VMware Tools

VMware tools are not required to be installed in any guest operating system that has been virtualized by VMware. However, 99% of all VMware users do install vmware tools. Let me tell you why.

VMware tools provide the following:

• Improved video performance
• Mouse synchronization with the host operating system so that you don't have to keep releasing your mouse from the guest to go back to the host
• Improved mouse performance
• Copy and paste between the host and guest

Mount the VMware tools ISO image for the virtual machine, then for.....

Linux

mkdir /tmp/cdrom
mount /dev/cdrom /tmp/cdrom
rpm -i  /tmp/cdrom/VMwareTools-7.7.6-203138.i386.rpm
umount /dev/cdrom
rm -rf /tmp/cdrom

/usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl

Before running VMware Tools for the first time, you need to configure it for your running kernel by invoking the foillowing command.

/usr/bin/vmware-config.tools.pl

Tools Removal

rpm -e VMwareTools