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EN-000275-01 VMware Tools Configuration Utility User's Guide VMware Fusion 3.0 vSphere 4.1 VMware Workstation 7.0 VMware Player 3.0 This document supports the version of this document, see http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs. To check for more recent editions of each product listed and supports all subsequent versions until the document is replaced by a new edition.
EN-000275-01 VMware Tools Configuration Utility User's Guide VMware Fusion 3.0 vSphere 4.1 VMware Workstation 7.0 VMware Player 3.0 This document supports the version of this document, see http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs. To check for more recent editions of each product listed and supports all subsequent versions until the document is replaced by a new edition.
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.../or other marks and names mentioned herein may be trademarks of VMware, Inc. All other jurisdictions. Palo Alto, CA 94304 www.vmware.com 2 VMware, Inc. All rights reserved. VMware is protected by one or more patents listed at : http://www.vmware.com/support/ The VMware Web site also provides the latest product updates. and international copyright...
.../or other marks and names mentioned herein may be trademarks of VMware, Inc. All other jurisdictions. Palo Alto, CA 94304 www.vmware.com 2 VMware, Inc. All rights reserved. VMware is protected by one or more patents listed at : http://www.vmware.com/support/ The VMware Web site also provides the latest product updates. and international copyright...
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Contents About This Book 5 Using the VMware Tools Configuration Utility 7 Configure Time Synchronization Between Guest and Host 8 Disable Time Synchronization Completely 9 VMware Tools Service 10 Connect or Disconnect a Virtual Device 10 VMware Tools Device Drivers 11 Shrink a Virtual Disk 12 Use Custom VMware Tools Scripts 14 Default VMware Tools Scripts 15 Disable a VMware Tools Script 16 Retrieve Status Information About the Virtual Machine 17 Subcommands for the stat Command 18 Exit Codes 19 Index 21 VMware, Inc. 3
Contents About This Book 5 Using the VMware Tools Configuration Utility 7 Configure Time Synchronization Between Guest and Host 8 Disable Time Synchronization Completely 9 VMware Tools Service 10 Connect or Disconnect a Virtual Device 10 VMware Tools Device Drivers 11 Shrink a Virtual Disk 12 Use Custom VMware Tools Scripts 14 Default VMware Tools Scripts 15 Disable a VMware Tools Script 16 Retrieve Status Information About the Virtual Machine 17 Subcommands for the stat Command 18 Exit Codes 19 Index 21 VMware, Inc. 3
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... business needs, go to you have comments, send your products, go to configure VMware Tools. VMware Education Services courses offer extensive hands-on -the-job reference tools. Intended Audience This book is a suite of a virtual machine. VMware Technical Publications Glossary VMware Technical Publications provides a glossary of terms that enhances the performance of utilities that...
... business needs, go to you have comments, send your products, go to configure VMware Tools. VMware Education Services courses offer extensive hands-on -the-job reference tools. Intended Audience This book is a suite of a virtual machine. VMware Technical Publications Glossary VMware Technical Publications provides a glossary of terms that enhances the performance of utilities that...
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VMware Tools Configuration Utility User's Guide Services provides offerings to http://www.vmware.com/services. 6 VMware, Inc. To access information about education classes, certification programs, and consulting services, go to help you assess, plan, build, and manage your virtual environment.
VMware Tools Configuration Utility User's Guide Services provides offerings to http://www.vmware.com/services. 6 VMware, Inc. To access information about education classes, certification programs, and consulting services, go to help you assess, plan, build, and manage your virtual environment.
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... interface for this utility in Linux, FreeBSD, and Solaris guests. This program is included in the guest operating system to modify VMware Tools settings, shrink virtual disks, and connect and disconnect virtual devices. After that was previously available only in the virtual disk ... host time and CPU speed. For virtual machines hosted on ESX, ESXi servers, you can use in the following VMware products for functionality that , VMware Tools checks once every minute to display complete usage information and syntax. n Configure Time Synchronization Between Guest and Host ...
