Workstation Pro/Player ESXi and vSphere. This is the quickest way to start using Nagios XI. Works with: VMware Workstation Pro/Player, VirtualBox, and anything that can use OVF.

1. Download Vmware Tools Iso

• On this page, you’ll find ESXi Monitoring tools as well as Free Tools for VMware, Microsoft. This is one of the best selections of Free Tools for VMware and Microsoft. Monitoring tools for virtual infrastructure, but also backup products. All products here are free because usually, you can upgrade.
• In the Panorama Base Images section, Download column, click the link for the desired release to download the OVA file. Install Panorama. Launch the VMware vSphere Client and connect to the VMware server. VMware Tools is bundled with the software image (ovf) for the Panorama virtual appliance.

To install VMware tools for Linux and Windows virtual machines the users just need to perform a few simples steps given in this article.

Like Oracle VirtualBox extension pack to add extra features for the installed VirtualMachines, the VMware also offers the VMware tools.

After installing the VMware tools which is a pack of different utilities offered by VMware the user will notice an improvement in the performance of the guest operating systems. It will improve the low Low video resolution,
Inadequate colour depth, restricted movement of the mouse, Inability to copy and paste and drag-and-drop files, Incorrect display of network speed, Missing sound, give the ability to snapshots of the guest OS and synchronizes the time.

The process of the VMware tools installation is the same for Linux such as Ubuntu, Kali, Linux Mint, Debian, Centos, OpenSuse, etc including Windows10/8/7 or any.

Download and Install VMware tools on Linux and Windows 10/8/7

Step 1: Run VMware Workstation player

First of all, open the VMware workstation payer where you have installed the Linux and Windows virtual machines.

Step 2: Select and start VirtualMachine

After opening the VMware player, select the Virtual machine which you want to run and where you want to install the Vmware tools. It could Windows 10/8/7 or any Linux Distro.

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Step 3: Find the Install VMware Tools option

When the Virtual Machine booted completely then go to the Player option given in the VMware player menu. Click on that and then click on the Manage->Install Vmware Tools option.

Step 4: Downloading Vmware Tools

As we click on the Install Vmware tools option, the Player automatically detects the system and download Vmware tool for Linux or Windows respectively.

Step 5: Installing VMware Tools on Linux

On Windows, the installation of Vmware Tools is super easy after downloading the Vmware player simply mount that under CD-Rom automatically from where the user can install it just like any other normal software. However, it is also the same for GUI based Linux operating systems too.

As you can see in the below screenshot, the VMware Tools has been mounted and shown with CD-ROM icon on the screen.

To install this open the command terminal and follow the below-given commands:

Login as root user:

Create a directory cdrom to mount the Vmware tools disc

Now, mount the Cdrom to above-created cdrom directory

See the list of files mounted under the directory

Copy the VMwareTools compress file name and use with below copy command. Like in our case it was VMwareTools-10.3.2-9925305.tar.gz and might be different while you are installing it. So, copy that one and paste with below command:

Here we are copying the VmwareTools to a temporary directory for the installation process.

Switch to the Temporary directory…

List the files and extract the VMware tools compress file

Now change the directory to the directory extracted by the Vmware tools which is VMware-tools-distrib

Run Perl script as mentioned below

Press or hit Enter key couple of times to select the default options of these tools…

The output of the above commands

Second Method: Direct Download VMware tools

If you are not able to download the tools from the interface of Vmware player; then visit the official website of Vmware and download Vmware tools directly to install.

Here is the link fordownloading.

In this way, we can install Vmware tools on Linux or windows

Other Useful Resources:

You can deploy the vSphere Integrated Containers Appliance using the VMware OVF Tool.

The vSphere Integrated Containers Engine bundle includes the OVA-util utility. The OVA-util utility is a command-line utility that allows you to import and export OVF packages. This utility contains the ovftool command that you can use to deploy the vSphere Integrated Containers Appliance at the command line.

Prerequisites

Download the VMware OVF Tool from https://code.vmware.com/web/tool/4.3.0/ovf.

Running the ovftool Command

You run ovftool by specifying the source locator, target locator, and options for the command.

