Virtualization, Servers and Storage : How-to Install VMware Tools on Windows Based Virtual Machines

Created by JM Lopez, last modified on Jul 11, 2024

Introduction

This document applies to Windows Guest Operating Systems. For Linux based, VMware recommends install the open-vm-tools package via the OS package manager. For more information, please refer to Move from VMware Tools to Open VM Tools (open-vm-tools)

vSphere Web Client 

  1. Login to https://vctr5-1.dcb.eis.utoronto.ca

  2. Look for the virtual machine you would like to install VMware Tools.

  3. Right click on the VM to expand the actions menu, select Guest OS, then Install VMware Tools:

  4. This action will ONLY mount the VMware Tools installer on the Guest OS.

  5. Login to the Guest OS and follow the Install Wizard.

VSS Command Line Interface

Using https://vss-cli.eis.utoronto.ca or a local VSS CLI install

  1. Execute the following command to mount the installer:

    vss-cli compute vm set VM-NAME tools mount
id                  : 510
status              : IN_PROGRESS
task_id             : d7505c23-2fcd-43c7-bfa2-eb34b40b3ece
message             : Request has been accepted for processing

  2. This action will mount the VMware Tools installer on the Guest OS.

  3. Login to the Guest OS and follow the Install Wizard.




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