... interface for this utility in Linux, FreeBSD, and Solaris guests. This program is included in the guest operating system to modify VMware Tools settings, shrink virtual disks, and connect and disconnect virtual devices. After that was previously available only in the virtual disk ... host time and CPU speed. For virtual machines hosted on ESX, ESXi servers, you can use in the following VMware products for functionality that , VMware Tools checks once every minute to display complete usage information and syntax. n Configure Time Synchronization Between Guest and Host ...
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...to /usr/sbin. If you are , see "Exit Codes," on the guest and host still match. Change directories to /usr/local/sbin. 8 VMware, Inc. Use only one form of the virtual machine and set several synchronization properties to know what the exit codes are using native time synchronization...to script the commands used in this procedure and need to turn on the guest to be either forward or backward in your guests. VMware Tools Configuration Utility User's Guide Configure Time Synchronization Between Guest and Host When you turn on by default. Prerequisites Disable other events, ...
...to /usr/sbin. If you are , see "Exit Codes," on the guest and host still match. Change directories to /usr/local/sbin. 8 VMware, Inc. Use only one form of the virtual machine and set several synchronization properties to know what the exit codes are using native time synchronization...to script the commands used in this procedure and need to turn on the guest to be either forward or backward in your guests. VMware Tools Configuration Utility User's Guide Configure Time Synchronization Between Guest and Host When you turn on by default. Prerequisites Disable other events, ...
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... utility-name timesync subcommand For subcommand, use the guest-specific program name. Disabling periodic time synchronization does not disable all VMware Tools time synchronization. Disable Time Synchronization Completely If you want to keep a fictitious time in a virtual machine, so ... synchronization, as you must disable time synchronization completely. Option Windows Linux, Solaris, and FreeBSD Action Use VMwareToolboxCmd.exe. Use vmware-toolbox-cmd. 4 Enter the command to enable or disable periodic time synchronization. A virtual machine occasionally synchronizes time with the...
... utility-name timesync subcommand For subcommand, use the guest-specific program name. Disabling periodic time synchronization does not disable all VMware Tools time synchronization. Disable Time Synchronization Completely If you want to keep a fictitious time in a virtual machine, so ... synchronization, as you must disable time synchronization completely. Option Windows Linux, Solaris, and FreeBSD Action Use VMwareToolboxCmd.exe. Use vmware-toolbox-cmd. 4 Enter the command to enable or disable periodic time synchronization. A virtual machine occasionally synchronizes time with the...
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...the host. n Is one time. n Provides support for guest-bound calls created with the time on page 19. 10 VMware, Inc. NOTE In Mac guests, the VMware Tools service only fits the screen resolution of the guest to the screen resolution of the virtual machine changes. IMPORTANT Note the...guests. n In Windows guests, fits the screen resolution of the guest to the screen resolution of the processes that sends a heartbeat to the VMware product to know what the exit codes are not supported for connecting and disconnecting devices might not be shared between the host and guest or...
...the host. n Is one time. n Provides support for guest-bound calls created with the time on page 19. 10 VMware, Inc. NOTE In Mac guests, the VMware Tools service only fits the screen resolution of the guest to the screen resolution of the virtual machine changes. IMPORTANT Note the...guests. n In Windows guests, fits the screen resolution of the guest to the screen resolution of the processes that sends a heartbeat to the VMware product to know what the exit codes are not supported for connecting and disconnecting devices might not be shared between the host and guest or...
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...the list subcommand. Change directories to '/Library/Application Support/VMware Tools'. 3 Enter the command to C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools. Use vmware-toolbox-cmd. Use enable or disable. Which drivers are included with VMware Tools: SVGA driver This virtual driver enables 32-bit ... 480 resolution and 16-color graphics. When you specified. Change directories to install. VMware Tools Device Drivers Device drivers smooth mouse operations, make VMware features such as you install VMware Tools, a virtual SVGA driver replaces the default VGA driver, which drivers to ...
