Upgrading VMware tools in a Linux system

Background introduction

After the physical host has been upgraded from vSphere5.1 to vSphere5.5, the virtual machine vmware-tools running on it appears to be out of date, and the vmware-tools needs to be updated. Windows has a relatively simple graphical interface update, which focuses on Vmware-tools updates under Linux systems.

Operation Steps

Select the target virtual machine to update in the Vcenter inventory, choose Install/update vmware-tools will let you choose the Update method, select Automatic Update, Windows and Linux system will only need to wait for the update to complete, without any action during the period, The Windows system restarts automatically after the update is complete and the Linux system restarts.

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If you take an interactive tool upgrade (only for Linux systems) you need to find the uninstall file vmware-uninstall-tools.pl, the Vmware-tools-distrib directory below is the uncompressed directory of the old version Vmware-tools installation

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Use mount/dev/cdrom/media/to mount VMware tools to the/media directory after uninstallation is complete

Enter the/media directory using TAR-XF vmwaretools-10.0.0-3000743.tar.gz-c/tmp/to extract the vmwaretools-10.0.0-3000743.tar.gz into the/tmp directory

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Enter the Vmware-tools-distrib directory using the./vmware-install.pl to perform the installation, while maintaining the default options until the Vmware-tools update is complete, the Linux system does not require a restart

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Additional Information

It has been tested that in interactive mode, both Windows and Linux systems do not have to uninstall the original Vmware-tools first. When installing a new version of Vmware-tools, he will automatically uninstall the original Vmware-tools and install the new version of the Vmware-tools

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Upgrading VMware tools in a Linux system