Using the VMware Tools Configuration File
at VM Level
The
appInfo
plug-in collects the information about running
applications inside the guest and publishes the information to a guest variable. For each
application running inside the guest, the name and version information is captured and
published by the plug-in. This application information is collected by default.- Retrieving the data:The data collected byappInfoplug-in is retrieved as follows:
- From inside the guestLinux guest
- vmtoolsd --cmd "info-get guestnfo.appInfo"
- vmware-rpctool "info-get guestinfo.appInfo"
Windows guest- rpctool.exe "info-get guestinfo.appInfo"
- Changing the poll-interval:TheappInfoplug-in captures the information in every 30 minutes by default.Guest admin can configure this poll-interval at anytime as follows:The default value is changed to '6 hours' in VMware Tools 11.1.0.
- Linuxvmware-toolbox-cmd config set appinfo poll-interval <new value in seconds>
- WindowsVMwareToolboxCmd.exe config set appinfo poll-interval <new value in seconds>
- Disabling the appInfo plugin:Guest admin can disable theappInfoplug-in as follows:
- Linux guestvmware-toolbox-cmd config set appinfo disabled trueorvmware-toolbox-cmd config set appinfo poll-interval 0
- Windows guestVMwareToolboxCmd.exe config set appinfo disabled trueorVMwareToolboxCmd.exe config set appinfo poll-interval 0