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Objective
This lab aims to guide you on how to install VMware tools in an Ubuntu-based VM.
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Prerequisites
• Knowledge of Why VMware tools are required
• Basic understanding of vCenter Inventory
• Access of vCenter through vSphere Web Client
• Basic Linux commands to initiate the installation
• VMware Tools Source to be mounted
Lab Overview
After completing this lab, you will be able:
1. Check whether the installation of VMware tools is complete
2. Mount CD / DVD (Source of VMware Tools) to Ubuntu
3. Install VMware Tools on Ubuntu Guest OS
4. Check installed VMware Tools & its version
Step-by-Step Lab Guide
- Open vCenter using vSphere Client. Open vCenter Inventory & Click on VM & Templates.
- Go to the CloudThat-USA data center and sa-ESXi-02 host, Power on Ubuntu Server VM.
- Check the installation status of VMware tools.
- Launch the Web console of the VM, and through QTerminal, sign in as a Superuser using the sudo –i command.
- Select Ubuntu Server VM from inventory, Go to Actions, Select Guest OS and then click Install VMware Tools.
- This will prompt for mounting the CD/DVD for VMware tools in Ubuntu Server VM. Click on the Mount button to mount the virtual CD drive.
- Alternatively, to install official VMware, you can click on the Virtual Machine menu option and click Install VMware Tools from Ubuntu Server itself like:
- In the Terminal window, create a mounting directory to mount the source from Virtual Disk. root@UbuntuServer:~# mkdir /mnt/cdrom
- Now, Mount /dev/cdrom to /mnt/cdromroot@UbuntuServer:~# mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
- List all files from /mnt/cdrom; you can see source gz files for Vmware installation.
- Copy all tar.gz files from /mnt/cdrom to the /tmp folder using the cp command.
- Go to /tmp folder; you will see VMwareTools.tar.gz file there.
- Using the tar command, extract all files here.
- Once extracted, go to the “vmware-tools-distrib” directory to find the installer file.
- Run the vmware-install.pl file from here.
- For this step, there will be a series of questions. Follow the instructions carefully and answer all questions.
- You will receive this message: “Enjoy, –the VMware team.” Successful receiving of the message indicates the VMware Tools installation in the Ubuntu Server is complete.
- Go to the summary tab of Ubuntu Server, and you can verify that now VMware tools are installed and running.
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WRITTEN BY Rahulkumar Mehta
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