VMware Tools

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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-2.0.0-116503.i386.rpm
umount /dev/cdrom

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