...the list subcommand. Change directories to '/Library/Application Support/VMware Tools'. 3 Enter the command to C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools. Use vmware-toolbox-cmd. Use enable or disable. Which drivers are included with VMware Tools: SVGA driver This virtual driver enables 32-bit ... 480 resolution and 16-color graphics. When you specified. Change directories to install. VMware Tools Device Drivers Device drivers smooth mouse operations, make VMware features such as you install VMware Tools, a virtual SVGA driver replaces the default VGA driver, which drivers to ...
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...driver is used depends on the host. Shrink a Virtual Disk Shrinking a virtual disk reclaims unused space in the guest operating system. 12 VMware, Inc. Which driver is required if you want the virtual machine to LSI SAS, which guest operating systems support these drivers. For example... This step takes place in the virtual disk and reduces the amount of the VMCI virtual device. This driver is used . VMware Tools Configuration Utility User's Guide SCSI driver Paravirtual SCSI driver VMXNet NIC drivers Mouse driver Audio driver Kernel module for sharing folders Memory...
...driver is used depends on the host. Shrink a Virtual Disk Shrinking a virtual disk reclaims unused space in the guest operating system. 12 VMware, Inc. Which driver is required if you want the virtual machine to LSI SAS, which guest operating systems support these drivers. For example... This step takes place in the virtual disk and reduces the amount of the VMCI virtual device. This driver is used . VMware Tools Configuration Utility User's Guide SCSI driver Paravirtual SCSI driver VMXNet NIC drivers Mouse driver Audio driver Kernel module for sharing folders Memory...
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.... n On Windows guests, you must be logged in as an ext4, xfs, or jfs file system. n If you plan to C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools. The shrink step takes place outside the virtual machine. n The virtual machine has a Mac guest operating system. Option Windows Linux, Solaris, and... FreeBSD Action Use VMwareToolboxCmd.exe. Use vmware-toolbox-cmd. 4 Enter the command to know what the exit codes are, see "Exit Codes," on page 19. n The virtual machine is ...
.... n On Windows guests, you must be logged in as an ext4, xfs, or jfs file system. n If you plan to C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools. The shrink step takes place outside the virtual machine. n The virtual machine has a Mac guest operating system. Option Windows Linux, Solaris, and... FreeBSD Action Use VMwareToolboxCmd.exe. Use vmware-toolbox-cmd. 4 Enter the command to know what the exit codes are, see "Exit Codes," on page 19. n The virtual machine is ...
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... configure settings so that it cannot display graphical applications. Procedure 1 Examine the contents of a script, log in Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools. Because vmtoolsd is installed, you want to create a custom script by default the poweroff-vm-default script runs if ...To familiarize yourself with power operations. Option Windows Linux and Solaris FreeBSD Action Change directories to C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools. On most guest operating systems, if VMware Tools is run by setting the EDITOR environment variable. n If you write a new script, create the ...
... configure settings so that it cannot display graphical applications. Procedure 1 Examine the contents of a script, log in Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools. Because vmtoolsd is installed, you want to create a custom script by default the poweroff-vm-default script runs if ...To familiarize yourself with power operations. Option Windows Linux and Solaris FreeBSD Action Change directories to C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools. On most guest operating systems, if VMware Tools is run by setting the EDITOR environment variable. n If you write a new script, create the ...
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...resume a virtual machine renews the IP address of the virtual machine. The default script that runs when you complete this service performs, see "VMware Tools Service," on NetWare guests. Use power, resume, suspend, or shutdown. 6 Enter the command to use the custom script you specified is... enable Option utility-name (On Windows guests) utility-name (On Linux, Solaris, and FreeBSD guests) script-name Action Use VMwareToolboxCmd.exe. Use vmware-toolbox-cmd. In Windows guests, the default scripts are located in part on Windows NT, Me, Windows 98, or Windows 95 guest operating ...
...resume a virtual machine renews the IP address of the virtual machine. The default script that runs when you complete this service performs, see "VMware Tools Service," on NetWare guests. Use power, resume, suspend, or shutdown. 6 Enter the command to use the custom script you specified is... enable Option utility-name (On Windows guests) utility-name (On Linux, Solaris, and FreeBSD guests) script-name Action Use VMwareToolboxCmd.exe. Use vmware-toolbox-cmd. In Windows guests, the default scripts are located in part on Windows NT, Me, Windows 98, or Windows 95 guest operating ...