At the command-line prompt, run the command as follows:

ovftool <source locator> <target locator>

If you are using an operating system where spaces are not allowed in paths on the command line, and need the full path to run OVF Tool, enclose the path in quotes as shown below:

'/Applications/VMware OVF Tool/ovftool'

The <source locator> can be one of the following:

• A path to an OVF or OVA file (a local file path, or an HTTP, HTTPS, or FTP URL).
• A virtual machine (a local file path to a .vmx file).
• A vSphere locator identifying a virtual machine or vApp on vCenter, ESXi, or VMware Server.

The target locator can be one of the following:

• A local file path for VMX, OVF, OVA, or vApprun workspace.
• A vSphere locator identifying a cluster, host, or a vSphere location

Example:

Specifying Option Arguments

To specify additional options, type them before the source and target locators as follows:ovftool <options> <source locator> <target locator>

Options perform actions only between certain source and target types. If you specify an option using an irrelevant source or target type, the command does nothing.

All options can be set as follows:

--option=value

Example:

--net:'Network'='%{PUBLIC_NETWORK}'

Binary options can be enabled or disabled explicitly. For example: --option=true, --option=false.

Basic ovftool Options

This section lists some of the basic ovftool options. You can set environment variables so that you do not have to specify the <source locator>, <target locator>, --datastore, --name, --net, and --prop options in every ovftool command.

--datastore

Short name: -ds

Target datastore name for a vSphere locator.

Usage

Example: --datastore='%{TEST_DATASTORE}'

--noSSLVerify

Short name: None

Skips SSL verification for vSphere connections.

Usage

--acceptAllEulas

Accepts all end-user licenses agreements (EULAS) without being prompted.

--name

Short name: -n

The target name. If you do not specify name, the name defaults to the source name.

Usage

--diskMode

Short name: -dm

Specify the disk format. You can specify the following formats: monolithicSparse, monolithicFlat, twoGbMaxExtentSparse,twoGbMaxExtentFlat, seSparse (vSphere target),eagerZeroedThick (vSphere target), thin (vSphere target), thick(vSphere target), sparse, and flat.

Usage

Example: --diskMode=thin

--help

Short name: -h

Prints the OVF Tool help message that lists the --help options.

Usage

--powerOn

Short name: None

Powers on a virtual machine that is deployed on a vSphere target.

Usage

--net

Short name: None

Sets a network assignment in the deployed OVF package.

Usage

Example: --net:'Network'='%{PUBLIC_NETWORK}'

--prop

Short name: None

Sets a property in the deployed OVF package.

Usage

For multiple property mappings, repeat the option by separating them with a blank as follows:

Examples:

Advanced ovftool Options

This section lists some of the advanced ovftool options.

--X:waitForIp

Waits for VMware tools to return an IP address and print it out. This option must be used together with the --powerOn option of the VI target and a single VM source.

Usage:

Example:

--X:injectOvfEnv

If you are running ovftool on an ESXi host, you must “inject” the parameters into the resulting VM when it is powered on. This is because the ESXi host lacks a cache to store the OVF parameters, as in vCenter Server. Therefore, you must use the --X:injectOvfEnv debug option with the --powerOn flag in the command line if you are deploying a virtual machine from ESXi.

Usage:

Example:

--X:enableHiddenProperties

Enables source properties that are marked as ovf:userConfigurable=false. Use this option to set the values to true. By default, the OVF Tool sets them as false.

Usage:

--X:logFile

Logs internal events to given log file.

Usage:

Example:

--X:logFile=ovftool-log.txt

--X:logLevel

Indicates the log level. Specify one of the following values: none, quiet, panic, error, warning, info, verbose, trivia.

Usage:

Example:

--X:logToConsole

Log internal events to console.

Usage:

--X:logTransferHeaderData

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Add transfer header data to the log. Use this option with care. The default value is false.

Usage:

Example ovftool Command

The following command sets the appliance root password and uses the default values for other options:

For password requirements, see Deploy the vSphere Integrated Containers Appliance.

For more information about the VMware OVF Tool and how to use it, see the OVF Tool Documentation.

The following sources also provide useful information: