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Installing VMware Tools in a Solaris virtual machine (1023956)

Last Updated: 2/13/2020Categories: How toTotal Views: 118827Language:
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Purpose

This article provides steps to install VMware Tools in a Solaris guest operating system.

Note:
For an overview of VMware Tools, see Overview of VMware Tools (340)
For general VMware Tools installation information, see Install VMware Tools (1014294)

Resolution

To install VMware Tools in a Solaris guest operating system:

In the vSphere Client, ensure that your Solaris virtual machine is powered on.

If you are running a GUI interface on the Solaris virtual machine, open a command shell.

Note: Log in as a root user, or use the sudo command to complete each of these steps.

In the vSphere Client, click VM in the virtual machine menu.

Click Guest > Install/Upgrade VMware Tools and click OK.

In the Solaris virtual machine, copy the vmware-solaris-tools.tar.gz file from /cdrom/vmwaretools to a temporary directory (/tmp/).

Notes:

The /cdrom folder may need to be created before proceeding.

If the CD-ROM device is not mounted, run these commands and then attempt to copy the file:

cd /var/svc/profile
sudo svcadm enable -r volfs

Decompress the file using the gunzip command. For example:

# gunzip vmware-solaris-tools.tar.gz

Extract the contents of the tar file using this command:

# tar xvf vmware-solaris-tools.tar

Change directory using this command:

# cd vmware-tools-distrib

To install the VMware Tools, run this command from the directory that you changed in step 7:

# ./vmware-install.pl

Press Enter to accept all of the default values.

Reboot the virtual machine for the changes to take effect.

Check if VMware tools service is running using this command:

# /etc/init.d/vmware-tools status

You see output similar to:

vmtoolsd is running

Add vmware-toolbox to the list of startup commands of your desktop.

If you are using Java Desktop System, Release 3:

Go to Launch > Preferences > Desktop Preferences > Sessions.

Click Startup Programs tab and add these entries:

/usr/bin/vmware-user
/usr/bin/vmware-toolbox

Note:- Vmware Tools for Solaris available at Customer Connect download

Note: If your problem still exists after trying the steps in this article, file a support request with VMware Support and note this Knowledge Base article ID (1023956) in the problem description. For more information, see How to Submit a Support Request.

Related Information

For more information on:

VMware Tools versions, see Determine the version of VMware Tools running in a Solaris virtual machine (2030805).

The versions of Solaris that are supported on which versions of ESX or ESXi, see the VMware Compatibility Guide.

VMware Tools installation information, see General VMware Tools installation instructions (1014294).

Ejecting the CD-ROM, see Solaris 10 guest cannot eject ISO image mounted as CD-ROM (1012986).

Also read the information in different languages here:

Solaris 仮想マシンに VMware Tools をインストールする
在 Solaris 虚拟机中安装 VMware Tools

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