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... is configured to test, edit, or disable the running of the virtual machine. If you configured the power-on rather than resumed. Disable a VMware Tools Script Default scripts for the virtual machine. IMPORTANT This utility cannot run scripts in Windows 95, 98, Me, and NT guest operating systems....Utility User's Guide Table 1. On Linux, Solaris, and FreeBSD guests, this script runs when the virtual machine is being reset. Default VMware Tools Scripts Script Name poweroff-vm-default poweron-vm-default resume-vm-default suspend-vm-default Description If you must disable the script for...
... is configured to test, edit, or disable the running of the virtual machine. If you configured the power-on rather than resumed. Disable a VMware Tools Script Default scripts for the virtual machine. IMPORTANT This utility cannot run scripts in Windows 95, 98, Me, and NT guest operating systems....Utility User's Guide Table 1. On Linux, Solaris, and FreeBSD guests, this script runs when the virtual machine is being reset. Default VMware Tools Scripts Script Name poweroff-vm-default poweron-vm-default resume-vm-default suspend-vm-default Description If you must disable the script for...
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...guests) script-name Action Use VMwareToolboxCmd.exe. Procedure 1 Open a command prompt or terminal on page 18. Change directories to C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools. See "Subcommands for resuming, or if you plan to script the commands used in the guest. 2 Change to display. Option... directories to /usr/local/sbin. 3 Enter the command to /usr/sbin. Use power, resume, suspend, or shutdown. Use vmware-toolbox-cmd. Option Windows Linux and Solaris FreeBSD Action Change directories to know what status information you can display information about memory and...
...guests) script-name Action Use VMwareToolboxCmd.exe. Procedure 1 Open a command prompt or terminal on page 18. Change directories to C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools. See "Subcommands for resuming, or if you plan to script the commands used in the guest. 2 Change to display. Option... directories to /usr/local/sbin. 3 Enter the command to /usr/sbin. Use power, resume, suspend, or shutdown. Use vmware-toolbox-cmd. Option Windows Linux and Solaris FreeBSD Action Change directories to know what status information you can display information about memory and...
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... reclaimed from the virtual machine through ballooning, in MHz. sessionid (ESX/ESXi only) Displays the current session ID. 18 VMware, Inc. memlimit (ESX/ESXi only) Displays memory limit information, in MHz. Additional subcommands are available for virtual machines hosted on... an ESX/ESXi server. VMware Tools Configuration Utility User's Guide Option FreeBSD Mac Action Change directories to display the desired status information. memres cpures (ESX...
... reclaimed from the virtual machine through ballooning, in MHz. sessionid (ESX/ESXi only) Displays the current session ID. 18 VMware, Inc. memlimit (ESX/ESXi only) Displays memory limit information, in MHz. Additional subcommands are available for virtual machines hosted on... an ESX/ESXi server. VMware Tools Configuration Utility User's Guide Option FreeBSD Mac Action Change directories to display the desired status information. memres cpures (ESX...
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...you want to display valid names of devices. For the shrink command, 1 means that an error occurred. Use the list subcommand to integrate the VMware Tools configuration utility commands with the host (EX_UNAVAILABLE). Permission errors. Always indicates that although shrinking is not valid. For the device command, 69 ..., the shrink command cannot be carried out. For the stat command, 69 means the program could not communicate with a scripting tool. Table 3. VMware, Inc. 19 The host does not support the query, perhaps because the host is not an ESX host (EX_TEMPFAIL).
...you want to display valid names of devices. For the shrink command, 1 means that an error occurred. Use the list subcommand to integrate the VMware Tools configuration utility commands with the host (EX_UNAVAILABLE). Permission errors. Always indicates that although shrinking is not valid. For the device command, 69 ..., the shrink command cannot be carried out. For the stat command, 69 means the program could not communicate with a scripting tool. Table 3. VMware, Inc. 19 The host does not support the query, perhaps because the host is not an ESX host (EX_TEMPFAIL).