a Solaris Virtual Machine
Upgrading VMware Tools
Configure Virtual Machines to Automatically Upgrade VMware Tools
Manually upgrading VMware Tools in virtual machines
Performing an Automatic Upgrade of VMware Tools
VMware Tools Installer Logging to the Host
Configuring VMware Tools Components
Configuration File Location
Configuring Network Interface Information
Exclude Specific File Systems from Quiesced Snapshots
Security Considerations for Configuring VMware Tools
Using the VMware Tools Configuration Utility
Configuring Time Synchronization Between Guest and Host Operating Systems
Disabling Time Synchronization
Use Device Connect or Disconnect
Using Custom VMware Tools Scripts
Default VMware Tools Scripts
Use Custom VMware Tools Scripts in Windows Guests
Using Custom Scripts in Operating Systems Other Than Windows
Disable a VMware Tools Script
Retrieving Status Information About the Virtual Machine
Subcommands for the stat Command
Exit Codes for the VMware Tools Configuration Utility
guestinfo Variables
Configuring appInfo
Configuring Automatic Upgrade and Installation or Removal of a Component
Configuring Customer Experience Improvement Program
Categories of Information That VMware Receives
Join the Customer Experience Improvement Program in the vSphere Web Client
Troubleshooting VMware Tools Installation and Upgrade Issues
Installing or Upgrading to VMware Tools 10.3.0
Troubleshooting VMware Tools Components
Repair or Change Modules in Windows Virtual Machines
Starting the VMware User Process Manually If You Do Not Use a Session Manager
Uninstalling VMware Tools
FAQs about VMware Tools
Troubleshooting VMware Tools Installation and Upgrade Issues
Last Updated January 17, 2025
VMware Tools installation and Upgrade issues.
VMware Tools Administration
Installing or Upgrading to VMware Tools 10.3.0
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